Eben Brown and David Nath from Fox News published an article focused on the tech-based mental health treatments. The article starts off by explaining the need for more mental health resources. With the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more people are facing a mental illness, especially kids and teenagers. This means that the demand mental health resources are extremely high, but there are currently not enough resources to combat the demand. Anish Srivastava created a fund called Telosity. This fund is investing in tech companies in order to create tech-based mental health products. If Telosity is successful, people will be able to use technology to learn about mental health and attend tele-therapy. Professionals can even use this new technology to perform mental health assessments and treat patients online.
How can therapists use technology when working with patients? Therapists will be able to use these new tech-based products to connect virtually with their patients and perform mental health assessments. The article justified the need for more tech-based products in the psychological field. Tech-based mental health treatments allow people to have more access to resources. Teletherapy lets people to go to therapy from the comfort of their own home. This means that mental health resources will be more available, especially to people who live in rural areas or who do not have access to transportation. Tech-based mental health resources also allows for 24hr care, this means that people can get the help they need any time they need, not just at their next appointment. After reading this article, I believe that tech-based products can benefit therapists and their patients. This article allowed me to explore what kinds of tech-based mental health resources are already being created. Lastly, this article provides evidence about the rise of mental illness in kids and teenagers.
I like how you mentioned that “Tech-based mental health resources also allows for 24hr care, this means that people can get the help they need any time they need, not just at their next appointment” because I know some people who have benefited from that. There were students who were able to receive help from therapists through zoom during COVID. Since it was online they were able to schedule visits in the middle of the day during study hall. Looking into how many people used technology to speak to therapists during that time and how they felt about it might be helpful for your research.
I think it is really interesting how therapists are utilizing technology to help treat their patients. Especially the fact that patients can get the help they need whenever they want.
The mention of “Tech-based mental health resources also allows for 24hr care, this means that people can get the help they need any time they need, not just at their next appointment,” I think many people will be better off with this. It is a sign that hope is not out of reach. I think it is really great that therapists are using technology more so often. Patients will now being to reach out for help whenever it is essential to them. It is a great mean of convenience too, there is a lot more flexibility when technology is involved. Find information about online therapy during the Pandemic because it will give you a lot of useful information and insight. To see if it was better seeing a therapist online rather than in person despite the circumstances.
I really like your topic for this assignment. I feel like this will inform a lot of people about the importance of mental health and the ability to help others through new technology. “The article starts off by explaining the need for more mental health resources. With the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more people are facing a mental illness, especially kids and teenagers. This means that the demand mental health resources are extremely high, but there are currently not enough resources to combat the demand.” I really like how you added this because it puts it in perspective that we need more resources.