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January 15, 2025
Digital Health for Early Psychosis in Ghana: Patient and Caregiver Needs and Preferences
WADMA members Anna Larsen, Alexa Beaulieu, Emmanuel Sottie, Kwadwo Obeng, Angela Ofori-Atta, and Dror Ben-Zeev published a paper in Schizophrenia Bulletin exploring the mental health needs and preferences, technology access and use, and interest in digital mental health among early psychosis patients and their caregivers.
You can read the article here.
November 9, 2024
mHealth and Digital Innovations as Catalysts for Transforming Mental Health Care in Ghana
WADMA members Angela Ofori-Atta, Sammy Ohene, Kwadwo Obeng, and Dror Ben-Zeev published a paper in Global Health: Science and Practice exploring the challenges and opportunities within Ghana's mental health care system, highlighting the role digital health solutions could play.
You can read the article here.
October 3, 2024
Human-Centered Design for Digital Mental Health: Principles and Practice
WADMA members Jaime Snyder, PhD, from University of Washington, and Seth Asafo, MPhil, MPMH, from University of Ghana discussed human-centered design for digital mental health. Watch the recording below!
April 25, 2024
What is Digital Mental Health? Opportunities in Africa
WADMA members Angela Ofori-Atta, PhD, from University of Ghana, and Dror Ben-Zeev, PhD, from University of Washington discussed digital mental health and opportunities for digital mental health in West Africa.
March 27, 2024
Combining mHealth Technology and Pharmacotherapy to Improve Mental Health Outcomes and Reduce Human Rights Abuses in West Africa: Intervention Field Trial
WADMA members Dror Ben-Zeev, Anna Larsen, Dzifa Attah, Kwadwo Obeng, Alexa Beaulieu, Seth Asafo, Jonathan Kuma Gavi, Arya Kadakia, Emmanuel Quame Sottie, Sammy Ohene, Lola Kola, Kevin Hallgren, Jaime Snyder, Pamela Collins, Angela Ofori-Atta, and the M-Healer Research Team published a paper in JMIR Mental Health describing the feasibility, acceptability, safety, and preliminary effectiveness of a dual pronged intervention package involving a smartphone delivered toolkit designed to expose healers to brief psychological interventions and a visiting nurse who provides medications to their patients in real-world prayer settings.
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You can read the article here.
January 8, 2024
Transitions of Psychiatric Care for Adults with Serious Mental Illness: Clinical and Research Innovations
Guest speakers Ethan Moitra, PhD, and Brandon Gaudiano, PhD, from Brown University and Butler Hospital gave a guest lecture on their research regarding psychiatric care for adults with serious mental illness to existing and future WADMA members.
September 27, 2023
Developing the West African Digital Mental Health Alliance (WADMA)
WADMA members Lola Kola, Anna Larsen, Seth Asafo, Dzifa Attah, Alexa Beaulieu, Jonathan Kuma Gavi, Kevin Hallgren, Arya Kadakia, Kwadwo Obeng, Sammy Ohene, Jaime Snyder, Angela Ofori-Atta, and Dror Ben-Zeev published an article in Nature Medicine introducing WADMA - a mission-centered group aimed at fostering a new generation of digital mental health researchers committed to advancing mental health services using digital innovations in West Africa.
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You can read the article here.
July 2, 2021
A Digital Toolkit (M-Healer) to Improve Care and Reduce Human Rights Abuses Against People with Mental Illness in West Africa: User-Centered Design, Development, and Usability Study
WADMA members Dror Ben-Zeev, Jaime Snyder, Dzifa Attah, Seth Asafo, Pamela Collins, and Angela Ofori-Atta, along with other co-authors published an article in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) describing their process for codeveloping a digital mental health toolkit designed to support healers caring for people with serious mental illness in Ghana.
You can read the article here.
