The science of suicide prevention: Innovative technologies and ethical implications #IASP2019

Screenshot 2019-09-16 at 16.30.01

Tiago Zortea and Karen Wetherall help us prepare for the 30th World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention #IASP2019, which is taking place in Derry this week. This blog summarises what we know about the potential for digital technologies (smartphones, machine learning and virtual reality) to help improve suicide prevention.

[read the full story...]

Can we build cities that aren’t traps for those at risk of mental ill-health?

lubo-minar-262506

Mark Brown blogs about the new Urban Mind study, which looks at how smartphones can measure the impact of nature on mental well-being in real time.

[read the full story...]

Experience sampling and ecological momentary assessment for studying anxiety disorders

shutterstock_225033598

Alan Underwood publishes his debut Mental Elf blog on a narrative review of experience sampling and ecological momentary assessment for studying the lives of people with anxiety disorders.

[read the full story...]