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ENTER Mental Health Network is pleased to announce its annual 2026 conference, in collaboration with the Société Suisse de Psychiatrie Sociale (SOPSY), Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne University (UNIL), the WHO-CC Center on Innovation  in Prevention and Treatment of Disorders Due to Substance Use and Addictive Behaviours and the European Society of Social Psychiatry (ESSP).

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The meeting will take place at Lausanne University Hospital on 11 June 2026. This gathering will bring together researchers, clinicians, service users, policymakers, and digital-innovation partners to explore how today’s digital environments shape mental health - expanding possibilities for care while generating new forms of risk, inequity, and distress.

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The programme will feature keynote lectures, parallel scientific sessions, posters, and interactive workshops dedicated to advancing understanding and improving practice in the rapidly evolving landscape of digital mental health.

 

​Main Conference Themes

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1. Digital wellbeing, risk, and resilience

2. Opportunities for prevention, treatment, and care

3. Digital tools for digital wellbeing

4. Digital divides, equity, and global inclusion

5. Societal responsibility, regulation and training

6. Research methods and artificial intelligence for digital wellbeing

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​Preliminary program

 

Keynote lectures

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Thematic 1 : Frameworks, Risks, and Ethical Responsibility

 

• Digitalisation and mental health: Risks and opportunities
  Professor Zsolt Demetrovics, Flinders University Australia
   

• From Algorithms to Action: Responsible AI and Digital Innovation in Mental Health
  Rhonda Wilson PhD Professor of Mental Health Nursing RMIT Univerity, Austalia

  

Thematic 2 : Understanding Usage: Perception, Engagement, and Methodology

 

• AI Dependency and the Future of Digital Wellbeing
  Professor Raian Ali, Hamad Bin Khlaifa, Qatar
   

• Opportunities and Risks for Mental Wellbeing in the Digital Era: From Creating a Digital App to Conducting a Comprehensive Literature Review
  Alice Vinçon Leite Research psychiatrist Inserm, France & Olivier Las Vergnas University Professor Team Leader “Learning, Digital, and Training” Paris-Nanterre University University Lille CIREL-Trigone, France

 

 Thematic 3 : New Frontiers in Intervention and Care Ecosystems

 

• The loop and the leap: bridging AI-driven innovation and practice
  Cristina Crocamo, PhD Digital Mental Health, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
   

• From online to offline gaming: A novel psychological intervention using Tabletop Role-Playing Games (TTRPGs) in persons with gaming disorder and social anxiety
  Joël Billieux, Associate Professor, UNIL, Switzerland
   

• Lost in Translation: Why Addiction Care Needs an Innovation Ecosystem Approach
  Dr Gosha Mitka, University of Saint Andrews, Scotland

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Oral presentations and posters

We will share the full programme shortly.  Here are details of other confirmed contributors:

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​Danielle Amado

Psychotherapy Augmentation through Preconscious Priming : Illustration through case studies

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Andreas Balaskas
YouthDMH - Digital Mental Health for Young People

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Sarah Bekaert
Restorative reflective supervision for nursing students: a mixed-methods pilot evaluation

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Christophe Daudet
Using an iceberg model in routine clinical care

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Sonia Ziemba Domańska
Digital mental health interventions - ethical development of therapeutic methods

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Paula Tallón Fuentes
Daily Activity and Subjective Energy Reactivity in Major Depressive Disorder: Incremental Value of Brain Structural Features in Machine Learning Models

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Muriel Gaillard
Ethological insights into the impacts of digital wellbeing on mental health

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Chloe Hampshire
How can we prepare digital interventions for use after a trial? Lessons from the STOP process evaluation

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Maxime Huot-Lavoie
Lived Experience of Gaming Disorder Among People With Psychotic Disorders:  Implications for Tailored Interventions and Clinical Management

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Lisbeth Hybholt
Relational communication about suicidal ideation in inpatient mental health care: a co-operative inquiry study

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Luigi Janiri
Online dynamic psychotherapy: methodological issues

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Ruta Karaliuniene
Digital wellbeing in disasters and emergencies: psychiatrists role

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Yasser Khazaal
mHealth Interventions for Digital Wellbeing: Addressing Problematic Smartphone and Social Media Use

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Priseena Radha
AI-Enabled Biometric Monitoring for Early Detection of Clinical Deterioration in Community Mental Health Nursing

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Evanthia Sakellari
The eMAMA educational app for enhancing maternal mental health education and care in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Joe Schofield
Global perspectives on telemedicine for treatment of opioid use  disorder: practices, priorities, and barriers

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Merve Aktaş Terzioğlu
Perceived Digital Wellbeing Among Turkish Adolescents Receiving Psychiatric Care: Relationship with Sociodemographic, Psychological, and Behavioral Variables

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Sandra Tricas-Sauras
From Digital Overuse to Digital Balance: A Health Promotion Approach to Mental Wellbeing

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Mateja Vončina
Digital Wellbeing and Professional Judgement in Social and Long-Term Care: A Critical Perspective from Slovenia

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Katarzyna Wac
Designing Acceptable Digital Measures of Sexual Health: Human Factors, Equity, and Responsibility in Digital Wellbeing

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Ala Yankouskaya
Perceived addictiveness of social media is associated with symptom experience, not level of engagement

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Lidia Zabłocka-Żytka
ENTER MH Network online training programs: the examples of mental health promotion via international project materials

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​Registration

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