Developing countries face the impact of mental health problems while confronted with defined resources and unfairness in access to mental health care. The use of the Internet and technologies has the potential to address these gaps, facilitating the development of more proper models of care in a variety of contexts.
Internet technologies could be a decisive action for delivering mental health services in low-resource settings. However, although internet-based interventions have shown their possible benefits in developed countries, there is a shortage of studies in developing countries. However, after 25 years of reasonably successful mental health policies, mental health in Chile still presents serious deficiencies and continues to be treated as a great challenge for public health. Government spending on mental health and the associated disease burden in chile.
Digital technologies are highly applied across all social levels in chile. This high level of digital association has recently facilitated the development of mental health interventions to better access treatment for different populations across the country and apply preventative methods.
This article describes the use of the Internet and technology in mental health through a story mini-review of studies conducted in chile.
Developing countries are struggling to provide enough mental health care to their citizens. One of the main problems is the serious shortage of Psychiatrists and trained mental health Nurses.
In other countries, the quality of mental health nursing is low.
Some Western countries have devised nurse-keeping models under the supervision of psychiatrists, which have shown better patient waiting times and care delivery as analyzed in low-income countries.
In 2020, there were 3.8 billion social media users worldwide, defining half the global population. In addition, the latest studies have shown that individuals with mental disorders are gradually gaining access to and using mobile such as smartphones.
Managing mental health conditions is demanding even with all the desired resources, but it is a big demand when there are no resources. Therefore, it is not easy to manage many patients with psychiatric illnesses. In addition, there is a shortage of psychiatric in health specialties. This is an essential concern for low-income countries where the population numbers are higher; there is a lack of overall government health funding, lack of education, and stigma of mental health conditions for gender.
Due to complex and intersecting emotional challenges, the current pandemic added more to mental health challenges. In addition, many people are experiencing Covid-19-related stress caused by stay-at-home orders.
