The Digital Revolution In Mental Health Hasn’t Happened Yet

“I think we are on the cusp of the third revolution in mental health. The first revolution was the idea that talking can cure mental illness, beginning with psychoanalysis. The second was the development of pharmacotherapy, beginning in the 1950s. Today, we are on the cusp of a third revolution, using technologies to create effective digital mental health interventions that provide entirely new methods of treating and managing mental health problems.”

This provocative statement was made during a recent presentation by David C. Mohr, Ph.D., director of the Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies and professor of preventive medicine at . . .