Why the Mobile Phone is crucial to tackling the World’s growing mental health crisis.
The world is currently facing a mental health crisis post pandemic.
The World Health Organisation estimates that nearly a billion people worldwide are living with a mental disorder. In Europe around half of young people in the EU and a quarter of adults have unmet mental health needs whilst in the UK 8 million people in England with mental health problems cannot get specialist help because they are not considered sick enough to qualify.
These are sobering and miserable statistics. That is why in 2019 I and some of my colleagues at the University of Nottingham set up Blueskeye AI.
Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week
Maternal mental health awareness week is taking place this week, a campaign to raise awareness of mental health problems during and after pregnancy, to change attitudes surrounding maternal mental health and to advocate for mums to be able to access the information and support they need. During pregnancy and the postnatal period, many mothers experience heightened anxiety, feelings of isolation, judgement and guilt which are linked to pre-and postnatal depression and other mental health problems.