TeleBehavioral Health 2025 Training Series is a free twelve-part webinar series open to anyone providing services to individuals who live with mental health and substance use issues. This Zoom-based series takes place the third Friday of each month, January through December 2025, from 1 pm am – 2 pm (CST). You are invited to attend all webinars, but you will need to register for each webinar separately.
Overview: Digital apps are growing rapidly and gaining ground with FDA approval as digital therapeutics that can be prescribed to patients. But with thousands to choose from, how do we know which ones are worthwhile? And what do we know about AI’s potential to replace therapists? Presenter: Kari Stephens, PhD is Vice Chair of Research, Helen D. Cohen Endowed Professor, Director of Clinical Research Informatics and Professor in Family Medicine and Adjunct Professor in Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education at the UW School of Medicine
Biography: Dr. Kari Stephens is Vice Chair of Research, Helen D. Cohen Endowed Professor, Director of Clinical Research Informatics and Professor in Family Medicine and Adjunct Professor in Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education at the UW School of Medicine. Dr. Stephens conducts research focused on health equity, integrated behavioral health, chronic pain, posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, substance use, cancer, long COVID, and informatics data sharing, particularly in primary care settings. Dr. Stephens is a practicing clinical psychologist, currently treats patients in a primary care integrated behavioral health setting and attends as a core panel member of the Psychiatric Addiction Case Conference.
Learning Objectives:
1) describe the landscape of behavioral health digital apps and
2) describe current and future directions for digital apps and AI in mental and behavioral health care
