There is no health without mental health. [WHO]
Thus, there is no healthy technology interaction without considering mental health, including psychological and emotional well-being.
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If we want to improve the lives and health of people, we need to consider mental health at the forefront of all technology design and interaction.
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Understanding psychological, emotional, & social needs
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Technology is pervasive. |
Mental health matters. |
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77%
of US smartphone owners have looked up health information online [Pew Research, 2013] 72% of people in the US use social media [Statista, 2018] 58% of people in the US have downloaded a health app [Krebs & Duncan, 2015] |
Mental health impacts ALL aspects of our lives.
More than 50% of people in the US will be diagnosed with a mental illness at some point in their lifetime [CDC] 45,700,000 of US adults in a given year experience mental illness [NIMH, 2016] Yet treatment rates are low. |
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