The increasing trend of mental health issues, especially among younger people, is not a new phenomenon. World organizations, leaders, and decision-makers are recognizing its devastating effect, resulting in mental health well-being appearing in goal 3 of the 17 UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) [1] . Among mental health issues, stress, anxiety, and depression (SAD) seem to be on the forefront—reaching 74% for disabling stress [2] , 28% for anxiety disorder [3] , and 48% for depression [4] , in some groups. What is more, between 76% and 85% of people in low- and middle-income countries receive no treatment for their disorder [5] , whereas the treatment coverage for, for example, depression is only 33% in high-income countries [6] . Mental health issues have large, multifaceted effects on the patient, on their immediate surroundings (family or caretakers), and on the wider society [7] . Individuals face decreased quality of life, poor educational outcomes, lowered productivity and potential poverty, social problems, abuse vulnerabilities, and additional health problems. Caretakers face increased emotional and physical challenges as well as decreased household income and increased financial costs. Society faces the loss of several gross domestic product (GDP) percentage points and billions of dollars annually, alongside with exacerbating public health issues and corrosion of social cohesion. All these lead to an increasingly stronger positive reinforcement loop—SAD increasingly perpetuates SAD. Too often, mental health issues directly result in the worst possible outcome and loss of human life, as many countries struggle with a high suicide rate [8] . It has been recognized that the reasons for increasing SAD include a severe lack of mental health professionals and regulations [9] as well as unequal access to mental health care [10] . These factors make the field ripe for technological and other scientific therapy-based interventions, as individuals with mental health issues prefer therapies to medication [11] .

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具有说服力的心理健康技术：距离（精神保健）平等更近一步？

增长趋势心理健康问题，特别是在年轻人中，并不是一个新现象。世界组织，领导人和决策者正在认识到其毁灭性影响，导致精神健康状况出现在联合国17个可持续发展目标（SDG）的目标3中[1] 。在心理健康问题中，压力，焦虑和抑郁（SAD）似乎处于最重要的位置，可以消除压力的人达到74％[2] ，焦虑症占28％ [3] ，抑郁症占48％ [4] ，在某些群体中。而且，在中低收入国家中，有76％至85％的人没有得到针对他们疾病的治疗[5] ，而在高收入国家，例如抑郁症的治疗覆盖率仅为33％ [6] 。心理健康问题对患者，患者的周围环境（家庭或看护者）以及整个社会具有广泛而广泛的影响[7] 。个人面临生活质量下降，教育成果差，生产力下降和潜在贫困，社会问题，虐待风险以及其他健康问题。护理人员面临着越来越多的情绪和身体挑战，以及家庭收入减少和财务成本增加。社会面临着每年几个国内生产总值（GDP）百分点的损失和数十亿美元的损失，同时加剧了公共卫生问题和社会凝聚力的削弱。所有这些都导致一个越来越强大的正强化循环-SAD使SAD永存。由于许多国家在自杀率高企的斗争中，心理健康问题常常直接导致可能的最坏结果和生命损失[8] 。已经认识到，增加SAD的原因包括严重缺乏精神卫生专业人员和法规[9] 以及无法平等获得精神保健的机会 [10] 。这些因素使基于技术和其他基于科学疗法的干预措施变得成熟，因为有精神健康问题的人更喜欢药物疗法而不是药物疗法。[11] 。