Call for abstract submissions to the Fourth International Digital Mental Health and Wellbeing Conference (DMHW 2026)

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Tue, Dec 9, 2025 12:22 PM

Dear all,

We are excited to announce a call for abstract submissions to the Fourth International Digital Mental Health and Wellbeing Conference (DMHW 2026).

Where: University of Glasgow (United Kingdom)
When: June 17-19, 2026

DMHW is the venue for all actors interested in technologies revolving around mental health, from patients to clinicians, from entrepreneurs to researchers. Glasgow will host the fourth edition of the event, following those of Belfast 2023, Derry 2024 and Granada 2025. The event is hosted by the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Socially Intelligent Artificial Agents.http://socialdct.org/

Topics (the list is not exhaustive):
Digital mental health interventions;
Health apps, web apps, and software in mental health;
Data science, analytics, and machine learning in mental health;
Speech analytics, Natural Language Processing (NLP) and smart speaker applications for mental health;
Conversational user interfaces and chatbots for mental health;
Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in mental health;
Web technologies in mental health;
Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) applications in mental health ;
Digital Transformation of mental health services;
Digital mental health and social prescriptions;
Young people in mental health;
Digital mental health interventions for marginalised groups;
Digital storytelling, design fictions, interaction design, graphic design for mental health service co-creation;
Digital citizenship in mental health;
Smart cities and their impact on citizen's wellbeing;
Digital mental health employee wellbeing;
Addressing engagement and retention in digital mental health services;
Digital mental health service co-design and modelling;
Sensors and wearable technologies in mental health;
Affective computing and positive computing;
Databases and datasets in mental health;
Cyber-psychology and digital wellbeing;
Digital mental health care models;
Large Language Models (LLMs) in mental health;
Ethics in digital mental health;
Co-production and co-creation of digital mental health services;
Digital mental health as adjunctive therapy;
Using gamification approaches in digital mental health interventions;
Evidence-based approaches for mental health services;
Developing policy and practice around digital mental health interventions;
Regulation, compliance, quality assurance and standards in digital mental health service design;
Design and evaluation of digitally supported content, therapies and interventions.

Important dates:
Submission deadline: the contributions can be submitted between February 1st, 2026 and March 30th, 2026 and will be reviewed on a rolling basis (the review starts as soon as the contribution is submitted);
Notification of Outcome: the Authors will receive a notification of outcome (Accepted or Rejected) within two weeks from submission

A contribution must include the following elements:
Title
Abstract (max 500 words)
List of authors (including affiliations)
Any submission that does not include the three element above will be desk rejected.

Authors of accepted abstracts are required to register for the conference and to present their work at the conference. Abstracts will be peer reviewed and accepted abstracts will appear online in the conference proceedings.

More information on the conference website and X:
https://dmhw.net/
https://x.com/DMHW2026

Best wishes,
Saskia

Saskia Sieprath (she/her)
Senior Doctoral Training Hub Administrator

College of Science and Engineering
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Dear all, We are excited to announce a call for abstract submissions to the Fourth International Digital Mental Health and Wellbeing Conference (DMHW 2026). Where: University of Glasgow (United Kingdom) When: June 17-19, 2026 DMHW is the venue for all actors interested in technologies revolving around mental health, from patients to clinicians, from entrepreneurs to researchers. Glasgow will host the fourth edition of the event, following those of Belfast 2023, Derry 2024 and Granada 2025. The event is hosted by the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Socially Intelligent Artificial Agents.<http://socialdct.org/> Topics (the list is not exhaustive): Digital mental health interventions; Health apps, web apps, and software in mental health; Data science, analytics, and machine learning in mental health; Speech analytics, Natural Language Processing (NLP) and smart speaker applications for mental health; Conversational user interfaces and chatbots for mental health; Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in mental health; Web technologies in mental health; Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) applications in mental health ; Digital Transformation of mental health services; Digital mental health and social prescriptions; Young people in mental health; Digital mental health interventions for marginalised groups; Digital storytelling, design fictions, interaction design, graphic design for mental health service co-creation; Digital citizenship in mental health; Smart cities and their impact on citizen's wellbeing; Digital mental health employee wellbeing; Addressing engagement and retention in digital mental health services; Digital mental health service co-design and modelling; Sensors and wearable technologies in mental health; Affective computing and positive computing; Databases and datasets in mental health; Cyber-psychology and digital wellbeing; Digital mental health care models; Large Language Models (LLMs) in mental health; Ethics in digital mental health; Co-production and co-creation of digital mental health services; Digital mental health as adjunctive therapy; Using gamification approaches in digital mental health interventions; Evidence-based approaches for mental health services; Developing policy and practice around digital mental health interventions; Regulation, compliance, quality assurance and standards in digital mental health service design; Design and evaluation of digitally supported content, therapies and interventions. Important dates: Submission deadline: the contributions can be submitted between February 1st, 2026 and March 30th, 2026 and will be reviewed on a rolling basis (the review starts as soon as the contribution is submitted); Notification of Outcome: the Authors will receive a notification of outcome (Accepted or Rejected) within two weeks from submission A contribution must include the following elements: Title Abstract (max 500 words) List of authors (including affiliations) Any submission that does not include the three element above will be desk rejected. Authors of accepted abstracts are required to register for the conference and to present their work at the conference. Abstracts will be peer reviewed and accepted abstracts will appear online in the conference proceedings. More information on the conference website and X: https://dmhw.net/ https://x.com/DMHW2026 Best wishes, Saskia Saskia Sieprath (she/her) Senior Doctoral Training Hub Administrator College of Science and Engineering Email: saskia.sieprath@glasgow.ac.uk<mailto:saskia.sieprath@glasgow.ac.uk> Support Services Emergency/Crisis/Support Information - here<https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/students/safetyhealth/> Gender-Based Violence Support - here<https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/sexual-violence-harassment-support/> Staff code of professional conduct - here<https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/pod/all/codeofprofessionalconduct/> The University of Glasgow, charity number SC004401