Topic: Complex Trauma
The Evolving Face of Mental Health Recovery: Beyond Symptoms to Thriving
Mental health “recovery” must shift beyond symptom management to the public health goal of creating systemic and environmental conditions that allow individuals to thrive, rather than merely survive.
Fighting Stigma in Mental Health: Choosing Empathy Over Prejudice
Stigma around mental illness can be deadly, but empathy can save lives. Jon Nelson shares how deep brain stimulation and compassionate care helped him survive depression and why we must choose understanding over judgment.
Immersive Virtual Reality as a Scalable Intervention for Persistent Voices in Schizophrenia: findings from the CHALLENGE trial
The CHALLENGE trial conducted by VIRTU Research Group found that a brief, avatar-based VR therapy significantly reduced distressing voices in people with schizophrenia. The intervention was safe, scalable, and well tolerated.
NHS England Launches New Mental Health Crisis Centers to Reduce A&E Waits
NHS England is launching a significant decade-long initiative: specialized mental health crisis centers nationwide. This aims to revolutionize urgent mental health support, directly easing A&E overcrowding and ensuring timely access to care.
AVATAR: a Digital Therapy That Could Help People Who Hear Voices
AVATAR therapy is for people who hear voices, also known as auditory hallucinations. Its success could be particularly life-changing for people with psychosis, a mental health condition that is characterised by feeling disconnected from reality. Results from the latest trial
Tackling Stigma Through Digital Innovation: Why New Government Funding for SANE Australia Will Have Global Benefits
The Australian government’s recent $27million investment into SANE digital recovery services for complex mental health nationally is more than a boost for service accessibility, —it’s a bold step away from the status quo and a promising glimpse of what’s possible
Transforming Mental Health Services: Meeting theNeeds of Canadian Veterans in a Digital Health Era
Veterans Affairs Canada’s mandate is to support the well-being of Veterans and their families and to promote recognition and remembrance of the achievements and sacrifices of those who served Canada in times of war, military conflict and peace.
Embedding Lived Experience Into Digital Mental Health Programs
Embedding lived experience into digital mental health involves integrating the real-life experiences of individuals who have personally navigated mental health challenges into the design, development, and delivery of digital mental health solutions.
VIRTU Research Group: Pioneering Virtual Reality Treatments for Psychiatric Disorders
Based at the Mental Health Center Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen Denmark, VIRTU Research Group is at the forefront of developing virtual reality (VR) based treatments for psychiatric disorders. VIRTU utilizes the immersive power of VR to create safe and controlled
Virtual Reality-Based Therapy: Can It Transform Interventions for Severe Mental Disorders in a Cost-Effective Manner?
In this webinar, researchers from VIRTU Research Group in Denmark discuss how virtual reality is a cutting-edge mental health treatment tool that has the potential to significantly advance non-pharmacological treatment of severe mental disorders.
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