The MINDSPACE Expanded Framework (MINDSPACE X): Behavioral insights to improve adherence to psychiatric medications

Nathan Hodson; Georgi Kirilov; Ivo Vlaev

doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101973

The MINDSPACE Expanded Framework (MINDSPACE X): Behavioral insights to improve adherence to psychiatric medications

Curr Opin Psychol. 2024 Dec 9:62:101973. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101973. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Nathan Hodson¹, Georgi Kirilov², Ivo Vlaev³

Affiliations

¹ Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria.
³ Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 39729757
DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101973

Abstract

The MINDSPACE framework has made it easier to incorporate insights from behavioral science into policy, including health policy, but lacks granularity. Difficult policy problems such as adherence to psychiatric medication can benefit from judicious selection of nudges. We present a MINDSPACE Expanded Framework including 34 insights from behavioral science in the 9 MINDSPACE principles to support a more detailed integration of behavioral science into policy. We illustrate the framework with examples relating to adherence to psychiatric mediation.

Keywords: Behavioral insights; Mental illness; Nudges; Psychiatry.

Publication types

Review