There are several challenges when it comes to evaluating and using Mental HealthTech products:
We’ll tackle these issues, along with other challenges, including improving trial recruitment, increasing diversity, and addressing consent and safety concerns in digital trials. We will also develop new trial designs and real-world evaluation methods.
By addressing the below areas, we aim to improve the development, evaluation, and implementation of Mental HealthTech to make it more effective, accessible, and ethical.
We will focus on four main areas:
Co-design is an approach where people with lived experience of mental health work together with researchers, health professionals and developers to create new technologies and treatments.
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MindTech’s main goal is to provide leadership and expertise in developing methods to generate evidence for Mental HealthTech interventions.
There has been a rapid increase in the number and types of digital technologies being used in mental healthcare.
Our goal is to lead responsible Mental HealthTech research by tackling risks and uncertainties in emerging technologies.
🚀 New Guidance for Mental Health Innovation Partnerships
We’re excited to share the Principles of Industry–Academic Partnerships (PIP) — a co-produced framework designed to strengthen collaborations between digital mental health companies and academic institutions. The guidance was developed by NIHR MindTech HRC (Dr Charlotte Hall, Kelly-Marie Prentice, Olivia Hastings, Dr Bev Brown) and Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit (Dr Sophie Hall).
Michael Craven, PhD, is Principal Research Fellow and MindTech Technology theme lead. He has contributed over 30 years to research and teaching in the areas of healthcare technology assessment, electronic engineering and computer science.
Dr. Charlotte Hall is a Principal Research Fellow working within the NIHR MindTech-MedTech Cooperative HRC and Biomedical Research Centre at the University of Nottingham.