Mental Health and Digital Technologies

Technology meets clinical practice: Keel Mind as a digital therapy platform

Sydney Austin, Ahad Bandealy, Elizabeth Cawley

The purpose of this paper is to highlight current utilizations of advanced technology within the digital mental health platform Keel Mind.

Investigating “social time” in autism to develop a smartphone app: a co-produced consultation with specialist psychologists and psychotherapists

Simon Riches, Neil Hammond, Marilla Bianco, Carolina Fialho, Sarah Lisle Nicholson, James Acland

Although increased social time is associated with healthier lifestyles, autistic people often present in therapy with social time difficulties. Given the growing interest in…

Assessing mental health and technology use in the time of COVID-19 among farmworkers in the U.S. – Mexico border

Michaela Dakota Castor, Nora Hernandez, Adriana Orozco

The purpose of this paper is to present findings on a community-based participatory research project where the authors examined access and ability to use technology, attitudes and…

Exploring behaviour-intention gaps to explain low retention in a community-based video-conferencing intervention for depression: lessons for researchers using technology as interventions

Nichola Booth, Tracey McConnell, Mark Tully, Ryan Hamill, Paul Best

This paper aims to reflect on the outcomes of a community-based video-conferencing intervention for depression, predating the COVID-19 pandemic. The study investigates the…

Investigating a multi-session virtual reality relaxation intervention for mental health staff: protocol for a feasibility and acceptability study

Rebecca Martland, Lucia Valmaggia, Vigneshwar Paleri, Natalie Steer, Simon Riches

Clinical staff working in mental health services experience high levels of work-related stress, burnout and poor well-being. Increased levels of stress, burnout, depression and…