New paper published on the CAMHS Digital Lab

Digital innovations and developments in data science could help to make mental health services more efficient, and meet growing demand for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). But there remains a significant gap between these technological advancements and their adoption in clinical practice. To bridge this gap, we at the CAMHS Digital Lab are pioneering a novel service model for embedding research and innovation into CAMHS.  

With this in mind, we were delighted when the editors of the CAMH journal’s Technology Matters section invited us to write an article outlining our service model. In this article, we talk in more detail about the four workstreams which you may have seen summarised here on our website: 

1. Population and clinical analytics 

2. Digital therapeutics and assessment 

3. Data science and discovery 

4. Education, outreach and training 

Each of these workstreams supports delivery of clinical services, and allows us to answer important research questions in child and adolescent mental health. In the piece, we also consider how other services across the UK, and even internationally, could adopt or adapt these approaches to meet their local needs. 

You can read the full article here, as well as a blog from the King's Maudsley partnership here.

To discuss how the CAMHS Digital Lab could support you and your service, get in touch at camhsdlab@kcl.ac.uk.