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DATE: September 8, 2026 at 06:00PM
SOURCE: Association of Health Care Journalists: MENTAL HEALTHTITLE: These new resources can help you vet digital mental health tools
If you’re a journalist covering mental health, you’re bound to come across some new digital tool claiming to combat anxiety or encourage healthier self-talk. But reporting on them — whether as a news article about a buzzy new product or in a roundup of resources in a service piece — can be tricky.
As I wrote for an article in the American Psychological Association’s Monitor on Psychology magazine, studies suggest there are tens of thousands of mental health apps on the market, and their safety and efficacy range widely. A few apps have undergone randomized controlled trials and have received FDA authorization. Others make bold claims and can compromise patient safety and privacy. Some may pose relatively low risk, but they also aren’t a substitute for traditional mental health care.
How are consumers, mental health professionals and journalists supposed to keep up with the good, bad and in-between? One way is through two relatively new programs from professional psychological and psychiatric organizations. Here’s an overview:
The American Psychological Association’s Digital Badge Program
This system provides “independent, evidence-based evaluations of digital mental and behavioral health technologies,” the APA said. “Each evaluation is grounded in evidence, clinical insight, regulatory alignment, and user safety.” To search for various tools and see how they stack up, explore the program’s Digital Badge Solutions Library.
The American Psychiatric Association’s App Advisor
This is a series of questions you can go through when trying to decide whether an app is an appropriate choice for a certain person or situation. The goal, the APA says, is “to provide a hierarchical rating system with content-specific questions that guide a thoughtful approach to app selection.”
This process aims to help people “understand the key information that should be considered when choosing an app, and how this differs from selecting traditional therapeutic interventions.”
Media contacts
Journalists interested in learning more about either program or speaking with an expert in digital mental health can contact the organizations’ media departments:
•American Psychological Association: [email protected]
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•American Psychiatric Association: Erin Connors, [email protected]
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #DigitalMentalHealthTools #MentalHealthApps #AppEvaluation #DigitalBadgeProgram #APA #AppAdvisor #MentalHealthTech #EvidenceBasedTech #PatientSafety #DigitalHealthNews
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DATE: September 8, 2026 at 06:00PM
SOURCE: Association of Health Care Journalists: MENTAL HEALTHTITLE: These new resources can help you vet digital mental health tools
If you’re a journalist covering mental health, you’re bound to come across some new digital tool claiming to combat anxiety or encourage healthier self-talk. But reporting on them — whether as a news article about a buzzy new product or in a roundup of resources in a service piece — can be tricky.
As I wrote for an article in the American Psychological Association’s Monitor on Psychology magazine, studies suggest there are tens of thousands of mental health apps on the market, and their safety and efficacy range widely. A few apps have undergone randomized controlled trials and have received FDA authorization. Others make bold claims and can compromise patient safety and privacy. Some may pose relatively low risk, but they also aren’t a substitute for traditional mental health care.
How are consumers, mental health professionals and journalists supposed to keep up with the good, bad and in-between? One way is through two relatively new programs from professional psychological and psychiatric organizations. Here’s an overview:
The American Psychological Association’s Digital Badge Program
This system provides “independent, evidence-based evaluations of digital mental and behavioral health technologies,” the APA said. “Each evaluation is grounded in evidence, clinical insight, regulatory alignment, and user safety.” To search for various tools and see how they stack up, explore the program’s Digital Badge Solutions Library.
The American Psychiatric Association’s App Advisor
This is a series of questions you can go through when trying to decide whether an app is an appropriate choice for a certain person or situation. The goal, the APA says, is “to provide a hierarchical rating system with content-specific questions that guide a thoughtful approach to app selection.”
This process aims to help people “understand the key information that should be considered when choosing an app, and how this differs from selecting traditional therapeutic interventions.”
Media contacts
Journalists interested in learning more about either program or speaking with an expert in digital mental health can contact the organizations’ media departments:
•American Psychological Association: [email protected]
•
•American Psychiatric Association: Erin Connors, [email protected]
•
The post These new resources can help you vet digital mental health tools appeared first on Association of Health Care Journalists.
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Learn more at https://healthjournalism.org/topic/mental-health/ .
This robot is NOT affiliated with Association of Health Care Journalists and merely rebroadcasts from their site. Responses posted here are not monitored.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #DigitalMentalHealthTools #MentalHealthApps #AppEvaluation #DigitalBadgeProgram #APA #AppAdvisor #MentalHealthTech #EvidenceBasedTech #PatientSafety #DigitalHealthNews
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DATE: September 8, 2026 at 06:00PM
SOURCE: Association of Health Care Journalists: MENTAL HEALTHTITLE: These new resources can help you vet digital mental health tools
If you’re a journalist covering mental health, you’re bound to come across some new digital tool claiming to combat anxiety or encourage healthier self-talk. But reporting on them — whether as a news article about a buzzy new product or in a roundup of resources in a service piece — can be tricky.
As I wrote for an article in the American Psychological Association’s Monitor on Psychology magazine, studies suggest there are tens of thousands of mental health apps on the market, and their safety and efficacy range widely. A few apps have undergone randomized controlled trials and have received FDA authorization. Others make bold claims and can compromise patient safety and privacy. Some may pose relatively low risk, but they also aren’t a substitute for traditional mental health care.
