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.
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For: digital healthAre digital tools the answer to improving employee wellbeing and effectiveness? #WorldMentalHealthDay
It’s #WorldMentalHealthDay today and the theme this year is promoting awareness of mental health in the workplace.
We’re getting in on the act with Chris O’Sullivan looking in detail at a recent systematic review of web-based psychological interventions delivered in the workplace, to improve employee wellbeing and effectiveness.
[read the full story...]Serious games for mental health: you cannot be serious!
Sasha Danilina is encouraged by the results of the first systematic review with meta-analysis of serious games for mental health, which asks: are they accessible, feasible and effective?
[read the full story...]Insomnia, paranoia and hallucinations: Sleepio CBTi at the OASIS
Jack Barton publishes his debut elf blog on the huge OASIS randomised controlled trial, which explores the effects that improved sleep can have on our mental health.
[read the full story...]Predictors of adherence to digital interventions for psychosis
Joe Barnby and Muna Dubad explore a recent systematic review that looks at the potential predictors of adherence to web-based and mobile technologies for people with psychosis.
[read the full story...]cCBT for people with learning disabilities: Pesky gNATs #MHNR2017
Leen Vereenooghe presents the results of an RCT of computerised cognitive behavioural therapy for people with learning disabilities, featuring the computer game “Pesky gNATs: The Feel Good Island”.
[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...]iCBT for OCD in young people: study suggests it’s cost-effective, but more research needed
Alastair Canaway on a recent RCT that looks at the cost-effectiveness of therapist-guided internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for paediatric obsessive–compulsive disorder.
[read the full story...]Ecological momentary interventions: smartphones have changed everything and here’s how digital mental health might begin to catch up
Mark Brown is feeling positive about the digital future on mental health after reviewing a new paper about ecological momentary interventions for depression and anxiety.
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