# Overview ![](https://783153635-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MU7CJx7MG65wtyrdv7Z%2F-M_wIJ3oZULlJzkRbCTU%2F-M_wKKNr3cl_pbWXlitL%2FDecentralized%20Psychiatry.jpg?alt=media\&token=d432229d-e3c9-48e6-957d-e5ae6b63a25d) ## Welcome to Decentralized Psychiatry **Transforming mental health care, access, technology and resources.** Below follows a high-level overview of Decentralized Psychiatry. * **Expanding** Access to Support and Care * **Improving** Quality of Interventions * **Providing** Life-changing Services in an ***affordable*** manner * **Educating** the public to enhance Mental Health Literacy We are undertaking these ambitious goals by simultaneously ***leveraging innovations*** across **TWO Paradigm-Shifting technologies**: ### Neuromodulation * This is **medically** defined as "[the alteration of nerve activity through targeted delivery of a stimulus, such as electrical stimulation or chemical agents, to specific neurological sites in the body.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromodulation_\(medicine\))" * The ability to deliver ***targeted*** mental health treatments via **Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation** (**NIBS**) is ushering in a new era of ***Personalized Precision Psychiatry***. * Because the interventions are ***non-invasive*** and ***focal***, **side effects** are **minimal**. * **#SideEffectsMatter** ### Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) * **Bitcoin** is the first instantiation of distributed ledger technology to go mainstream. * Ethereum was the first decentralized smart contract platform to go live. * These **decentralized networks** have ***democratized access to capital***, thus **unlocking** a universe of previously inaccessible opportunities. * Smart Contracts transform the relationship between Labor and Capital, enabling provision healthcare in a peer-to-peer manner. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://ethereum-model-of-the-world.gitbook.io/ethereum.model.of.the.world/master.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.