This webinar covers SAM and SAM junior’s development, functionality, and scientific validation. Alvin van Asselt, a PhD candidate researching rejection-sensitive dysphoria in autism, discusses the app’s user-centric design and its journey to becoming a free, widely accessible tool across Europe.
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In a world where transactions often define human interactions, the gift economy offers a refreshing perspective. Unlike traditional economic models focused on profit and exchange, the gift economy thrives on the principles of generosity, community, and the intrinsic value of giving without expecting something in return.
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AI technology has brought significant advancements in various fields, including mental health care. AI chatbots, designed to provide mental health support, have become increasingly popular as tools to assist individuals in managing their mental health. These chatbots offer various services, from immediate crisis intervention to ongoing therapeutic conversations. However, despite …
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We have all felt inspired, and overcome by awe at the resilience we see demonstrated through someone who has accomplished a remarkable feat or overcome a significant obstacle. Yet, for someone connecting with a story of mental health, research shows that stories that highlight recovery and coping strategies not only …
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Mental health disorders are a pressing issue where one in every two people globally will develop a mental health condition at some point1. Unfortunately, far too few people have access to high-quality mental healthcare. As a psychologist, I’ve seen this chasm between demand and supply result in people falling through …
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ConnexOntario Health Services Information is a provincial system navigation agency funded by Ontario Health (OH) to provide navigation services for mental health, addiction, and problem gambling services in Ontario.
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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 …
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This paper provides a commentary emerging from work by authors with lived experience, and those without, that explored accountability in digital mental health technologies and services. The commentary offers guidance to anyone interested in supporting lived experience-led, and collaborative governance of, digital mental health technologies. This guidance, drawing on interdisciplinary …
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ReachOut has been supporting the mental health and well-being of young Australians for over 25 years. They facilitate greater mental health literacy through their digital-first support services and resources to young people and their support networks.
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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 …
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In 2015 the Scottish Government first rolled out national access to a digital mental health product: the clinically evidenced, computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy program Beating the Blues.
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For over 34 years, KHP demonstrated its commitment to improve youth access to mental health support, through innovation. When the organization began, we were the first national helpline to provide professional counselling directly to children and youth across Canada — based on the central belief that young people deserved a …
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