ReviewWorld journal of psychiatry2024
Digital psychiatry in low-and-middle-income countries: New developments and the way forward.
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- Artificial intelligence, equity, and pediatric neurodevelopmental disorders: A scoping review of clinical practice applications.Pediatric investigation · 2026Review
- Integrated Depression Care and Livelihood Interventions for Low-Income Women in Vietnam: Protocol for a Cluster Nonrandomized Controlled Trial (LIFE-DM).JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- A scoping review of barriers and facilitators to implementing tele-mental health solutions for rural, remote and underserved populations in low- and middle-income countries.PLOS digital health · 2026Article
- Early feasibility of telemedicine-based mental health wellbeing centers: an implementation study in district and sub-district health facilities in Bangladesh.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Cultural Adaptation of a Digital Mobile App for Bipolar Disorder (PolarUs): Protocol for a Qualitative Co-Design Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
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- When Lived Experience Designs the Intervention.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- A guided chatbot-based psychological intervention for psychologically distressed older adolescents and young adults: a randomised clinical trial in Jordan.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Article
- From stigma to support: Assessing the impact of school mental health literacy program in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Leveraging No-Code Digital Platforms for Designing an Integrated Smartphone-Based Ecological Momentary Intervention With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Mental Health Care: Development and Usability Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Smartphones and Mental Health Awareness and Utilization in a Low-Income Urban Community: Focus Group Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Digital Health Interventions for Depression and Anxiety in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Rapid Scoping Review.JMIR mental health · 2025Article
- Exploring the Future of Mental Health: Telepsychiatry Video Consultations on Mobile Phones Versus Laptops: Findings from a Tertiary Care Center.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2025Article
- WhatsApp as a tool for psychiatric crisis management: lessons from a Ghanaian support group.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Psychiatrists' and trainees' knowledge, perception, and readiness for integration of artificial intelligence in mental health care in Nigeria.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- The evolving field of digital mental health: current evidence and implementation issues for smartphone apps, generative artificial intelligence, and virtual reality.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear the greater share of the global mental health burden but are ill-equipped to deal with it because of severe resource constraints leading to a large treatment gap. The remote provision of mental health services by digital means can effectively augment conventional services in LMICs to reduce the treatment gap. Digital psychiatry in LMICs has always lagged behind high-income countries, but there have been encouraging developments in the last decade. There is increasing research on the efficacy of digital psychiatric interventions. However, the evidence is not adequate to conclude that digital psychiatric interventions are invariably effective in LMICs. A striking development has been the rise in mobile and smartphone ownership in LMICs, which has driven the increasing use of mobile technologies to deliver mental health services. An innovative use of mobile technologies has been to optimize task-shifting, which involves delivering mental healthcare services in community settings using non-specialist health professionals. Emerging evidence from LMICs shows that it is possible to use digital tools to train non-specialist workers effectively and ensure that the psychosocial interventions they deliver are efficacious. Despite these promising developments, many barriers such as service costs, underdeveloped infrastructure, lack of trained professionals, and significant disparities in access to digital services impede the progress of digital psychiatry in LMICs. To overcome these barriers, digital psychiatric services in LMICs should address contextual factors influencing the delivery of digital services, ensure collaboration between different stakeholders, and focus on reducing the digital divide.
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