Dr Ken Carswell has a background in clinical psychology and is a Mental Health Specialist with the WHO Department of Mental Health, Brain Health and Substance Use in Geneva. He is the departmental focal point for innovation, digital mental health and scalable psychological interventions.
He has been centrally involved in the development, testing, and implementation of WHO scalable psychological interventions for populations affected by adversity. These include Self-Help Plus, a multi-media stress management course and Step-by-Step, an online self-help intervention for depression, which is available as a free service across Lebanon. Most recently he has led the development of a guided self-help chatbot for adolescent and youth called STARS, which is currently being tested in randomised controlled trials in Jordan and Lithuania.
Ken can be reached at: carswellk@who.int
