Tech Can Help Solve Our Mental Health Crisis. But We Can’t Forget The Human Element.

Tom Insel was the director of the National Institute of Mental Health from 2002-2015 and led the mental health team at Alphabet's Verily. Tech alone can't solve our mental health crisis, he writes.

Jan 28, 2022

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Hi, and welcome back to Big Technology. This week we’re featuring an opinion piece from Dr. Thomas Insel, the former director of the National Institute of Mental Health, who went on to lead mental health at Alphabet’s Verily. He shares an important perspective about how the push for scale in mental health tech can conflict with some of the field’s funda…

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Thomas Insel

Tom lnsel, M.D., a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, has been a national leader in mental health research, policy, and technology. He is the author of Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health.