title: Interconnected or disconnected? Promotion of mental health and prevention of mental disorder in the digital age.
abstract: To date there have been few peer-reviewed studies on the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of digital technologies for mental health promotion and disorder prevention. Any evaluation of these evolving technologies is complicated by a lack of understanding about the specific risks and possible benefits of the many forms of internet use on mental health. To adequately meet the mental health needs of today's society, psychiatry must engage in rigorous assessment of the impact of digital technologies.
authors.affiliation: Joseph F. Hayes, MB ChB, MSc, MRCPsych, DLSHTM, UCL Division of Psychiatry, University College London, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London; Daniel L. Maughan, MB ChB, MRCPsych, PGDipLATHE, PGCertLS, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, Warwick Medical School, Coventry; Hugh Grant-Peterkin, MB ChB, MRCPsych, East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Joseph F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.affiliation: Joseph F. Hayes, MB ChB, MSc, MRCPsych, DLSHTM, UCL Division of Psychiatry, University College London, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London; Daniel L. Maughan, MB ChB, MRCPsych, PGDipLATHE, PGCertLS, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, Warwick Medical School, Coventry; Hugh Grant-Peterkin, MB ChB, MRCPsych, East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK daniel.maughan@sustainablehealthcare.org.uk.
authors.forename: Daniel L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Maughan
authors.affiliation: Joseph F. Hayes, MB ChB, MSc, MRCPsych, DLSHTM, UCL Division of Psychiatry, University College London, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London; Daniel L. Maughan, MB ChB, MRCPsych, PGDipLATHE, PGCertLS, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, Warwick Medical School, Coventry; Hugh Grant-Peterkin, MB ChB, MRCPsych, East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Hugh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Grant-Peterkin
mesh_terms: D006293:Health Promotion / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008603:Mental Health / Q000193:education*; D011570:Psychiatry