May 30, 2024: Navigating Digital Mental Health Apps : A Guide for Psychiatrists

 

Navigating Digital Mental Health Apps : A Guide for Psychiatrists

Thursday, May 30, 2024

12:00-1:00 P.M., Via Zoom

Digital interventions such as mobile applications have emerged as promising tools to deliver and augment mental health care given their potential for scalability and increased access to care. Yet the integration of mobile apps and digital health services into routine mental health clinical workflows remains insufficient. One challenge is that mental health providers may not be well-versed enough regarding the purpose, safety, and efficacy of these apps to recommend or prescribe them: it is estimated that > 10,000 mental health applications exist and, professional clinical organizations do not provide guidelines for evaluating mobile apps, and the efficacy data for these tools remain inconclusive. This talk will describe a framework that clinicians can employ when evaluating mental health applications which answers this question. We will start by reviewing the current landscape of mental health applications, describe the challenges and barriers to widespread integration of mobile mental health applications in clinical practice. Finally, we will demonstrate a framework for evaluation of mental apps to guide clinicians in their practice.

 

 

Target Audience

This program is intended for: Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Fellows, Residents, Interns and Nurses

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe what it means for a mental health app to be FDA approved.
  2. Identify the challenges and risks with mental health applications.
  3. Use a framework to critique and analyze mental health applications

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. McLean Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    McLean Hospital designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 Nursing Contact Hours

    Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 13, sections 13, 14, 14A, 15 and 15D and Chapter 112, sections 74 through 81C authorize the Board of Registration in Nursing to regulate nursing practice and education.

    This program meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244 CMR 5.00) for 1.00 contact hours of nursing continuing education credit. Advance practice nurses, please note: Educational activities which meet the requirements of the ACCME (such as this activity) count towards 50% of the nursing requirement for ANCC accreditation.

  • 1.00 Participation

    This course allows other providers to claim a Participation Certificate upon successful completion of this course.

    Participation Certificates will specify the title, location, type of activity, date of activity, and number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ associated with the activity. Providers should check with their regulatory agencies to determine ways in which AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ may or may not fulfill continuing education requirements. Providers should also consider saving copies of brochures, agenda, and other supporting documents.

  • 1.00 Psychologists CE Credit

    The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

    This offering meets the criteria for 1.00 Continuing Education (CE) credits per presentation for psychologists.

Registration opens: 
05/16/2024
Course closes: 
07/13/2024
Part of: 
Psychiatry Grand Rounds 2023-2024
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Henry Kosorochi Onyeaka is a resident psychiatrist and is currently the chief resident of addiction psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital, both Harvard Medical School-affiliated teaching hospitals, where he also serves as a teaching fellow. Prior to residency, he completed his undergraduate degree and medical education from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science of Technology in Ghana and then subsequently completed a master's degree in public health with a focus on quantitative methods at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Onyeaka is passionate and active in investigating the role of digital tools and technologies for psychiatry, substance use disorders, and chronic diseases. Dr. Onyeaka’s research focuses on the intersection of digital technology and mental health, aiming to enhance access and outcomes for individuals with psychiatric conditions through innovative research. His work includes studying the impact of digital health tools and wearable technology on patient engagement and treatment efficacy. He is an editorial board member in prominent journals like Academic Psychiatry, JMIR Mental Health and NPP-Digital Psychiatry Neuroscience, contributing significantly to the discourse on digital psychiatry.

He has no financial disclosures to report.

 

 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. McLean Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    McLean Hospital designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 Nursing Contact Hours

    Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 13, sections 13, 14, 14A, 15 and 15D and Chapter 112, sections 74 through 81C authorize the Board of Registration in Nursing to regulate nursing practice and education.

    This program meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244 CMR 5.00) for 1.00 contact hours of nursing continuing education credit. Advance practice nurses, please note: Educational activities which meet the requirements of the ACCME (such as this activity) count towards 50% of the nursing requirement for ANCC accreditation.

  • 1.00 Participation

    This course allows other providers to claim a Participation Certificate upon successful completion of this course.

    Participation Certificates will specify the title, location, type of activity, date of activity, and number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ associated with the activity. Providers should check with their regulatory agencies to determine ways in which AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ may or may not fulfill continuing education requirements. Providers should also consider saving copies of brochures, agenda, and other supporting documents.

  • 1.00 Psychologists CE Credit

    The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

    This offering meets the criteria for 1.00 Continuing Education (CE) credits per presentation for psychologists.

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Jointly Accredited Provider, Interprofessional Continuing Education

Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, MGH Institute of Health Professions is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.  

 


1.00 Physicians

MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

1.00 Nursing Contact Hours

MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this activity for 1.00 contact hours for nurses.

1.00 Social Workers

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, MGH Institute of Health Professions is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. MGH Institute of Health Professions maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 clock hours for continuing education credits.

1.00 IPCE Credit

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.