Implementation strategies for digital mental health interventions in health care settings.

ABSTRACT: U.S. health care systems are tasked with alleviating the burden of mental health, but are frequently underprepared and lack workforce and resource capacity to deliver services to all in need. Digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) can increase access to evidence-based mental health care. However, DMHIs commonly do not fit into the day-to-day activities of the people who engage with them, resulting in a research-to-practice gap for DMHI implementation. For health care settings, differences between digital and traditional mental health services make alignment and integration challenging. Specialized attention is needed to improve the implementation of DMHIs in health care settings so that these services yield high uptake, engagement, and sustainment. The purpose of this article is to en

SUBMITTER: Graham AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7709140 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature