Alice Wickersham, William Bennett, Zoë Firth, Craig Colling, Jessica Penhallow, Johnny Downs
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Abstract
As digital mental health research and technology continue to grow, a systematic approach to quickly and safely translating digital innovation into Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) is needed. Here, we provide an overview of the CAMHS Digital Lab, a service in London, United Kingdom, which integrates operational, clinical and research expertise to support digital discovery and translate research into practice. The service is organized into four workstreams: Population and clinical analytics; Data science and discovery; Digital therapeutics and assessment; and Education, outreach and training. This service provides a model for integrating digital innovation into mental health services which could be adopted elsewhere.
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) publishes high quality, peer-reviewed child and adolescent mental health services research of relevance to academics, clinicians and commissioners internationally. The journal''s principal aim is to foster evidence-based clinical practice and clinically orientated research among clinicians and health services researchers working with children and adolescents, parents and their families in relation to or with a particular interest in mental health. CAMH publishes reviews, original articles, and pilot reports of innovative approaches, interventions, clinical methods and service developments. The journal has regular sections on Measurement Issues, Innovations in Practice, Global Child Mental Health and Humanities. All published papers should be of direct relevance to mental health practitioners and clearly draw out clinical implications for the field.