Mental health

  • Why invest in the digitisation of mental healthcare?

    By Sarah Carter, Head of Account Management at Onebright.

  • Scientists develop micro-magnetic stimulation technique to activate brain cells

    The discovery may place a part in the development of novel and effective treatments for neurological disorders, such as epilepsy and stroke.

  • Graduate’s mindfulness invention for children chosen for tech innovation award

    The invention aims to encourage children to practise mindful to improve their mental health

  • Digital health deal sees student spin-out snapped up

    Mindler, the digital mental health platform, has acquired Medified Solutions Oy, a tech startup based in Tampere, Finland. Medified was founded by medical students in 2019 and has developed and clinically implemented a digital mental health treatment monitoring software. Its data sources provide mental health care with the data needed for the measurement of clinically [...]

  • Interview: Harnessing the power of shared experiences

    “If we can find it in ourselves to break the stigma and talk to someone, then we have hope.” The whole premise of speaking out and sharing experiences underpins the approach of software developer Frog Systems which has created a new kind of welltech platform that combines video and signposting to build communities of support for those [...]

  • Meet Kooth – the Netflix of digital mental health

    “We want to be the Netflix of mental health” Tim Barker’s comparison to Kooth’s role in the future of mental health is an interesting one. While Netflix may have achieved levels of global domination yet to be discovered by Kooth - although their rates of growth and the esteem in which they are held in [...]

  • Interview: Digital mental health pioneer ieso

    As one of the pioneers of digital health, ieso has been delivering Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for almost a decade, partnering with the NHS to support people across the UK. Health Tech World speaks to Dr Andrew Welchman, executive vice president for impact, about how the business - which recently raised £39m to support its growth [...]

  • Health app reducing anxiety in children before hospital procedures

    A health modification tool designed to help reduce children’s anxiety before a healthcare procedure is being showcased on the ABHI UK Pavilion at Arab Health 2022. Health Tech World’s Arab Health correspondent Julia Price speaks with platform founder Dr Chris Evans. Little Journey is an eSupport platform designed to psychological prepare and support children and [...]

  • A pivotal year in digital mental health progress

    The pandemic has pushed mental health demand ever higher while simultaneously making interventions more challenging. Enter the digital mental health pioneers racing to fill the gap.  Mental health needs increased exponentially during the pandemic. In fact, by the middle of 2020, a fifth of people in Britain were reportedly suffering from depression, twice the number [...]