Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Mental Health
Date Submitted: Apr 14, 2020
Open Peer Review Period: Apr 14, 2020 - Apr 23, 2020
Date Accepted: Apr 24, 2020
Date Submitted to PubMed: Apr 24, 2020
(closed for review but you can still tweet)
Advancing E-Mental Health in Canada – Report from a Multi-stakeholder Meeting
ABSTRACT
The need for e-mental health services in Canada is significant. Current mental health care delivery models primarily require people to access services in-person with a health professional. Given the large number of people requiring mental health care in Canada, this model of care delivery is not sufficient in its current form. E-mental health technologies may offer an important solution to the problem. This topic was discussed in greater depth at the 9th Annual Canadian E-Mental Health Conference held in Toronto, Canada. Themes that emerged from the discussions at the conference include: 1) the importance of trust, transparency, human-centredness and compassion in the development and delivery of digital mental health technologies; 2) an emphasis on equity, diversity, inclusion and access when implementing e-mental health services; 3) the need to ensure that the mental health workforce is able to engage in a digital way of working; and, 4) co-production of e-mental health services among a diverse stakeholder group becomes the standard way of working.
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