Today is Safer Internet Day (SID) which is organised by the joint Insafe-INHOPE network, with the support of the European Commission, with funding provided by the Connecting Europe Facility programme (CEF). Therefore, this is the ideal time to highlight that many children and young people sign up to online services at a younger age than the minimum age requirement (often 13 years old).
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MindTech are working with Samaritans and mHabitat to involve young people, aged 18-25, in designing and developing content to support speaking online about suicide and self-harm.
Professor Chris Hollis and Dr Elvira Perez Vallejos have co-authored a report, with the Royal College of Psychiatrists, entitled: Technology use and the mental health of children and young people.
A new paper called: 'Protocol for the Process Evaluation of the Online Remote Behavioural Intervention for Tics (ORBIT) randomized controlled trial for children and young people' has been published in the journal 'Trials'.
Our Programme Manager, Dr Jen Martin, is editing a new section called 'Technology Matters’ in the journal 'Child and Adolescent Mental Health' along with Dr Kapil Sayal (CANDAL).
On Thursday 5 December 2019, the seventh annual MindTech symposium took place at the Royal College of Physicians. This exciting and innovative event brought together leaders in clinical practice, patient experience, academic research, industry and technology development to address the key challenges in building a stronger evidence-base to support implementation of new technologies in mental healthcare.
The MindTech symposium 2019 will take place on Thursday 5 Dec at the Royal College of Physicians; bringing together leaders in clinical practice, patient experience, academic research, industry and technology development to address the key challenges in building a stronger evidence-base to support implementation of new technologies in mental healthcare.
An exciting new research project utilising smartwatch technology has received a £42,700 research grant from Tourettes Action. Smartwatch vibration therapy (SVT) for the self-management of tics in young people with Tourette Syndrome is a pilot randomised controlled clinical trial and feasibility study.
Dr Bethan Davies has written a topic guide on digital interventions for the Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH).
The STADIA project is a £1.5m NIHR funded multicentre randomised controlled trial to investigate if the use of a standardised diagnostic assessment tool improves the detection and treatment outcomes of emotional disorders in young people within CAMHS.
A new study funded by the University of Nottingham’s “Global Challenges Research Fund” aims to build on existing relationships between the University of Nottingham and the Universidad de Guadalajara, and generate learning and improvement which can be applied locally in Mexico and offer insight for use in other healthcare services.
*UPDATED* If you missed our live streamed discussion on 16th October about the Top 10 Research Priorities for Digital Mental Health you can now watch it here.
Members of the Involvement Team for Mental Health and Technology have shared their experiences of mental health problems for a BBC Radio 4 series.
The country's top mental health researchers and clinicians are joining forces to solve some of the greatest mental health challenges facing the UK public.
MindTech and the James Lind Alliance have identified the Top 10 questions for digital technology in mental healthcare!