New Technologies And Mental Health: Breaking The Barriers Of Ignorance
That new technologies have revolutionized the world we live in is undeniable and no one questions that they provide a multitude of innovative tools to all areas.
We are more connected, we share information consciously and unconsciously, and all that information allows different people in various parts of the world to work for the same projects and collaborate so that knowledge spreads.
In the field of health Specifically, this translates into international research and intervention projects, into program ideas and ways of working that are imported from one area to another, into tools that are created to facilitate the dissemination of healthy habits and knowledge to the population. , and thousands of data that are used to try to better understand people’s real habits and predict possible incidents (diseases, behaviors, etc.).
Technological development as potential for mental health
Mental health is still a taboo topic on many levels and is often difficult to enter into these areas of technology where privacy seems to be compromised. However, Technology also has a lot to contribute to mental health just like in other areas of health.
More and more professionals are taking advantage of the opportunities that technology offers us to improve research, intervention and dissemination in mental health. This has been confirmed in the last IV National Congress of Psychology, in which multiple presentations and round tables were reserved around mobile applications, patient management and monitoring tools, intervention tools, information analysis using big data… . Opening the door to new ways of working for mental health professionals
Within this framework, and taking advantage of the opportunities that being globally connected offers us, This year the I Ibero-American Congress on Cyberpsychology was held, in which professionals from different countries discuss psychology in the era of communication. Some of the topics addressed have been online therapy, Internet-based interventions for depression treatments, the use of technology for addiction treatment, platforms for mental health professionals, or the new problems derived from a digital society, among others. others.
The main objective of the congress is to bring mental health professionals closer to the state of the art in this area that is still so little known. The Congress took place between November 11 and 15 via streaming.
Here we have already spoken on several occasions about the tool for managing psychological care centers PsicoReg On the occasion of this Congress, a workshop will be held on November 19 at 3:30 p.m. in which this platform was presented in detail. We believe that the presentation is of great interest to the psychologists who read us, so a good part of it is available here:
