Levelling up digital mental health: from proliferation to precision.

Shankar, Rohit; Terry, John R; James, Christopher J; Laugharne, Richard A; Ali, Lia; Anil, Krithika; Bachlani, Asif; Alexander, Regi T et al. · Br J Psychiatry · 2026

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Abstract

Despite rapid growth, digital mental health tools rarely deliver meaningful clinical impact. Psychiatrists' attitudes to technology and private-industry partnerships are key. To embed safe, effective technologies into real-world psychiatric care, a shift from proliferation to precision is required. Co-production, equity, implementation science and academia-industry-clinical partnerships need emphasis.