Authors

IMPORTANT DATES
 

Abstract submission: open until 15th March

Abstract notification: periodically until 15th April

Conference: 21-23 May 2025

Special issue invitation: To be announced

Special issue submission: To be announced

ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION (300-500 words)

SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT HERE

Authors of accepted abstracts are required to register for the conference and to present their work at the conference. Abstracts will be peer reviewed and accepted abstracts will appear online with a DOI in the conference proceedings.

TOPICS

DMHW2025’s theme is “Contextualizing Wellbeing: Personalization, Environment, and Inclusivity in Digital Mental Health”. We particularly welcome research exploring how digital mental health adapts to individual, environmental, and cultural contexts—shaping smart city and work environment design, age and culturally sensitive solutions, and language-tailored interventions to support diverse needs globally.

Topics of interest (not exhaustive):

Digital mental health interventions	Digital mental health service co-design and modelling
Health apps, web apps, and software in mental health	Sensors and wearable technologies in mental health
Data science, analytics, and machine learning in mental health	Affective computing and positive computing
Speech analytics, Natural Language Processing (NLP) and smart speaker applications for mental health	Databases and datasets in mental health
Conversational user interfaces and chatbots for mental health	Cyber-psychology and digital wellbeing
Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in mental health	Digital mental health care models
Web technologies in mental health	Large Language Models (LLMs) in mental health
Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) applications in mental health	Ethics in digital mental health
Digital Transformation of mental health services	Co-production and co-creation of digital mental health services
Digital mental health and social prescriptions	Digital mental health as adjunctive therapy
Young people in mental health	Using gamification approaches in digital mental health interventions
Digital mental health interventions for marginalised groups	Evidence-based approaches for mental health services
Digital storytelling, design fictions, interaction design, graphic design for mental health service co-creation	Developing policy and practice around digital mental health interventions
Digital citizenship in mental health	Regulation, compliance, quality assurance and standards in digital mental health service design
Smart cities and their impact on citizen’s wellbeing	Design and evaluation of digitally supported content, therapies and interventions
Digital mental health employee wellbeing
Addressing engagement and retention in digital mental health services

Special Issue Journal of Behaviour & Information Technology

Special issue "Advances in Digital Interventions and AI for Mental Health & Wellbeing" (Impact Factor = 2.9). We will invite and encourage authors to submit an extended version of their work to this journal. Deadline for submission of papers to the special issue: 31 August 2025.

REGISTRATION

Will be announced soon