How are consumers, mental health professionals and journalists supposed to keep up with the good, bad and in-between? One way is through two relatively new programs from professional psychological and psychiatric organizations. Here’s an overview:
The American Psychological Association’s Digital Badge Program
This system provides “independent, evidence-based evaluations of digital mental and behavioral health technologies,” the APA said. “Each evaluation is grounded in evidence, clinical insight, regulatory alignment, and user safety.” To search for various tools and see how they stack up, explore the program’s Digital Badge Solutions Library.
The American Psychiatric Association’s App Advisor
This is a series of questions you can go through when trying to decide whether an app is an appropriate choice for a certain person or situation. The goal, the APA says, is “to provide a hierarchical rating system with content-specific questions that guide a thoughtful approach to app selection.”
This process aims to help people “understand the key information that should be considered when choosing an app, and how this differs from selecting traditional therapeutic interventions.”
Media contacts
Journalists interested in learning more about either program or speaking with an expert in digital mental health can contact the organizations’ media departments:
•American Psychological Association: [email protected]
•
•American Psychiatric Association: Erin Connors, [email protected]
•
The post These new resources can help you vet digital mental health tools appeared first on Association of Health Care Journalists.
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Learn more at https://healthjournalism.org/topic/mental-health/ .
This robot is NOT affiliated with Association of Health Care Journalists and merely rebroadcasts from their site. Responses posted here are not monitored.
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Unofficial Psychology Today Xitter to toot feed at Psych Today Unofficial Bot @PTUnofficialBot
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #DigitalMentalHealthTools #MentalHealthApps #AppEvaluation #DigitalBadgeProgram #APA #AppAdvisor #MentalHealthTech #EvidenceBasedTech #PatientSafety #DigitalHealthNews
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#ScienceFiction oder doch drohende Realität? Aus jeden Fall beängstigend 😱
heise+ -| c’t-Story: Tick, tick, tick | c't Magazin
Fortschrittliche Technik arbeitet softwaregestützt und ist auf regelmäßige Aktualisierungen angewiesen. Diese Abhängigkeit kann sich plötzlich fatal auswirken.
https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/c-t-Story-Tick-tick-tick-11253773.html #heiseplus #Patientensicherheit #PatientSafety #Bionik #bionic #MedicalDevices #MedicalImplatants #MedicalDeviceRegulation #MedTech #ProductLiability
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Hi everyone. How are you tonight?
It’s been a rough few months, and I wanted to share an update since I haven’t posted in a while.
A few months ago, I was officially diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis, something we’ve suspected for a while, so it was nice to finally get confirmation. My rheumatologist started me on Methotrexate, and that’s when things took a turn for the worse.
I was prescribed 6 tablets once a week and took them for 6 weeks. But I started getting extremely sick with flu-like symptoms, worsened gastroparesis, painful sores all over my body, and more. When we looked up Methotrexate side effects, I had around 20 of the ones that say to seek medical attention immediately.
We later found out that, due to my other health conditions, I should never have been prescribed Methotrexate in the first place. I also should’ve been monitored weekly, which wasn’t happening. Things got so bad we nearly went to the hospital several times, but since I’m immunocompromised and Methotrexate suppresses the immune system, we were afraid I’d catch something in the ER.
We tried contacting my doctors, but no one responded. So we stopped the medication ourselves. It’s been about 3 weeks since I stopped, and I’m still recovering, but I’m slowly getting stronger. Unfortunately, my RA is flaring badly in my hands and feet since it’s currently untreated.
A few days ago, I did end up going to the hospital because I wasn’t improving. They found my blood sugar was dangerously high, diagnosed me with diabetes, gave me fluids, and discharged me. Ironically, I started feeling better the next day. Now we’re unsure if I truly have diabetes or if it’s a lingering effect of the Methotrexate, which can mess with blood levels.
I was so sick I had to take a C in my theology course because I couldn’t finish the final paper, and I had to drop the next class I was supposed to start. My next course begins August 25, and I’m doing everything I can to be well enough to take it.
This whole experience showed me how broken my care coordination is. My primary care doctor didn’t know what was happening and wasn’t communicating with my other specialists. No one was checking my chart to make sure treatments wouldn’t conflict with my other conditions. I have a meeting next week with my Medicaid service coordinator to talk about better coordinated care and possibly enrolling in dual Medicare/Medicaid, which I’ve been told I qualify for.
This could have killed me. I’m grateful to be alive and slowly healing, but I’m also angry and frustrated that this happened at all.
Thanks for reading. I appreciate all of you.
#ChronicIllness #disability #RheumatoidArthritis #Methotrexate #Gastroparesis #Diabetes #Medicaid #Medicare #HealthcareSystem #PatientSafety #CareCoordination #Immunocompromised #DisabledAndProud #Survivor #Spoonie #SpoonieLife #HealthUpdate #ChristianSpoonie
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The new website for Medical Gaslighting has launched, continuing its mission despite poor health. Amongst others issues, we will focus on the Lampard Inquiry into NELFT. Readers are encouraged to share stories. We respect victims' privacy and offer anonymous communication channels for those sharing sensitive information on medical abuses
#NSUN #enby #lgbtqia #NELFT #MedicalGaslighting #MedicalGaslightingKills #LampardInquiry #NHSComplaints #PatientSafety #PHSOmbudsman
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We remember the victims, but also the perpetrators ... nobody should get away with allowing patients to die!
https://medicalgaslighting.online/remembering-victims/
#NSUN #enby #lgbtqia #NELFT #MedicalGaslighting #MedicalGaslightingKills #LampardInquiry #NHSComplaints #PatientSafety #PHSOmbudsman