📢New paper alert!
We are thrilled to introduce a groundbreaking paper: 'Developing the Mental Health Ontology: Protocol for a step-wise method to develop an ontology for the mental health domain as part of the GALENOS Project.' 🧠💡

🧵Thread below👇

Why is this important?
Research in anxiety, depression, and psychosis often uses varied language, making evidence synthesis challenging. The GALENOS Project aims to streamline this with a Mental Health Ontology, enhancing our approach to these critical issues. 🌍

The process?
A meticulous 6-step method:
1⃣defining scope
2⃣labelling entities
3⃣refining structures
4⃣stakeholder consultations
5⃣specifying relationships
6⃣making the ontology machine-readable
This strategic approach promises to revolutionise mental health research.

Benefits are immense:
clearer communication across disciplines, improved evidence synthesis, and support for algorithms in evidence categorizing. This ontology is a giant leap towards more effective interventions for anxiety, depression, and psychosis. 🚀

Dive into the full paper 👇wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/9-40/…
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