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| **Inspiring Projects?Opportunities for Mental Health and Technology** | **Inspiring Projects?Opportunities for Mental Health and Technology** |
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| In 1998, Inspire launched the world's first online mental health service? ReachOut.com. Since that time, technology has transformed many aspects of our lives, from business to entertainment to how we connect to others. The potential for Internet and mobile technology to similarly transform mental health and wellbeing is enormous?particularly through the provision of targeted and scalable services that enable people to manage their own health. Through their ability to automate processes and scale efficiently, technology-based services can cast a wider net, simultaneously helping larger numbers of people and doing so more affordably. The result is a twenty-first-century model of mental health care that integrates traditional services, such as counseling, with scalable services that allow people to monitor, manage, and improve their own mental health. The goal should be to enable all people to access the right help at the right time in the way they want it. | In 1998, Inspire launched the world's first online mental health service? ReachOut.com. Since that time, technology has transformed many aspects of our lives, from business to entertainment to how we connect to others. The potential for Internet and mobile technology to similarly transform mental health and wellbeing is enormous?particularly through the provision of targeted and scalable services that enable people to manage their own health. Through their ability to automate processes and scale efficiently, technology-based services can cast a wider net, simultaneously helping larger numbers of people and doing so more affordably. The result is a twenty-first-century model of mental health care that integrates traditional services, such as counseling, with scalable services that allow people to monitor, manage, and improve their own mental health. The goal should be to enable all people to access the right help at the right time in the way they want it. |
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| There is an increasing interest among researchers, organizations, and governments in measuring subjective wellbeing. We need to ask why this is, how it can be done, and what exactly should be measured. The "why" stems from the recognition that wellbeing arises from how we experience our lives, not the mere objective facts of our lives?such as our income, job, health, housing, and so on. There is evidence that people with high levels of wellbeing are healthier, more productive, and more creative and have better relationships with others, so high subjective wellbeing is a desirable goal for individuals and society alike. | There is an increasing interest among researchers, organizations, and governments in measuring subjective wellbeing. We need to ask why this is, how it can be done, and what exactly should be measured. The "why" stems from the recognition that wellbeing arises from how we experience our lives, not the mere objective facts of our lives?such as our income, job, health, housing, and so on. There is evidence that people with high levels of wellbeing are healthier, more productive, and more creative and have better relationships with others, so high subjective wellbeing is a desirable goal for individuals and society alike. |
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