biostudies-literatureUnknown16Orsolini L<h4>Introduction</h4>Despite an increasing interest in upscaling the digitalization process in mental health care services, there is still a gap in a deeper knowledge of the main barriers and facilitators allowing a capillary and consolidated implementation of digital mental health (DMH) and digital psychiatry (DP), particularly in the Italian context. A multicentric nationwide study (DIGIT-PSY) was designed with the aim to overview the current digitalization level of Italian mental health systems and professionals, by investigating needs/gaps to be addressed to accelerate the availability/access to DMH/DP interventions in Italy, as well as specific internal/external determinants of the process. The final goal of the DIGIT-PSY was to provide a roadmap for implementation strategies to reachFrontiers in psychiatry1642455https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12426103biostudies-literatureDigital mental health in Italy: findings from the multicentric DIGIT-PSY study.PMC12426103Castellini GMartinotti GBarlati SBlasi GDi Vincenzo MCarra GManchia MLatorre VAguglia AMenchetti MD'Agostino ATosato SLuciano MPettorruso MDe Fazio PSerafini GCarmassi CSampogna GOrsolini LVentriglio AFiorillo APinna FCalo PDe Panfilis CVolpe ULongo GGramaglia CDi Lorenzo GSani GSignorelli MSfalseDigital mental health in Italy: findings from the multicentric DIGIT-PSY study.<h4>Introduction</h4>Despite an increasing interest in upscaling the digitalization process in mental health care services, there is still a gap in a deeper knowledge of the main barriers and facilitators allowing a capillary and consolidated implementation of digital mental health (DMH) and digital psychiatry (DP), particularly in the Italian context. A multicentric nationwide study (DIGIT-PSY) was designed with the aim to overview the current digitalization level of Italian mental health systems and professionals, by investigating needs/gaps to be addressed to accelerate the availability/access to DMH/DP interventions in Italy, as well as specific internal/external determinants of the process. The final goal of the DIGIT-PSY was to provide a roadmap for implementation strategies to reach2025-01-01T00:00:00Z20252026-04-08T19:53:53.503Z2026-04-08T14:36:11.317ZS-EPMC124261034095076310.3389/fpsyt.2025.1642455