Technology and Mental Wellness with John Naslund, PhD Instructor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Dr. John Naslund wants to bridge the gap in bringing mental health and wellness to those who have little or no access to care. We talk about prevention, early detection, and effective treatments. We discuss crucial stages of life, where we can make a huge difference in setting our kids up for mental wellness. Current research shows how incredibly effective low tech, non-pharmaceutical cognitive (thought) based interventions like Behavioral Activation for Depression is, yet we have no means of delivering these simple treatments to people who really need it.  Dr. Naslund is using technology to train general healthcare workers to deliver this care to rural areas in India. He has been involved in projects funded by the NIH and CDC to develop and distribute programs to those who most need it, in the U.S., Haiti,  and Colombia. He has over 60 peer-reviewed publications and is passionate about early diagnosis and the delivery of high quality care to all people, especially the vulnerable populations who have no access to healthcare. Faculty Profile John Naslund, PhD  Dr. Naslund's NIMH funded ESSENCE project  Research Abstract Health Behavior Models for Informing Digital Technology Interventions for Individuals with Mental Illness NAMI National Alliance of Mental Illness