Information challenges for E-Mental Health: Case NFB database user requirements

Abstract

Interest on E Mental Health keeps growing, the potential benefits to the individual clients, and to the psychiatry at large will be yet far more greater, should we solve the challenges including e.g. privacy. When practicing neurofeedback (NFB) therapy the authors have faced the information sharing challenges, the great potential within systemic and standardized data recording and anonymous sharing for clinic internal, client-centric, research and better practice purposes. The advances in image processing, cryptology, secure data handling are to be introduced for E Mental Health domain ensuring client privacy in information collection and transfer. The dialogue with future networks roadmapping on e-Health requirements will yield mutually substantial results. Common voice is needed in enabling the best use of medical research data for achieving the potential of the psychiatry at large and serving best our clients. This demands an active position in policy discussion having on impact on harmonious legislation.