Welcome to the 22nd WCP Congress Program Scheduling

Mental health disorders are one of the largest contributors to both burden of disease and injury and years lost to disability. Unfortunately, the burden of disease and, in turn, economic and social costs of mental health disorders, have only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. To meet the demand, digital health solutions need to be adopted now; however, to provide highly-personalised and measurement-based care requires staff education and training. Ian Hickie will highlight the potential for new digital technologies to transform the delivery of health care providing greater personalization, earlier intervention, enhanced monitoring and implementation of measurement-based care. With the support of new technologies, there is a possibility of greater scalability of care, enhanced empowerment of service users and increased capacity to support mental health promotion and illness-prevention. Laura Ospina-Pinillos will illustrate the potential for new technologies to have their major impacts not only in developed economies, but also in LMIC by reducing the treatment gap but also addressing the digital health inequities. Will also exemplify how low risk technologies can be implemented and scaled up. Samuel Hockey demonstrate how partnering with young people with lived experience of mental ill health and their supportive others to co-design and implement a training package for this group to ensure that young people have the knowledge and confidence to be active members of their own care team