A5085266029- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Community Health and Development
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Sleep and related disorders
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Social Media in Health Education
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Diet and metabolism studies
The University of Sydney
2020-2024
Mind Australia
2023
Globally, there are fundamental shortcomings in mental health care systems, including restricted access, siloed services, interventions that poorly matched to service users' needs, underuse of personal outcome monitoring track progress, exclusion family and carers, suboptimal experiences care. Health information technologies (HITs) hold great potential improve these aspects underpin the enhanced quality care.Project Synergy aimed co-design, implement, evaluate novel HITs, as exemplified by...
Despite significant investment, mental health issues remain a leading cause of death among young people globally. Sophisticated decision analysis methods are needed to better understand the dynamic and multisector drivers youth health. System modeling can help explore complex such as inform strategies effectively respond local needs achieve lasting improvements. The advantages engaging stakeholders in model development processes have long been recognized; however, for doing so often not...
The youth mental health sector is persistently challenged by issues such as service fragmentation and inefficient resource allocation. Systems modelling simulation, particularly utilizing participatory approaches, offering promise in supporting evidence-informed decision making with limited resources testing alternative strategies safe virtual environments before implementing them the real world. However, improved evaluation efforts are needed to understand critical elements involved improve...
There is a significant push to change the trajectory of youth mental ill-health and suicide globally. Ensuring that young people have access services meet their individual needs are easily accessible priority. Genuine stakeholder engagement in health system design critical ensure strengthening likely be successful within these complex environments. limited literature describing processes undertaken by research teams program implementation planning. This protocol describes methods will used...
Abstract Background Despite increasing support for stakeholder inclusion in research, there is limited evaluative research to guide safe (i.e., youth‐friendly) and meaningful non‐tokenistic) partnerships with young people lived experience of mental ill‐health research. This paper describes a pilot evaluation iterative design Youth Lived Experience Working Group (LEWG) protocol that was established by the Mental Health Technology team at The University Sydney's Brain Mind Centre, based on...
Online searches about anxiety and depression are recorded every 3-5 s. As such, information communication technologies (ICT) have enormous potential to enable or impair help-seeking patient-professional interactions. Youth studies indicate that ICT undertaken before initial mental health consultations, but no publications considered how this online activity affects the first steps of patient journey in youth settings.State-of-the-art review using an iterative, evidence mapping approach...
Introduction Metformin is a medication likely to improve measures of cardiometabolic disturbance in young people with mental illness. Evidence also suggests metformin may depressive symptoms. This 52-week double-blind randomised control trial (RCT) aims investigate the efficacy pharmacotherapy as an adjunct healthy lifestyle behavioural intervention improving outcomes, and depressive, anxiety psychotic symptoms youth clinically diagnosed major mood syndromes. Methods analysis At least 266...
<title>Abstract</title> Background Measurement-based care (MBC) involves regular symptom monitoring and feedback, enabling early detection of mental health deterioration allowing clinicians to adjust interventions accordingly. However, its uptake in youth services remains minimal. This study aims explore perceived barriers facilitators for sustained use MBC the potential digital technologies enhance engagement young people. Methods A mixed-methods comprising focus groups surveys was...
Given the rapid development of digital mental health technologies and a focus on connecting with youth, there is an urgent need to enhance engagement young people lived expertise in research. Even so, youth experience accessing services are particularly affected by power imbalances may receive limited compensation academic settings. Therefore, emphasis how research not only improves work but can benefit themselves required. Here, 5 report their being employed as researchers at University...
Background Australia’s mental health care system has long been fragmented and under-resourced, with services falling well short of demand. In response, the World Economic Forum recently called for rapid deployment smarter, digitally enhanced to facilitate effective coordination address issues The University Sydney’s Brain Mind Centre (BMC) developed an innovative digital solution that incorporates 2 components: a highly personalized measurement-based (data-driven) model youth information...
Introduction Worsened cardiometabolic profiles in youth with mental ill health have been associated a number of modifiable lifestyle risk factors. It is becoming increasingly evident that clinical interventions need to be multimodal focus improve symptoms and the physical this already at-risk cohort. Methods analysis This 12-week pilot trial examines efficacy, feasibility acceptability an adjunctive online psychoeducation programme for improving parameters affective transdiagnostic sample at...
<sec> <title>UNSTRUCTURED</title> Given the rapid development of digital mental health technologies and a focus on connecting with youth, there is an urgent need to enhance engagement young people lived expertise in research. Even so, youth experience accessing services are particularly affected by power imbalances may receive limited compensation academic settings. Therefore, emphasis how research not only improves work but can benefit themselves required. Here, 5 report their being...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Australia’s mental health care system has long been fragmented and under-resourced, with services falling well short of demand. In response, the World Economic Forum recently called for rapid deployment smarter, digitally enhanced to facilitate effective coordination address issues The University Sydney’s Brain Mind Centre (BMC) developed an innovative digital solution that incorporates 2 components: a highly personalized measurement-based (data-driven) model...
Gamification is rapidly gaining popularity in research, including participatory modelling programs.To facilitate stakeholder engagement and learning, gamification utilised to communicate complex systems challenges at all stages of modelling.However, this has excluded evaluation processes.We argue that important for refining improving processes describe the potential provide a more appealing platform participants engage activities, eliciting richer data.This paper describes quality assurance...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Despite significant investment, mental health issues remain a leading cause of death among young people globally. Sophisticated decision analysis methods are needed to better understand the dynamic and multisector drivers youth health. System modeling can help explore complex such as inform strategies effectively respond local needs achieve lasting improvements. The advantages engaging stakeholders in model development processes have long been recognized;...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Globally, there are fundamental shortcomings in mental health care systems, including restricted access, siloed services, interventions that poorly matched to service users’ needs, underuse of personal outcome monitoring track progress, exclusion family and carers, suboptimal experiences care. Health information technologies (HITs) hold great potential improve these aspects underpin the enhanced quality </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> Project Synergy aimed...