The Future of Population Mental Health: Creating a Community-Based Digital Ecosystem

CBITs embarks on a new era of digital health implementation with the launch of the COMPASS ALACRITY Center, directed by Jessica Schleider, PhD (PI) and CBITs Founder David Mohr, PhD (MPI). Building on a nine-year partnership with Mental Health America, the center’s core aim is develop and evaluate COMPASS (Community-based Online Mental health Promotion and Support Service): a digital platform integrating online mental health self-screening, evidence-based single-session interventions, and text message-based supports for adolescents and adults seeking help online. In the first webinar of the season, newly announced CBITs Director Andrea Graham, PhD, moderates a panel of several COMPASS ALACRITY Center leaders: CBITs faculty Jessica Schleider, PhD, Jonah Meyerhoff, PhD, and Rachel Kornfield, PhD, and Mental Health America’s Chief Research Officer, Theresa Nguyen, LCSW. They discuss why the partnership between CBITs and MHA can create sustainable pathways for millions of people to access effective mental health support at the moment they seek help online.