Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health Technology

2017-09-14 Thread Marcus Daniels 
"The release of Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All 
Act<https://www.healthcare-now.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Medicare-for-All-Act-of-2017-FINAL.pdf>
 has injected a remarkable jolt of energy into a movement for health care 
justice that was already on the ascent."


Those folks that are concerned about medical innovation can buy private 
insurance too, like in the UK, or here as in Medicare supplements.   Are there 
cost estimates yet on this?   Let's not put it on the credit card; I'll pay my 
fair share in increased taxes.
Marcus


From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of Merle Lefkoff 
<merlelefk...@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 1:48:18 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health 
Technology

Hey Marcus, this is the only thing that works:


The release of Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All 
Act<https://www.healthcare-now.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Medicare-for-All-Act-of-2017-FINAL.pdf>
 has injected a remarkable jolt of energy into a movement for health care 
justice that was already on the ascent.

"The grassroots are more than ready to organize around this bill.

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Merle Lefkoff 
<merlelefk...@gmail.com<mailto:merlelefk...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I'm saying you should turn your attention away to more fruitful endeavors than 
trying to fix our political system.  It's broken.  Forget it.  Go to court.  
Add your body and voice to the young marchers.

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Marcus Daniels 
<mar...@snoutfarm.com<mailto:mar...@snoutfarm.com>> wrote:

"I thought you guys would be interested in this."


Ha!  Would or should?   What are you saying here?


From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com<mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com>> on 
behalf of Merle Lefkoff <merlelefk...@gmail.com<mailto:merlelefk...@gmail.com>>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 1:36:43 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: [FRIAM] Fwd: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health Technology

I thought you guys would be interested in this.



​​
-- Forwarded message --
From: Future Tense <eve...@newamerica.org<mailto: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<mailto:merlelefk...@gmail.com>>





[future tense]

The Future of Mental Health 
Technology<http://NewAmerica.cvent.com/d/B4dZUFM4vEidUXisB5tOMQ/z9gw/P1/4W?>

[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>
Jou

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health Technology

2017-09-14 Thread Merle Lefkoff 
Oh darn, Marcus.  Wish I had thought of that!!

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Merle Lefkoff 
wrote:

> Hey Marcus, this is the only thing that works:
>
> The release of Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All Act
> 
>  has
> injected a remarkable jolt of energy into a movement for health care
> justice that was already on the ascent.
>
> "The grassroots are more than ready to organize around this bill.
>
> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Merle Lefkoff 
> wrote:
>
>> I'm saying you should turn your attention away to more fruitful endeavors
>> than trying to fix our political system.  It's broken.  Forget it.  Go to
>> court.  Add your body and voice to the young marchers.
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Marcus Daniels 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> "I thought you guys would be interested in this."
>>>
>>>
>>> Ha!  Would or should?   What are you saying here?
>>> --
>>> *From:* Friam  on behalf of Merle Lefkoff <
>>> merlelefk...@gmail.com>
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 14, 2017 1:36:43 PM
>>> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
>>> *Subject:* [FRIAM] Fwd: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health
>>> Technology
>>>
>>> I thought you guys would be interested in this.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ​​
>>> -- Forwarded message --
>>> From: Future Tense 
>>> Date: Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 12:17 PM
>>> Subject: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health Technology
>>> To: Merle Lefkoff 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   [image: future tense]
>>>
>>> *The Future of Mental Health Technology*
>>> 
>>>
>>> [image: The Future of Mental Health Technology]
>>> 
>>> Register to Attend
>>> 
>>>
>>> *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
>>> * is a
>>> partnership of *Slate
>>> *, *New
>>> America *, and *Arizona State University
>>> *.
>>>
>>> Breakfast will be served.
>>>
>>> *Agenda:*
>>>
>>> *9:00-9:45: Your Chatbot Therapist Will See You Now*
>>>
>>> *Dr. John Torous,* *@JohnTorousMD *
>>> Co-director, Digital Psychiatry Program at Beth Israel Deaconess​,
>>> Harvard Medical School
>>>
>>> *Dr. Steven Chan,* *@StevenChanMD
>>> *
>>> Clinical Informatics Fellow, UC San Francisco, Hospital Medicine &
>>> Psychiatry
>>>
>>> *David Dobbs,* *@David_Dobbs *
>>> Journalist
>>>
>>> *Moderator:*
>>> *Torie Bosch,* *@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

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health Technology

2017-09-14 Thread Merle Lefkoff 
Hey Marcus, this is the only thing that works:

The release of Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All Act

has
injected a remarkable jolt of energy into a movement for health care
justice that was already on the ascent.

"The grassroots are more than ready to organize around this bill.

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Merle Lefkoff 
wrote:

> I'm saying you should turn your attention away to more fruitful endeavors
> than trying to fix our political system.  It's broken.  Forget it.  Go to
> court.  Add your body and voice to the young marchers.
>
> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Marcus Daniels 
> wrote:
>
>> "I thought you guys would be interested in this."
>>
>>
>> Ha!  Would or should?   What are you saying here?
>> --
>> *From:* Friam  on behalf of Merle Lefkoff <
>> merlelefk...@gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 14, 2017 1:36:43 PM
>> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
>> *Subject:* [FRIAM] Fwd: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health
>> Technology
>>
>> I thought you guys would be interested in this.
>>
>>
>>
>> ​​
>> -- Forwarded message --
>> From: Future Tense 
>> Date: Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 12:17 PM
>> Subject: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health Technology
>> To: Merle Lefkoff 
>>
>>
>>
>>   [image: future tense]
>>
>> *The Future of Mental Health Technology*
>> 
>>
>> [image: The Future of Mental Health Technology]
>> 
>> Register to Attend
>> 
>>
>> *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
>> * is a
>> partnership of *Slate
>> *, *New
>> America *, and *Arizona State University
>> *.
>>
>> Breakfast will be served.
>>
>> *Agenda:*
>>
>> *9:00-9:45: Your Chatbot Therapist Will See You Now*
>>
>> *Dr. John Torous,* *@JohnTorousMD *
>> Co-director, Digital Psychiatry Program at Beth Israel Deaconess​,
>> Harvard Medical School
>>
>> *Dr. Steven Chan,* *@StevenChanMD
>> *
>> Clinical Informatics Fellow, UC San Francisco, Hospital Medicine &
>> Psychiatry
>>
>> *David Dobbs,* *@David_Dobbs *
>> Journalist
>>
>> *Moderator:*
>> *Torie Bosch,* *@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 *
>> Assistant Professor, The School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech
>>
>> *Dr. Sarah Fineberg, PhD*
>> Instructor, Yale University Department of Psychiatry
>>
>> *Moderator:*
>> *Torie Bosch,* *@thekibosch

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health Technology

2017-09-14 Thread Marcus Daniels 
Sorry, forgot to quote your (first) e-mail.   I meant it sounded like (heh) 
"You guys should really look into these online tools for psychiatric treatment."


From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of Merle Lefkoff 
<merlelefk...@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 1:46:17 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health 
Technology

I'm saying you should turn your attention away to more fruitful endeavors than 
trying to fix our political system.  It's broken.  Forget it.  Go to court.  
Add your body and voice to the young marchers.

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Marcus Daniels 
<mar...@snoutfarm.com<mailto:mar...@snoutfarm.com>> wrote:

"I thought you guys would be interested in this."


Ha!  Would or should?   What are you saying here?


From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com<mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com>> on 
behalf of Merle Lefkoff <merlelefk...@gmail.com<mailto:merlelefk...@gmail.com>>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 1:36:43 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: [FRIAM] Fwd: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health Technology

I thought you guys would be interested in this.



​​
-- Forwarded message --
From: Future Tense <eve...@newamerica.org<mailto: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<mailto:merlelefk...@gmail.com>>





[future tense]

The Future of Mental Health 
Technology<http://NewAmerica.cvent.com/d/B4dZUFM4vEidUXisB5tOMQ/z9gw/P1/4W?>

[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>

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health Technology

2017-09-14 Thread Merle Lefkoff 
I'm saying you should turn your attention away to more fruitful endeavors
than trying to fix our political system.  It's broken.  Forget it.  Go to
court.  Add your body and voice to the young marchers.

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Marcus Daniels 
wrote:

> "I thought you guys would be interested in this."
>
>
> Ha!  Would or should?   What are you saying here?
> --
> *From:* Friam  on behalf of Merle Lefkoff <
> merlelefk...@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 14, 2017 1:36:43 PM
> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
> *Subject:* [FRIAM] Fwd: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health
> Technology
>
> I thought you guys would be interested in this.
>
>
>
> ​​
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Future Tense 
> Date: Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 12:17 PM
> Subject: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health Technology
> To: Merle Lefkoff 
>
>
>
>   [image: future tense]
>
> *The Future of Mental Health Technology*
> 
>
> [image: The Future of Mental Health Technology]
> 
> Register to Attend
> 
>
> *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 *
> is a partnership of *Slate
> *, *New
> America *, and *Arizona State University
> *.
>
> Breakfast will be served.
>
> *Agenda:*
>
> *9:00-9:45: Your Chatbot Therapist Will See You Now*
>
> *Dr. John Torous,* *@JohnTorousMD *
> Co-director, Digital Psychiatry Program at Beth Israel Deaconess​, Harvard
> Medical School
>
> *Dr. Steven Chan,* *@StevenChanMD
> *
> Clinical Informatics Fellow, UC San Francisco, Hospital Medicine &
> Psychiatry
>
> *David Dobbs,* *@David_Dobbs *
> Journalist
>
> *Moderator:*
> *Torie Bosch,* *@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 *
> Assistant Professor, The School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech
>
> *Dr. Sarah Fineberg, PhD*
> Instructor, Yale University Department of Psychiatry
>
> *Moderator:*
> *Torie Bosch,* *@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*
>  and following
> *@FutureTenseNow* .
>
> Live streaming of this event will be available on the *New America
> website
> *
> .
>
> [image: Support New

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health Technology

2017-09-14 Thread Marcus Daniels 
"I thought you guys would be interested in this."


Ha!  Would or should?   What are you saying here?


From: Friam  on behalf of Merle Lefkoff 

Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 1:36:43 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: [FRIAM] Fwd: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health Technology

I thought you guys would be interested in this.



​​
-- Forwarded message --
From: Future Tense >
Date: Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 12:17 PM
Subject: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health Technology
To: Merle Lefkoff >





[future tense]

The Future of Mental Health 
Technology

[The Future of Mental Health 
Technology]

Register to 
Attend


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 is a 
partnership of 
Slate, New 
America, and Arizona State 
University.

Breakfast will be served.

Agenda:

9:00-9:45: Your Chatbot Therapist Will See You Now

Dr. John Torous, @JohnTorousMD
Co-director, Digital Psychiatry Program at Beth Israel Deaconess​, Harvard 
Medical School

Dr. Steven Chan, @StevenChanMD
Clinical Informatics Fellow, UC San Francisco, Hospital Medicine & Psychiatry

David Dobbs, @David_Dobbs
Journalist

Moderator:
Torie Bosch, @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
Assistant Professor, The School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech

Dr. Sarah Fineberg, PhD
Instructor, Yale University Department of Psychiatry

Moderator:
Torie Bosch, @thekibosch
Editor, Future Tense


The Future of Mental Health Technology
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