These guidelines will equip journalists in New Zealand with the confidence and understanding to report on mental illness and mental health issues safely, accurately and respectfully.
These guidelines will equip journalists in New Zealand with the confidence and understanding to report on mental illness and mental health issues safely, accurately and respectfully.
A practical, research-informed, and user-friendly resource that is designed for media and other communicators. It seeks to inform, support and empower people to select and use images in ways that minimise stigma and harm, and maximise diversity of representation. A range of resources have also been developed to support …
Over 10,000 digital mental health apps are currently on the market.The World Economic Forum and Deloitte are supporting lawmakers in developing successful policies on technology for mental health. A global governance toolkit protects consumers and helps users address ethical concerns.
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 …
Ramakant Vempati, Wysa cofounder and president, discusses how the startup tests its AI-backed chatbot to monitor safety and quality.
The Nordic region aims to be the most integrated health region in the world by 2030, according to the Nordic Council of Ministers. The NordDEC is a world-first programme to unify digital health standards across multiple countries, delivering safe digital health across Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland.
Togetherall have released a discussion guide to learn about the challenges and best practice of managing risk in digital mental health.
Global development of the eMental health ecosystem is starting to accelerate! To help you stay up to date, we’ve collated a list of the Top 5 Recent International eMental Health Strategic Developments:
Key summary: Few human-centered design approaches to digital solutions exist in the field of mental health, and rarely are end users involved in their development. The main objective of this literature review is to understand how human-centered design is considered in e-mental health intervention research. A total of 30 …
NICE has, for the first time, recommended a digital therapeutic to treat insomnia. The app Sleepio was developed by digital therapeutics company Big Health, and is a self-help tool which draws on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) principles.
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Andrew is a visionary change maker in New Zealand’s e-health landscape. As Aotearoa New Zealand’s youngest CEO in the health sector, Andrew solves heath issues by identifying solutions through both a traditional and innovative lens. Throughout his career he has been committed to changing the country’s health system from the inside out, and growing people so they can deliver better health outcomes.
Andrew has been CEO of Whakarongorau Aotearoa (formerly Homecare Medical), a social enterprise providing national telehealth services, since its establishment in 2015. The organisation has grown exponentially in that time from 150 people to today’s workforce of 2,500. Andrew is dedicated to solving inequitable access to health care by creating partnerships in provincial and rural areas to support ethnic communities including Māori and Pasifika, empowering local organisations to provide solutions for the own communities.
Whakarongorau Aotearoa’s 24/7 services operate across seven digital channels including voice, webchat and text, and are supported by clinical teams including more than 200 nurses, paramedics and specialists.
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Victoria is CEO of Mental Health Innovations, the charity behind SHOUT, the UK’s first 24/7 crisis text service. From 2011 to 2017, she was Director of Programmes at The Royal Foundation, building a portfolio of projects including the Invictus Games, Coach Core, United for Wildlife and Heads Together.