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Technology and Mental Health

Season 5 Episode 9 | 26m 59s

Tom Insel, M.D., former director of the National Institute of Mental Health, explains how social media and smart phone technologies can help people monitor themselves, their symptoms, and level of functioning that will be beneficial to mental health treatment.

Aired: 02/28/18 | Expires: 03/04/20
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