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Advancing the use of sensor-based digital health technologies for mental health research and clinical practice

DiMe-DGC collaboration releases Wellcome-funded report outlining recommendations to drive investment, direction in digital sensing for mental health

February 04, 2025

The Digital Health Measurement Collaborative Community (DATAcc) by the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe), in which Depression Grand Challenge team members participated, released a report on Feb. 4, 2025, detailing evidence-based, actionable recommendations to drive interest, investment, and direction for sensor-based digital health technology research and innovation.

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Causes & Trajectories

Chart listing obstacles of digital sensing in mental health research (expensive infrastructure, lack of community trust)

Paper based on 2023 Digital Sensing Workshop findings published in npj Digital Medicine, advocates for common standards for digital sensing in mental health research

December 20, 2024

The Perspective, “Advancing digital sensing in mental health research,” draws on insights, findings and related reports generated from the 2023 Workshop on Advancing Digital Sensing Tools for Mental Health, hosted by UCLA and sponsored by Wellcome, the National Institute of Mental Health and the DGC.

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UCLA and global experts seek colleague input for digital sensing in mental health research standards

July 11, 2023

Leading mental health and computer science researchers, industry experts, advocates and funders who participated in the Digital Sensing Workshop held at UCLA in the winter of 2023 are seeking additional review and input from colleagues and other stakeholders for a shared vision, common standards and recommendations they created to facilitate the use of digital sensing technologies in mental health research.