IMMERSE: The implementation of Digital Mobile Mental Health in clinical care pathways: towards person-centered care in psychiatry

IMMERSE (Implementing Mobile MEntal health Recording Strategy for Europe) unites an interdisciplinary team of researchers with the objective of propelling the transformation of mental health care in Europe into true person-centred care. We are convinced that treatment should be strongly focused on the needs of each person seeking help for mental health problems, and that these people should have a more active role in their treatment process and decision-making. 

IMMERSE will build on 20 years of experience using Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM), a structured diary technique, as the methodology that puts the service user at the heart of their treatment. Within IMMERSE, we aim to further transform ESM into an innovative, clinical digital health tool, Digital Mobile Mental Health (DMMH), in close collaboration with stakeholders, while also specifically evaluating the implementation of this tool in routine mental health care in four countries in Europe.  

Through a comprehensive implementation study that involves recognizing and surmounting various implementation obstacles, we aim for a further scale-up of DMMH in routine clinical healthcare, thus offering a unique potential to significantly innovate mental health care in Europe and beyond. 

For more information go to https://immerse-project.eu/