ChatGPT Therapy: Exploring the Potential of Generative AI Chatbots for Mental Health
Imagine having a compassionate, non-judgmental therapist available 24/7 at your fingertips. This is the emerging promise of generative AI chatbots. But are people actually using ChatGPT and similar tools for mental health support? And if so, what is it like to use?
Social Media – Harmer or Helper?
Global Leadership Exchange focuses on sharing knowledge and providing leaders around the world with connections, resources and support to develop their leadership skills. We do this in a collaborative and open way that stimulates problem solving actions. There are many of those problems to consider in the fields of mental health, addictions and disability. Our Leadership Exchange event in Utrecht in June once again showed that although countries and systems are diverse they are connected by a number of common issues that are truly global.
Listen Well’s Latest Podcast: Fighting the Voices with Digital Therapeutics
Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness, that typically begins when the person is young (in their late teens or early adulthood). It disrupts the person’s ability to think clearly, with one of the more frequent symptoms being auditory hallucinations (hearing noises). Listen in as Dr. Mo Alsuwaidan discusses this disabling disorder and a potential digital treatment for schizophrenia with special guests Dr. Louise Birkedal Glenthøj and patient advocate, Ms. Vibeke Andersen. The guests offer their insights from both a medical perspective and lived experience.
Professor Anil Thapliyal Shares Insights on Empowering Global Mental Wellness at Recent JMIR Webinar
The recent JMIR webinar featuring Professor Anil Thapliyal, eMHIC’s Executive Director, was a tremendous success, attracting positive feedback from attendees worldwide. Attendees were particularly impressed by Professor Thapliyal’s discussion on the five key principles to empower positive collaboration: starting with the perspective of lived experience, requiring evidence, sharing best practices, engaging the workforce, and integrating industry collaboration.
NASMHPD – Serving the Needs of the Nation’s Public Behavioral Health System
The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) represents the public mental health service delivery system in all states, territories, Pacific Jurisdictions, and the District of Columbia. NASMHPD (pronounced “NASH-bid”) is the only national association representing state mental health commissioners/directors and their agencies. We work to promote wellness, recovery, and resiliency for individuals with mental health conditions, co-occurring mental health and substance-related disorders, or other conditions that may co-occur with mental health, across all ages and racial, ethnic, and cultural groups.
Guide to Selecting Mental Health AI Technology
Use of artificial intelligence (AI), advanced analytics, and workflows are going to be required for mental health organizations to be more efficient and effective, maximize revenue, and provide improved outcomes. In fact, we’re seeing a growing number of AI technologies and algorithms in use by mental health providers. Those who have yet to pursue adoption will want to take steps sooner than later to start taking advantage of current and future advancements.
Innovative Approaches to Eating Disorders and Addiction Recovery: Insights from Body Peace Canada and ConnexOntario
In this webinar, experts from Body Peace Canada & ConnexOntario present an overview of the systemic and individual challenges related to eating disorders and addiction recovery. They speak to the impact of peer support and immediate navigation support for those providing and receiving support, and how robust training and supervision ensures support is safe and effective.
Community Led Response to Meet Ever Increasing Mental Health Needs
eMHIC, in collaboration with local and national government entities, led six roundtable events in May across Australia and New Zealand. These events gathered local and international experts to explore Digital Mental Health Strategy & Implementation and the role of AI in Mental Health. The roundtables touched on international best practices in designing, developing, and implementing digital mental health strategies, integrating them into broader ecosystems of mental health and psychosocial supports, and ensuring that individuals with lived experience of mental ill health remained central to the discussions.
ORCHA Platform Helps Suicide Prevention Helpline to Recommend Apps
Suicide is the biggest killer of under 35s in the UK. Papyrus is the national charity founded for the prevention of young suicide, providing confidential support and advice to young people struggling with thoughts of suicide, and anyone worried about a young person through its helpline, HOPELINE247.
Best practice for integrating digital interventions into clinical care for young people at risk of suicide: a Delphi study
Digital tools have the capacity to complement and enhance clinical care for young people at risk of suicide. Despite the rapid rise of digital tools, their rate of integration into clinical practice remains low. The poor uptake of digital tools may be in part due to the lack of best-practice guidelines for clinicians and services to safely apply them with this population.
