Among projects recently funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health are studies to assess a gaming system to evaluate and treat depression, and smartphone tools to correlate behavioral data with a patient’s mental state with enough precision to drive treatment for bipolar disorder. The institute says it wants to improve the current “bricks-and-mortar” mental health care system.
The National Institutes of Mental Health is investing in research intended to develop digital health tools as legitimate and clinically accepted products for screening and treating psychiatric disorders.
The NIH institute convened a workshop on the topic in 2010 and followed it up with a grant opportunity announcement last year. Beginning this spring and summer, NIMH has awarded...