Mind the treatment gap | Oskar Blakstad | TEDxArendal

Oskar Blakstad
Oskar Blakstad is a clinical psychologist and tech enthusiast from Norway. He focuses on implementing internet technologies with health care units.

Blakstad founded Explorable.com, a website about science for students, which has been used by more than 50 million users. Blakstad is currently works on creating automated online treatment for individuals with mental health problems, to improve accessibility and scalability of the health care system.

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Blakstad founded Explorable.com, a website about science for students, which has been used by more than 50 million users. Blakstad is currently works on creating automated online treatment for individuals with mental health problems, to improve accessibility and scalability of the health care system. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx