Banbury Forum Consensus Statement on the Path Forward for Digital Mental Health Treatment

David C Mohr1, Francisca Azocar1, Andrew Bertagnolli1

  • 1Department of Preventive Medicine, Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies, Northwestern University, Chicago (Mohr); Optum, Eden Prairie, Minnesota (Azocar); One Medical and Alliant International University, San Francisco (Bertagnolli); Information Science, Cornell Tech, New York City (Choudhury); National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Manchester, England (Chrisp); Department of Health Care Policy (Frank) and Department of Psychiatry (Torous), Harvard Medical School, Boston; health care consultant, Baltimore (Harbin); Care Management Institute, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California (Histon); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, and National Center for PTSD, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California (Kaysen); Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Diego (Nebeker); E-Mental Health Research Group, School of Psychology, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin, and Department of Clinical Research and Innovation, SilverCloud Health, Boston (Richards); Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine (Schueller); MindSpot Clinic, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Titov); Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington, Seattle (Areán).

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