LA MEVA SALUT MENTAL / LMSM "Take Care of Your Mind"

La Meva Salut Mental is a digital tool promoted by the Departament de Salut de la Generalitat, where anyone who suspects they may have issues related to their emotional wellbeing can self-assess and receive personalised recommendations to guide them on the best path forward.

/ LMSM includes 4 interconnected features that encourage users to take action:

1. Digital self-assessment
Users can complete the test anonymously to understand their Salut Mental status and receive recommendations endorsed by professionals, based on their responses. The self-assessment report can be downloaded and, if the results indicate it, taken to an appointment with a primary care doctor.

2. Understanding disorders
Users can access educational videos about the most common Salut Mental disorders, such as depression and anxiety, with clear explanations from clinical specialists on when and how to ask for help. The platform also includes testimonies from people who have gone through similar situations.

3. How to take care of yourself
Users can follow the recommended guidelines through short videos featuring evidence-based tools and techniques to improve rest, nutrition, stress management, and thought management, among other areas. A detailed action plan is also available to address alcohol and tobacco use.

4. Community map
Users can locate workshops, support groups, and nearby activities that make it easier to become active or relax, while building a social network with like-minded people. These are simple but key measures, according to science, to protect and strengthen emotional wellbeing.

My Mental Health is a digital solution designed to respond to users’ needs and is intended for adults and young people over the age of 18, as well as adolescents and parents or guardians of children.

It is a screening, psychoeducation, and prevention tool that addresses the eight most prevalent mental health disorders in society, as well as seven basic areas of mental and physical self-care.

It is a web app accessible via mobile phone and computer, also useful for caregivers and healthcare professionals as a support tool in routine clinical practice, especially in the field of Primary Care.

Although the self-assessment does not replace medical judgement, patients attend their appointments with unbiased and objective information about their condition, based on validated clinical scales, helping to facilitate diagnosis and improve referral accuracy.

All the recommendations provided anonymously in the report are designed by professionals and connected to other tools in the public healthcare network, such as the La Meva Salut app or, in cases of high-risk detection, the Servei d’Emergències Mèdiques-061.

/ LMSM empowers its users by encouraging the self-management of early symptoms, reducing social stigma, and becoming a complementary digital health tool for professionals, while also contributing to the optimisation of resources and the overall improvement of the healthcare system.

Principal Investigator: Diego J. Palao
Team: Enrique Arroyo, Enric Segura, Sara Ruiz, Sara Bouanani, Xavi Sanchez
Project Name: e-Mental Health Catalonia
Executing Institution: Parc Taulí Healthcare Corporation Consortium (CSPT)
Website: https://lamevasalutmental.tauli.cat