List #16 - Regulating "neurointerventions", skin patches and monitored teens
...plus a PhD scholarship announcement
**BRIEF PLUG FOR AN UPCOMING WEBINAR** - ‘O Brave New Brain? Regulating “Neurointerventions”’, by Prof Bernadette McSherry, 4 March 2021, 1PM (AEST).
Prof McSherry is a leading global scholar of law & mental health. Join this webinar for her reflections on all things “neurointerventions” and the law, including Elon Musk’s claims about brain-based microchips that will “solve” schizophrenia.
Things I’ve been reading around the web…
🤳🏽 Teens to have phone GPS, data monitored to track onset of mental health issues, Caitlin Fitzsimmons, The Age (26 Feb 2021)
“Up to 10,000 Australian teenagers will have their phone data and GPS location monitored for the next five years in an attempt to track how mental health issues develop in adolescence.“
🔬 New skin patch brings us closer to wearable, all-in-one health monitor, University of California (15 Feb 2021)
💲Mental health insurance problems to be exacerbated by COVID-19, Matilda Marozzi, ABC Radio Melbourne
"[H]er superannuation provider refused to cover her for any mental health conditions because she had seen a psychologist." Not tech-related per se but directly-related to data concerning mental health. Expect more of this in the digital era.
In scholarship…
📒 Canada protocol: An ethical checklist for the use of artificial intelligence in suicide prevention and mental health, Carl-Maria Mörch, Abhishek Gupta, Brian L. Mishara, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine,108, August 2020, 101934.
👥 Neuroprediction and A.I. in Forensic Psychiatry and Criminal Justice: A Neurolaw Perspective, Leda Tortora et al, Frontiers in Psychology (March 2020).
🌐 Combining online and offline peer support groups in community mental health care settings: a qualitative study of service users’ experiences, Monica Strand et al. International Journal of Mental Health Systems (May 2020)
What I’ve been up to...
💬 “eMHIC Special Interest Group for Ethics and Law” (Member paywall). I am now the inaugural co-chair of a Special Working Group on Law and Ethics for the eMental Health International Collaborative. Co-authoring with lawyer and ethicist, Mr Richman Wee, we have penned our first of several upcoming commentaries. (Open access version here)
🎓 PhD Scholarship Opportunity - Tech, Disability and Society. Myself and some (excellent) colleagues are currently inviting proposals for a new PhD Scholarship to investigate issues of technology, disability and society at the University of Melbourne. More info here. Applications close on 2nd of April. Please share with those who may be interested.