Article Excerpt: Across the globe, one in four people struggle with a mental health problem, and one in 10 people struggle with a substance use problem. Drug overdose is the leading cause of death of Americans under age 50—killing more people than car crashes, gun violence, and HIV.
While the need for behavioral health care is great, there simply are not enough trained clinical professionals nor the financial resources to meet this need—even in high-resource countries like the U.S.
At the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CTBH) at the Geisel School of Medicine, we develop and evaluate digital technologies, delivered via mobile devices, to provide anytime, anywhere, science-based behavioral health care. At a time when digital technology is exploding, the CTBH brings scientific methods and ethics to the world of digital health.
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Article Source: Dartmouth Health & Geisel School of Medicine Giving