Digital Psychiatry & Mental Health Applications: Navigating Privacy, Equity, and Access-Resource Handout

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This resource list focuses on the future of psychiatry, especially digital mental health, artificial intelligence, equity, privacy, and access.

The Future of Psychiatry webinar series covers digital psychiatry and mental health apps; equity in AI-based psychiatric assessment; integrating data, ethics, and social determinants into treatment; and cultural sensitivity in AI-driven psychotherapy. Registration and learning links are provided.

Practical resources include the APA App Evaluation Model, APA telepsychiatry guidance and clinician brief, the Society of Digital Psychiatry, MINDApps, and the Digital Health Atlas. The list also points to WHO guidance on ethics and governance of AI for health and a National Academies code of conduct for AI in health and medicine.

Recommended reading includes <em>Telepsychiatry and Health Technologies</em> by Peter Yellowlees and Jay Shore. The cited literature addresses the psychiatrist’s future, challenges and next steps in digital mental health, equity in digital interventions, digital health equity, consent practices for mental health data, and racial bias in healthcare algorithms.

Keywords

psychiatry

digital mental health

artificial intelligence

equity

privacy

access

telepsychiatry

mental health apps

ethical AI

healthcare algorithms