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  "id": 12418586,
  "title": "Before building mental health apps, designers need to understand the problem",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/before-building-mental-health-apps-designers-need-to-understand-the",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-06T16:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-mental-health-apps-problem.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "When technology designers work on mental health issues that people tend to conceal or struggle to describe, they often end up with elegant solutions that can make problems worse, according to new research from the University at Buffalo School of Management.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}