The Role of Compassionate Technology in Blended and Digital Mental Health Interventions: Systematic Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An essential value in mental health care is compassion: awareness of suffering, tolerating difficult feelings in the face of suffering, and acting or being motivated to alleviate suffering. Currently, technologies for mental health care are on the rise and could offer several advantages, such as more options for self-management by clients and more accessible and economically viable care. However, digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) have not been widely implemented in daily practice. Developing and evaluating DMHIs around important mental health care values, such as compassion, could be key for a better integration of technology in the mental health care context.

Objective

This systematic scoping review explored the literature for previous instances where t

SUBMITTER: van Lotringen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10131870 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature