Toward Impactful Collaborations on Computing and Mental Health

• Main Authors: Calvo, Rafael Alejandro (Author), Dinakar, Karthik (Author), Picard, Rosalind W. (Author), Christensen, Helen (Author), Torous, John (Author)
• Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory (Contributor)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: JMIR Publications Inc., 2020-12-15T16:24:50Z.
• Subjects: Article
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� Rafael Alejandro Calvo Karthik Dinakar Rosalind Picard Helen Christensen John Torous. We describe an initiative to bring mental health researchers, computer scientists, human-computer interaction researchers, and other communities together to address the challenges of the global mental ill health epidemic. Two face-to-face events and one special issue of the Journal of Medical Internet Research were organized. The works presented in these events and publication reflect key state-of-the-art research in this interdisciplinary collaboration. We summarize the special issue articles and contextualize them to present a picture of the most recent research. In addition, we describe a series of collaborative activities held during the second symposium and where the community identified 5 challenges and their possible solutions.
Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (FT140100824)
National Institutes of Health T15 training grant (4T15LM007092-25)