Masters students from the ICH Child and Adolescent Mental Health course explore a recent qualitative study into how young people use the Kooth online discussion forum for emotional and mental health issues.
[read the full story...]Just how problematic is ‘Problematic Facebook Use’?
Lisa Marzano and Andrea Cipriani explore a new systematic review and meta-analysis about the associations between problematic Facebook use, psychological distress and well-being among adolescents and young adults.
[read the full story...]Staff views on digital self-management of severe mental illness
Laura Hemming presents a recent qualitative study of staff views on the use of the Internet and smartphones for digital self-management of severe mental health problems.
[read the full story...]Digital inclusion: mental health technologies for people with learning disabilities #DigiMHweek
Leen Vereenooghe summarises a recent review paper that presents the state of the evidence and future directions for digital mental health and people with intellectual disabilities.
[read the full story...]#MentalHealthJukebox: a new tweet chat to entertain, engage and inspire anyone who likes music and mental health
Today we’re proud and excited to announce the launch of a new monthly tweet chat called #MentalHealthJukebox, which will provide a space for people to share the music they love and talk about their mental health. Join us!
[read the full story...]Patients included? Twitter impact at health care conferences
Amy Price considers the impact that patient participation can have at health care conferences: increased information flow, greater reach and impact, and deeper engagement in the conversation of tweets compared to physicians or researchers.
[read the full story...]Mental health apps for young people: an evidence-free zone?
Natalie Nelissen from mHabitat publishes her debut elf blog on a recent systematic review of mental health apps for young people, which highlights the current dearth of reliable research to support the efficacy and safety of mobile apps.
[read the full story...]Cyberbullying: comparatively rare, not especially damaging or pernicious
Shirley Reynolds reports on a recent population-based cross-sectional study that surveyed 1 in 5 of all 15 year olds in England, to ask them about bullying, cyberbullying and adolescent well-being.
[read the full story...]Ethics of social media research: from Big Brother to rainbow unicorns
This jointly authored blog is written by André Tomlin and the people who attended a PenCLAHRC blogging workshop in Exeter yesterday. As a group they consider the findings of a qualitative systematic review of attitudes toward the ethics of research using social media.
[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.
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