“NIMH is issuing this Notice to highlight its interest in receiving grant applications that utilize digital health technology to advance assessment, detection, prevention, treatment, and delivery of services for mental health conditions.”
“Digital health incorporates mobile health (mHealth) and health information technology (smartphones, wearable sensors, internet platforms, and electronic health records) with biological, social, and behavioral data. Digital health technology offers unprecedented opportunities to help consumers, clinicians, and researchers measure, manage, and improve health and productivity…”
“The NIMH is interested in research that will support development, refinement, and implementation of evidence-supported digital health technology into routine practice. Research strategies might include…”
“Examples of applications that NIMH identifies as high priority include, but are not limited to, studies that are consistent with recommendations in the NAMHC Workgroup Report and address the following areas:”
“Assessment–Technology-assisted data collection presents opportunities for real-time assessment…”
“Across these topic areas (assessment, intervention refinement/testing, and service delivery), NIMH encourages applications that test generalizable principles or approaches to using technology to improve the accuracy and efficiency of assessment and the effectiveness and quality of intervention and service delivery…” Read the full notice here.
Source: Notice of Information: NIMH High-Priority Areas for Research on Digital Health Technology to Advance Assessment, Detection, Prevention, Treatment, and Delivery of Services for Mental Health Conditions – April 12, 2018. NIH Office of Extramural Research.
