Using mental wellbeing apps? Beware of safety and data breaches! – Times of India

In October 2020, a web-based counseling service provider in Finland, Vastaamo, reported a security flaw in the company’s IT systems that exposed its entire patient database to the open internet, not just the email addresses and social security numbers, but the actual written notes that the therapists had taken. A group of hackers had gotten … Read more

Sizable chunk of patients still prefer online consultation, say psychiatrists

Mumbai: In April 2021, Shailaja* (62), a resident of Surat, called a Mumbai psychiatrist for an online consultation to resolve recurrent crying spells and moodiness that she had been experiencing for the past ten years. The retired bank official said she felt uncomfortable visiting a psychiatrist’s clinic because of the stigma attached to mental health … Read more