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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Future Tense <eve...@newamerica.org> Date: Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 12:17 PM Subject: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health Technology To: Merle Lefkoff <merlelefk...@gmail.com> [image: future tense] *The Future of Mental Health Technology* <http://NewAmerica.cvent.com/d/B4dZUFM4vEidUXisB5tOMQ/z9gw/P1/4W?> [image: The Future of Mental Health Technology] <http://NewAmerica.cvent.com/d/B4dZUFM4vEidUXisB5tOMQ/z9gw/P1/4W?> Register to Attend <http://NewAmerica.cvent.com/d/B4dZUFM4vEidUXisB5tOMQ/z9gw/P1/4W?> *Though the impact our digital habits have on mental health may be increasingly grabbing the spotlight, there’s less talk about how these same technologies may one day be used to revolutionize how we treat mental illness. From chatbots that provide therapeutic conversation to apps that can monitor phone use to diagnose psychosis or manic episodes, medical providers now have new technological tools to supplement their first-hand interactions with patients. Even virtual reality, a technology that has yet to find its footing in popular entertainment, is making waves in the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.* These technologies are evolving rapidly—more rapidly than their regulation. Are we on the verge of a new era in psychiatric care, or will these treatments go the way of other now-condemned methods? Can algorithms reinvent our understanding of depression, anxiety, addiction, and other psychological issues, or at least make them easier to treat? Or is the industry known for "moving fast and breaking things” essentially at odds with a field governed by an oath “to first, do no harm”? Join Future Tense in Washington, D.C. to consider how innovations in technology are reimagining the way we treat mental illness. *Future Tense <http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense.html>* is a partnership of *Slate <http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense.html>*, *New America <http://www.newamerica.org/>*, and *Arizona State University <http://www.asu.edu/?feature=research>*. Breakfast will be served. *Agenda:* *9:00-9:45: Your Chatbot Therapist Will See You Now* *Dr. John Torous,* *@JohnTorousMD <https://twitter.com/JohnTorousMD>* Co-director, Digital Psychiatry Program at Beth Israel Deaconess, Harvard Medical School *Dr. Steven Chan,* *@StevenChanMD <https://twitter.com/StevenChanMD?lang=en>* Clinical Informatics Fellow, UC San Francisco, Hospital Medicine & Psychiatry *David Dobbs,* *@David_Dobbs <https://twitter.com/David_Dobbs>* Journalist *Moderator:* *Torie Bosch,* *@thekibosch <https://twitter.com/thekibosch>* Editor, Future Tense *9:45-10:00: Virtual Reality, Real Healing* *Skip Rizzo, PhD* Director, Institute for Creative Technologies at USC Research Professor, USC Davis School of Gerontology and USC Keck School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences *10:00-10:45: How Computer Science Is Reinventing Psychiatry* *Skip Rizzo, PhD* Director, Institute for Creative Technologies at USC Research Professor, USC Davis School of Gerontology and USC Keck School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences *Munmun de Choudhury, PhD,* *@munmun10 <https://twitter.com/munmun10>* Assistant Professor, The School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech *Dr. Sarah Fineberg, PhD* Instructor, Yale University Department of Psychiatry *Moderator:* *Torie Bosch,* *@thekibosch <https://twitter.com/thekibosch>* Editor, Future Tense *The Future of Mental Health Technology* Thursday, September 28, 2017 9:00 AM – 10:45 AM EST 740 15th Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005 Follow the conversation online using *#FTMentalHealth* <https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=%23FTMentalHealth> and following *@FutureTenseNow* <http://www.twitter.com/FutureTenseNow>. Live streaming of this event will be available on the *New America website <https://www.newamerica.org/future-tense/events/future-mental-health-technology/>* . [image: Support New America] <http://newamerica.org/contribute/> New America is dedicated to the renewal of American politics, prosperity, and purpose in the Digital Age. Our hallmarks are big ideas, impartial analysis, pragmatic policy solutions, technological innovation, next generation politics, and creative engagement with broad audiences. Unsubscribe <http://NewAmerica.cvent.com/d/JhQ4_9sU50uY0rGIvPl57Q/z9gw/E1/8E?> ------------------------------ [image: Cvent - Web-based Software Solutions] <http://www.cvent.com> -- Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy emergentdiplomacy.org Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Visiting Professor in Integrative Peacebuilding Saint Paul University Ottawa, Ontario, Canada merlelefk...@gmail.com <merlelef...@gmail.com> mobile: (303) 859-5609 skype: merle.lelfkoff2 twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff
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