A new paper has been published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research exploring the ‘Fidelity of Delivery and Contextual Factors Influencing Children’s Level of Engagement’.
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Through our ‘Young People in Digital Mental Health (YPii DMH) special interest research group, we were delighted to host a “Dragons’ Den” style event, where young people and researchers met to discuss a range of different research projects - from furry robots to mental health apps.
This week saw the official launch of a new report XR Health in the UK at an online event, attended by around 200 people internationally.
A new report on the value of XR (extended reality) in healthcare points to significant opportunities for the UK, highlighting cost savings and better patient outcomes stemming from the transformative use of immersive technology.
The recently completed MinD project, is to be included in the forthcoming publication, ‘Designing for people living with dementia’, due out in May. MinD used the concepts of design and mindfulness to support people with dementia with self-empowerment and social engagement.
Healthcare, especially research, is notorious for its many acronyms and complex terms, something our involvement colleague Julie Bryant encountered as Patient & Public Lead in a local NHS Trust. “When I entered academia as a public contributor, I found it a new and different world with lots of terms, acronyms and language that I did not understand.”
MindTech Research Fellow, Dr Aislinn Bergin presented at the international Evidence and Implementation Summit recently, discussing the gameChangeVR study.
The STADIA trial, commissioned and funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), focuses on children and young people with emotional difficulties who have been referred to Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
Award winning animators Aardmann studios have joined with mental health researchers to launch the 'What's up with everyone?' campaign.
MindTech's own Dr Aislinn Bergin and Dr Joanna Lockwood discuss their research working with the Samaritans, finding ways to create safe spaces for young people to have a voice in shaping mental health services and treatments. Read their blog here.
The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH) have announced Professor Chris Hollis, Director of MindTech, as the joint winner of this year's 'Digital Innovation Award'.
The Nature Partner Journal (NPJ) has published a review written by several members of our MindTech team and Institute of Mental Health colleagues. 'Preventive digital mental health interventions for children and young people: a review of the design and reporting of research' has been written by Dr Aislinn Bergin, Dr Elvira Perez Vallejos, Dr Bethan Davies, Professor David Daley, Professor Richard Morriss, Professor Kapil Sayal and Professor Chris Hollis.
The 2020 MindTech Symposium (#MindTech2020) will be held online as a free virtual event for the very first time! The symposium will take place on Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd December and this year's topic is: ‘Digital Mental Health in the Age of Covid-19’.
Back in April, Santander Universities UK donated a generous £58,000 to fund a new research project focussing on individuals whose mental health has been, or is likely to be, disproportionately affected by Covid-19.
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (UK MHRA) has approved a new digital intervention which has been funded by NHS England via the NHS Improvement’s SBRI Healthcare programme and developed in partnership with the Anxiety and Depression in Young People (AnDY) Research Clinic at the University of Reading, and MindTech UK.
Members of MindTech, Dr Joanna Lockwood and Dr Aislinn Bergin, are working with Samaritans on the Online Excellence Programme in Suicide Prevention in collaboration with Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google, YouTube and Pinterest, launched in October 2019. The programme aims to make the internet a safer place for users by working with platforms to reduce access to harmful self-harm and suicide related content and provide increased support for users.
The WAIT study, led by Clinical Trial Manager and Senior Research Fellow at MindTech Dr Charlotte Hall, has been awarded funding by Emerging Minds, and UK Research and Innovation, to explore current interventions offered to children and young people on CAMHS waiting lists.
The Journal of Medical Internet Research has published a qualitative interview study entitled: 'Health Care Professionals’ Views on Using Remote Measurement Technology in Managing Central Nervous System Disorders', which highlights when, where and for whom data from remote measurement technology (RMT) is most useful and it also reflects on receiving alerts from patients' technology.
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Nottingham will be part of a Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub that will spearhead work to ensure that autonomous systems such as driverless cars and robots are trustworthy by default and can ultimately benefit society and industry.
Our very own Michael Craven, PhD, has achieved the role of Principal Research Fellow in the latest round of University of Nottingham promotions, having spent the past three decades in research and teaching in the areas of healthcare technology assessment, electronic engineering and computer science, for the most part in Nottingham.
MindTech have been awarded £100K to kick-start research into how digital technology can be used to help support young people with mental health problems, including those emerging during the COVID-19 pandemic.