Expert Opinions

Learning from personal experiences, and the lived experience of other survivors, Dr Sandersan Onie shares his work that uses online data tracking to serve targeted suicide prevention ads.

In the face of high unmet mental health needs and overburdened mental health systems, scalable approaches to increase use of evidence-based interventions are essential. […] A key opportunity for both appeal and stickiness is increased use of gamification.

BBC News Interviews Greg Cross, Co-founder and CEO of Soul Machines to discuss the future of how real and virtual people could connect in the Metaverse.

The recent inquest into the death of British teenager Molly Russell in 2017 has concluded that the 14-year-old “died from an act of self harm while suffering from depression and the negative effects of online content”. For some people, this ruling will be confirmation of what they have long suspected …

Technology is allowing new strategies to reduce the risk of suicide using AI. This article explores some of these innovative developments and some concerns.

The Orygen Institute panel discussion at the end of July 2022 was a timely contribution to the discussion on what is needed to reduce self-harm and suicide among young people.

You might have come across #EatWithMe videos on TikTok, which typically feature young women eating food while encouraging viewers to eat along with them. As an expert in eating disorders I (Vivienne Lewis) can tell you these videos are very unlikely to assist people in their recovery.

Dr. Holly Dubois, chief clinical officer at Mindstrong, a digital mental health company, talks about virtual care’s role and offers a look at a special telemedicine program designed to prevent suicide among veterans.

Summary:    ‘Digital’ is an omnipresent yet often vague, misunderstood or feared topic in health services. There are many current and potential gains for individual patients and local populations, clinicians and organisations through optimisation of digital technologies. We argue that understanding the various aspects of digital psychiatry is an essential …

In the UK, a quarter of people who take their own lives were in contact with a health professional the previous week, and most have spoken to someone within the last month. Yet assessing patient suicide risk remains extremely difficult.     There were 5,219 recorded deaths by suicide in England in 2021. While …