Toward a New Conceptual Framework for Digital Mental Health Technologies: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital mental health technologies (DMHTs) are becoming more widely available and are seen as having the potential to improve the quality of mental health care. However, conversations around the potential impact of DMHTs can be impacted by a lack of focus on the types of technologies that are available. Several frameworks that could apply to DMHTs are available, but they have not been developed with comprehensive methods and have limitations.

Objective

To address limitations with current frameworks, we aimed to identify existing literature on the categorization of DMHTs, to explore challenges with categorizing DMHTs for specific purposes, and to develop a new conceptual framework.

Methods

We used an iterative approach to develop the framework. First, we com

SUBMITTER: Hopkin G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11864090 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature