--- title: BNN | Using technology to improve mental health description: Sam Duboc, chair and CEO of CBT Associates, joins BNN Bloomberg for Mental Illness Awareness Week to discuss how his own experience with depression informed his current push to improve mental health in Canada using technology. image: https://www.mindbeacon.com/hubfs/36.png --- # BNN | Using technology to improve mental health Posted by [ the MindBeacon team](https://www.mindbeacon.com/news-media/author/the-mindbeacon-team) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) **Originally published on BNN, October 3, 2018. Interview by Jon Erlichman** **![BNN logo](https://www.mindbeacon.com/hs-fs/hubfs/BNN%20logo.png?width=196&name=BNN%20logo.png)** Sam Duboc, chair and CEO of CBT Associates, joins BNN Bloomberg for Mental Illness Awareness Week to discuss how his own experience with depression informed his current push to improve mental health in Canada using technology. 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