Filling Accessibility Gaps with Digital Mental Health Interventions: Applications in Preventative, Outpatient, and Acute Care Settings

Dr. Adam Horwitz is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry. His research is focused on developing and evaluating interventions that incorporate technology (e.g., wearables, mobile apps, texting) to increase accessibility, with an emphasis on depression, PTSD, and suicide risk. He co-directs the Mobile Health and Adaptive Interventions Lab (mHail) within the Youth Depression and Suicide Prevention Program. He received his undergraduate and graduate (PhD) degrees from the University of Michigan, completed an APA-accredited predoctoral internship at the Hines VA Hospital, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Trauma Psychology with the Road Home Program for Veterans and their Families at Rush University Medical Center. He is the Program Lead for Trauma Services in the U-M Adult Anxiety Disorders clinic.