The biggest health crisis in a generation and the enforced isolation of lockdowns is taking not just a physical toll on people but also affecting mental health. The Guardian’s John Crace discusses his mental health challenges and public health specialist Dr Antonis Kousoulis tells Anushka Asthana what may help. Read More
StopBlues' Covid-19 extension helps people take care of their mental health during the pandemic and confinement. Short video clips describe the emotions one can feel facing the fear of disease, the difficulties of confinement, social isolation or family conflicts. Read More
The fourth and last French Emen conference "E-mental health (eMH): Training of Stakeholders & Evaluation of Tools" that took place at the Ministry for Solidarity and Health in Paris on the 6th of March 2020 gathered 150 people: health care professionals and peer support workers, researchers and academics, nonprofit actors, public personalities, mental health users, private sector from France, Europe or Canada. Read More
At the beginning of 2020, the world was confronted with the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus. With this outbreak the demand for online treatment increased dramatically. But not al health personnel knows exactly how to use and treat people with e-mental health (eMH). E-health Specialists, a company which want to promote the hands on use of e-mental health (eMH), started organizing free webinars on online treatment in March. Read More
e-Health Hub is looking for digital solutions to fight the Coronavirus. They will share them with the European Commission and European healthcare providers. Read More
We’ve been asked by our project partner Thomas More to promote the brief anonymous questionnaire from the EFPA Project Group on eHealth. It takes about 5 minutes to complete and focuses on the current use of online consultation technology by psychologists and other mental healthcare professionals in the context of the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic. Read More
Covid-19 seems to be a window of opportunity for the usage of e-mental health. Read More
The eMEN project was invited to attend an event focusing on mental health hosted by Science | Business, a Brussels-based media and networking company focused on research and innovation policy. Read More
The eMEN project will continue until the end of 2021 with additional Interreg NWE funding for the implementation of a number of capitalisation activities. The objective of the capitalisation is to implement specific process innovation activities which stimulate roll-out of eMH technology to service providers in rural areas and transnational. Capitalisation will be implemented in the Netherland, Belgium, France, Germany and Ireland . Read More
In many countries there is a clear need to improve access to treatment services. There are not enough clinicians to frequently monitor patients with clinical interviews, necessary to avoid costly emergency care and other crisis events. In addition, clinicians have limited time for each patient and patients do not always live in a short distance from their mental health service providers. Although Artificial Intelligence (AI) cannot simulate emotional intelligence and perception - a unique aspect of psychiatry - it could be an effective way to breach the gap between limited access and treatment time. Read More
