Advancing Health Equity in Digital Mental Health: Lessons From Medical Anthropology for Global Mental Health

Digital health engenders the opportunity to create new effective mental health care models—from substance use recovery to suicide prevention. Anthropological methodologies offer a unique opportunity for the field of global mental health to examine and incorporate contextual mental health needs throu...

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Published in:JMIR mental health 2021-08, Vol.8 (8), p.e28555-e28555
Main Authors: Kozelka, Ellen Elizabeth, Jenkins, Janis H, Carpenter-Song, Elizabeth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Drug use
Ethnography
Medical anthropology
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health care
Recovery (Medical)
Smartphones
Suicide prevention
Suicides & suicide attempts
Viewpoint
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Summary:Digital health engenders the opportunity to create new effective mental health care models—from substance use recovery to suicide prevention. Anthropological methodologies offer a unique opportunity for the field of global mental health to examine and incorporate contextual mental health needs through attention to the lived experience of illness; engagement with communities; and knowledge of context, structures, and systems. Attending to these diverse mental health needs and conditions as well as the limitations of digital health will allow global mental health researchers, practitioners, and patients to collaboratively create new models for care in the service of equitable, accessible recovery.
ISSN:2368-7959
2368-7959
DOI:10.2196/28555