Digital Mental Health Tools- Way to Overcome Suffering Over Technology Addiction
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.29070/dtx5k095Keywords:
Digital health, Artificial intelligence, Accessibility, Mental well-being, Privacy, EquityAbstract
Digital mental health is a radical departure from traditional clinical practice. Recent advances, including mobile applications, artificial intelligence-driven tools, and other innovations have the potential to improve access to care, reduce costs, and personalize mental health treatment. These tools can provide early detection of mental health concerns, deliver tailored interventions, and monitor patients in real time, facilitating continuous, individualized care. Clinician-patient collaboration is also enhanced, with data-driven insights fostering evidence-based decision-making. However, challenges related to privacy, clinical effectiveness, and equity (particularly in the context of the digital divide) remain. Ethical safeguards, regulatory oversight, and cultural sensitivity are required to optimize the potential of digital mental health tools and maximize trust. As mental health needs grow worldwide, digital health tools offer scalable and sustainable alternatives to traditional care models, increasing access, reducing disparities, and promoting resilience. This paper will discuss various aspects of student wellbeing, digital mental health and the tools that help to achieve digital mental health.
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