The last session of the track 2, called ehealth Adressing Global Challenges for Local Actions, have focused in the application of the telematics and internet solutions for depression patients.
The three examples presented in Australia, Spain and Finland.
The speakers: Gavin Andrews, Cristina Botella and Ikka Korhonen agreed in different points:
The eHealth applied to the mental system ensures that the patient feels comfortable at home and the treatment works even better than the face to face in some cases.
The computer have a plan for recovery, and the patient can not be distracted by the face to face, but follow the different steps of the process with there one pace.
The online programs are much more cheap than some of treatments that already exists.
The eHealth for Mental diseases is still on trial, but the programs developed are successful and show even better results than the existing therapies. Look up for www.CRUfAD.org
