Technology

Technology, such as electronic health records, and use of tablets can facilitate the communication and recording and sharing of data, between the various partners involved in delivering health and social care.

Our Technology Blogs

Dropping out of virtual reality exposure therapy for anxiety: comparison with in-vivo exposure therapy

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Feb 13 2019

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Aislinn Bergin

Aislinn Bergin writes her debut elf blog on a recent meta-analytic examination of attrition in virtual reality exposure therapy for anxiety disorders.

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Standards and principles for evaluating mental health apps

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Jan 24 2019

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Victoria Betton

Victoria Betton summarises and considers a recent opinion piece by John Torous and colleagues that heads towards a consensus around standards for mental health apps and digital mental health.

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Digital interventions for psychosis or bipolar disorder: we don’t know very much at all

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Dec 5 2018

Posted by
MarkOneInFour

Mark Brown mulls over a new systematic review on factors affecting the implementation of digital health interventions for people with psychosis or bipolar disorder, and their family and friends.

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Predicting suicide attempts in adolescents: machine learning is powerful, but don’t forget Bayes’ rule

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Oct 19 2018

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Derek de Beurs

Derek de Beurs explores a recent study that uses longitudinal clinical data and machine learning to predict suicide attempts in adolescents.

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The cost of persuasive design: digital media use and ADHD

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Sep 21 2018

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Elvira Perez Vallejos>,
David Daley

Elvira Perez Vallejos and David Daley consider the findings of a recent cohort study in JAMA that looks into the association between digital media use and subsequent symptoms of ADHD in adolescents.

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Social media: good and bad experiences and the impact on depression

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Sep 7 2018

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Sarah Hetrick

Sarah Hetrick publishes her debut blog on a recent US cross-sectional study that looks at the association between positive and negative social media experiences and symptoms of depression.

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Just how effective are digital mental health workplace interventions?

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Aug 30 2018

Posted by
Chris O'Sullivan

Chris O’Sullivan explores a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effectiveness of eHealth interventions for reducing mental health conditions in employees.

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