Background:

The Digital Mental Health (DMH) Special Interest Group (SIG), founded at the University of Nottingham, brings together a diverse group of individuals (scholars, professionals, administrators) who are interested in exploring how current and future digital technologies to support wellbeing and mental health can be designed, developed, used and retired in ways that are responsible, acceptable, desirable and sustainable. It aims to combine research on these topics with practical and applicable support and guidance.

Our Scope and Mission:

The DMH Special Interest Group pursues activities and topics including:

• Identification of future and emerging DMH tech and trends;
• Promoting dialogue and critical thinking, highlighting benefits and downsides of future and emerging DMH technologies;
• Exploration of responsible practices of design and use of future and emerging DMH technologies;
• Dissemination of learnings through various outputs, such as academic publications, posters, reports, lay papers, presentations etc.
• Sharing upcoming opportunities such as training, conferences, grant applications;
• Implementation of principles of responsible innovation with a focus on digital mental health