The purpose of the Roundtable was to present an overview of the findings from the researchers’ preliminary effort to ‘map’ the regulators that appear to be engaged by digital mental health services, for discussion and feedback, and to seek their perspectives on two key research questions. The workshop brought together a wide range of stakeholders involved in regulating digital mental health services in Australia, and asked two questions:
- which regulators are responsible for different aspects of digital mental health services in Australia? And;
- to which regulatory bodies should digital mental health services be referred when accrediting agencies (agencies) are assessing that service to the Digital Mental Health Standards and they identify a ‘significant risk’?
This workshop brought together 14 experts, including mental health service user and survivor advocates, service providers, policymakers, and researchers, to discuss the law and regulation of digital approaches to mental health care and crisis support in the EU. The workshop sought to partially survey the EU legal and regulatory landscape that helps govern the digitalisation of mental health services and crisis support. Secondly, we sought to list some of the major unresolved legal and policy issues in the field, and confirm with speakers whether these were indeed issues of concern to those working in the field. This workshop was premised on the view that it is vital for countries and the EU to make policies and regulations that enhance the ‘equalising opportunities’ digitalisation brings and reduce the risks, especially for groups that already face marginalisation and disadvantage.