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TEAM · Technology Enabled Adolescent Mental Health

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2016-11-01 → 2020-10-31
EU contribution
€3,971,595
Participants
17
Scheme
MSCA-ITN-ETN

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Results in brief

Technology Enabled Adolescent Mental Health

The World Health Organisation conceptualises health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. Central to this is the principle that there is no health without mental health. Mental disorders are health conditions defined by the experiencing of distressing psychological symptoms, to the extent that normal functioning is impaired and some form of help is needed for recovery. The Global Burden of Disease Study has found that mental health difficulties are a leading cause of disability worldwide, accounting for 13% of all lost years of healthy life, rising to 23% in high income countries. A closer examination reveals that young people aged 10–24 represent 27% of the world’s population within which mental health disorders are the leading cause of disability, with 50% of mental disorders have emerged by age 14 and 75% present before 24 years of age. Unfortunately, international studies also conclude that most young people experiencing mental health difficulties do not receive appropriate specialist treatment. Reflecting this challenge new strategies for the prevention and treatment of mental health problems of young people has become a core objective of international healthcare policy. TEAM brings together an interdisciplinary network of mental health experts, computer scientists, designers and policy experts. The overall objective is to train a new generation of researchers who can help to deliver more effective, more affordable and more accessible mental health services for young people. The focus is on the design, development and evaluation of new technology-enabled mental health services. The program hadfour key research objectives (RO): RO1: Development of automated, technology-enabled assessment tools for improved early diagnosis and intelligent on-going assessment of mental-health difficulties in young people. RO2: Design of technology-enabled programs that help to prevent mental health difficulties by empowering young people and helping to build resilience and care for their own mental health, thus reducing the incidence of mental health difficulties. RO3: Development of technology-enabled tools that support improved access to effective, engaging and evidence-based treatments that are adaptable and involve a wider range of care providers. RO4: Investigation of key policy areas in relation to the delivery of technology-enabled mental health, including shared decision-making, open data and legal and ethical frameworks. In achieving these objectives TEAM has delivered innovative technologies and policies that enable early assessment, prevention, and treatment of mental health difficulties in young people.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

There is no health without mental health. 27% of our population are young, and mental health disorders are our leading cause of disability. 50% of mental disorders emerge by 14 yrs, 75% by 24 yrs and, untreated, triple odds of having a mental health disorder in later life. TEAM’s will build a network of expertise and train a new generation of researchers to deliver more effective, affordable and feasible mental health services for young people. Our interdisciplinary, international, intersectoral network, balanced in skills, experience and perspectives, will train the next generation of researchers to lead Youth Mental Health (YMH) services into the future. Research objectives focus on key challenges in YMH: delivering new technologies to support rapid, large-scale, and early assessment, prevention and treatment.TEAM will also deliver policy directions and guidelines for technology-enabled YMH. 2 themes are covered: how can technology a) increase access, and b) help people to engage more successfully? TEAM will deliver new technology-enabled services that are both accessible and engaging for young people. Our ambitious objectives require individuals with a unique combination of interdisciplinary and intersectoral skills. TEAM ESRs will receive integrated training across three key areas necessary to fully realise the potential of technology-enabled mental health: Mental Healthcare Delivery - the theories and practice of YMH; Computer science - core principles in software engineering and technology infrastructures; Interaction Design - theories and methods including co-designing with young people and active engagement with clinicians, social workers, caregivers (e.g. parents) and teachers. Intersectoral secondments promote interdisciplinary and intersectoral learning and communication, and public engagement and outreach focus on young people, those who play major roles in their lives (e.g. parents and teachers), health care professionals.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN · DublinCoordinatorIreland
  • Advance Regulatory Consulting Limited · MagherafeltUnited Kingdom
  • DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET · Kongens LyngbyDenmark
  • DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SKILLS · DUBLINIreland
  • Integrated Change · BristolUnited Kingdom
  • MEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN · WienAustria
  • NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN · LONDONUnited Kingdom
  • Opposable Group Limited · BristolUnited Kingdom
  • REACHOUT IRELAND LTD · DUBLINCity levelIreland
  • REGION HOVEDSTADEN · HillerodDenmark
  • St Andrew's Healthcare · NorthamptonUnited Kingdom
  • TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN · WienAustria
  • TELEFONICA INNOVACION ALPHA SL · MADRIDSpain
  • TELEFONICA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA · MadridSpain
  • THE ANNA FREUD CENTRE · LondonUnited Kingdom
  • UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON · LondonUnited Kingdom
  • UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW · GlasgowUnited Kingdom

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union