Dave Steele explores a recent literature review about the impact and measurement of social dysfunction in late life depression, which focuses on how wearable technology can be used to measure and support social functioning in older adults.
[read the full story...]The future of mental health care: time for a social perspective?
#UCLJournalClub students worked collaboratively on this blog, which summarises a recent personal view in The Lancet Psychiatry about possible scenarios for the future of mental health care.
[read the full story...]Ethics of digital technology for mental health: is this the end of the digital dilettante?
Mark Brown writes his debut Mental Elf blog about a recent paper that explores the ethical perspectives of recommending digital technology for mental health.
[read the full story...]Digital interventions for stress: do they live up to their alleged potential?
Josefien Breedvelt is encouraged by the findings of a recent systematic review of Internet-based and computer-based interventions for stress, which provides a positive case for offering stress management on a large scale.
[read the full story...]Can digital communication improve relationships between young people and clinicians?
Victoria Betton reports on the LYNC study; mixed methods research into timely digital patient-clinician communication in specialist clinical services for young people.
[read the full story...]Digital technology for mental health: asking the right questions #DigitalMHQ
Please take 10 mins to participate in this important mental health survey #DigitalMHQ. It’s your chance to suggest research ideas about digital technology for mental health.
[read the full story...]EBMH call for papers! New technologies and digital innovation in mental health: special issue
Announcing an exciting new digital partnership between the Evidence Based Mental Health journal, the NIHR MindTech Healthcare Technology Co-operative and The Mental Elf.
[read the full story...]How do young adults with diabetes or mental health problems engage with online health information?
Sarah Knowles explores a qualitative study of young adults’ perspectives on producing and consuming user-generated content about diabetes and mental health.
[read the full story...]Digital health for young people with mental health problems: silver bullet or red herring?
Victoria Betton on a recent meta review of digital health interventions for children and young people with mental health problems. The question is, does the evidence square with her experience of what actually happens in practice?
[read the full story...]Gamification for health and wellbeing
Sasha Danilina publishes her debut blog about a recent literature review on the effectiveness of gamification applied to health and wellbeing.
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