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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.

An independent body of experts submitted its first annual report, covering fundamental aspects of Togetherall’s activity.

As NHS mental health services face record-breaking levels of demand, researchers from Maudsley Learning at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) are building cutting-edge VR simulations to deliver diversity and inclusion training to frontline mental health staff.

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 …

Today, in partnership with ReachOut, Instagram is launching its latest Australian safety and wellbeing campaign, Reel Talk.    Working with creator parent and teen duos, the Reel Talk campaign will see Kat Clark and daughter Deja, Bobbi Lockyer and son Sebastian, and George Ray and mum Roslyn produce a series of video Reels for Instagram. The Reel Talk series will showcase how …

eMHIC welcomes students from Columbia University enrolled in the ‘Psychology in the United Nations’ course to participate in our global collaborative Discussion Forums. Students will gain access to the full suite of eMHIC membership benefits, and use the online Discussion Forums as part of their coursework.

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 …

Ramakant Vempati, Wysa cofounder and president, discusses how the startup tests its AI-backed chatbot to monitor safety and quality.