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. 2018 May 1;69(5):590-592.
doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201700270. Epub 2018 Jan 16.

Summary of Key Issues Raised in the Technology for Early Awareness of Addiction and Mental Illness (TEAAM-I) Meeting

Amit Baumel  1 , Justin Baker  1 , Michael L Birnbaum  1 , Helen Christensen  1 , Munmun De Choudhury  1 , David C Mohr  1 , Fred Muench  1 , Danielle Schlosser  1 , Nick Titov  1 , John M Kane  1
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Summary of Key Issues Raised in the Technology for Early Awareness of Addiction and Mental Illness (TEAAM-I) Meeting

Amit Baumel et al. Psychiatr Serv. .

Abstract

Technology provides an unparalleled opportunity to remove barriers to earlier identification and engagement in services for mental and addictive disorders by reaching people earlier in the course of illness and providing links to just-in-time, cost-effective interventions. Achieving this opportunity, however, requires stakeholders to challenge underlying assumptions about traditional pathways to mental health care. In this Open Forum, the authors highlight key issues discussed in the Technology for Early Awareness of Addiction and Mental Illness (TEAAM-I) meeting-held October 13-14, 2016, in New York City-that are related to three identified areas in which technology provides important and unique opportunities to advance early identification, increase service engagement, and decrease the duration of untreated mental and addictive disorders.

Keywords: Self-help; awareness; early intervention; ehealth; literacy; mental health; mhealth; passive sensing; screening; technology.

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