Mental Health Informatics

Precision Medicine and the Learning Health System.- What is Informatics?.- What is Mental Health?.- Epistemological Differences between the Behavioral and Biological Sciences.- What is Mental Health Informatics?.- Big Picture: Process View of Mental Health Care Delivery.- Introduction to Technologies for Data Acquisition in Mental Health.- Informatics Technologies for the Acquisition of Biological Data.- Informatics Technologies for the Acquisition of Psychological and Behavioral Data.- Informatics Technologies for the Acquisition of Interpersonal, Social and Environmental Data: The Exosome.- Informatics Technologies for the Acquisition of Population Level Data.- Introduction to Methods for Extracting Meaningful Information from Data in Mental Health.- Concept and Knowledge Representation to Transform Data into Information in Mental Health.- Bioinformatics Methods in Mental Health Research and Practice.- Psychometric Methods.- Computational Models and Analytic Methods.- Natural Language Processing in Mental Health Research and Practice.- Introduction to Paradigms for Knowledge Discovery in Mental Health.- Paradigms for Knowledge Discovery in Clinical and Research Data Repositories.- Biomarker Discovery.- Data Visualization.- Inferential Analysis and Predictive Modeling.- The Role of Biological Information in Mental Health Research and Practice.- Electronic Health Record (EHR) Systems in Mental Health.- Computerized Clinical Decision Support in Mental Health.- Informatics Technologies in Detection and Diagnosis of Mental Health Conditions.- Informatics Technologies in Prevention and Treatment of Mental Health Conditions.- Informatics Technologies for Care Coordination and Continuity of Care.- Informatics Technologies to Improve Patient Safety in Mental Health.- Registries.- Disseminating Newly Acquired Knowledge.- Ethical Legal and Social Issues (ELSI).- The Future of Mental Health Informatics.