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ArticleJMIR mental health2025

Accelerating Digital Mental Health: The Society of Digital Psychiatry's Three-Pronged Road Map for Education, Digital Navigators, and AI.

John Torous, Kathryn Taylor Ledley, Carla Gorban, Gillian Strudwick, Julian Schwarz, Soumya Choudhary, Margaret Emerson, Michelle Patriquin, Allison Dempsey, Jason Bantjes and 3 more

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Article in JMIR mental health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Seven Desiderata for Ethical Frameworks for AI Mental Health Agents.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

John TorousDivision of Digital Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, United States, 1 6176676700.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5362-7937
Kathryn Taylor LedleyDivision of Digital Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, United States, 1 6176676700.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-7700-0663
Carla GorbanThe Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-9568-1792
Gillian StrudwickCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1080-7372
Julian SchwarzDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Center for Mental Health, Immanuel Hospital Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Rüdersdorf, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7306-7909
Soumya ChoudharyDepartment of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7522-6923
Margaret EmersonCollege of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Ohama, NE, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1103-8800
Michelle PatriquinDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Houston, Houston, TX, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1910-6724
Allison DempseyDepartment of Psychiatry and Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2331-9455
Jason BantjesDepartment of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institute for Life Course Health Research, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3626-9883
Laura Ospina-PinillosDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7929-1511
Jennie HornickJMIR Publications, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-9664-0832
Shruti KochharJMIR Publications, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0448-6047

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unlabelled: Digital mental health tools such as apps, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence (AI) hold great promise but continue to face barriers to widespread clinical adoption. The Society of Digital Psychiatry, in partnership with JMIR Mental Health, presents a 3-pronged road map to accelerate their safe, effective, and equitable implementation. First, education: integrate digital psychiatry into core training and professional development through a global webinar series, annual symposium, newsletter, and an updated open-access curriculum addressing AI and the evolving digital navigator role. Second, AI standards: develop transparent, actionable benchmarks and consensus guidance through initiatives like MindBench.ai to assess reasoning, safety, and representativeness across populations. Third, digital navigators: expand structured, train-the-trainer programs that enhance digital literacy, engagement, and workflow integration across diverse care settings, including low- and middle-income countries. Together, these pillars bridge research and practice, advancing digital psychiatry grounded in inclusivity, accountability, and measurable clinical impact.

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Artificial IntelligenceMental HealthPsychiatryTelemedicineHumansSocieties, MedicalAIappsartificial intelligencedigital navigatorslarge language modelLLMmental health

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PMID41313160
PMCPMC12661594

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