Mental health support prime for decentralization, say academics
A shortage of mental health services in the future could be solved with a Web3-powered mental health support network, suggests academics. Decentralized mental health services could be the answer to the looming shortage of mental health professionals, according to professors from John Hopkins University based in Baltimore.Speaking to Cointelegraph, Dr. Johannes Thrul from the John Hopkins School of Mental Health postulated that the mental health support sector could take a page from Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) by offering support services in a decentralized system.Dr.....
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