A5080990482- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Mental Health via Writing
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Sleep and related disorders
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Family Support in Illness
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
The University of Sydney
2023-2025
Australian National University
2018-2023
Mind Australia
2023
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Mental disorders are the leading cause of disability in young people (aged 10-24-years), and their incidence constitutes a major health crisis. Primary youth mental services struggling to keep up due overwhelming demand, complexity severity presenting for care shortage qualified professionals (MHPs). Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools have potential facilitate necessary improvements diagnosis, triage planning with emerging disorders. </sec>...
This study utilised digital technology to assess the clinical needs of young people presenting for care at headspace centres across Australia.1490 (12-25 years) who presented one 11 services from four geographical locations (urban New South Wales, urban Australia, regional and Queensland) completed a multidimensional assessment initial presentation. Characteristics were compared between locations.We identified major variation in demographics, type severity different services. Individuals...
Highly personalized care is substantially improved by technology platforms that assess and track patient outcomes. However, evidence regarding how to successfully implement in real-world mental health settings limited.This study aimed naturalistically monitor a information (HIT) platform was used within 2 service gain practical insights into HIT can be implemented sustained improve delivery.An (The Innowell Platform) naturally youth services Sydney, Australia. Web-based surveys (n=19)...
ABSTRACT Objectives Despite high levels of mental ill‐health amongst young people (aged 15–30), this group demonstrates low help‐seeking and drop‐out from health services (MHS). Whilst shared decision‐making can assist in receiving appropriate effective care, frequently report that they do not feel involved treatment decisions. The current study focused on co‐design a clinical education participant information programme for the Brain Mind Centre Youth Model Care. This model, which...
Previous research has demonstrated that there is a negative relationship between ethnic diversity in local community and social cohesion. Often the way cohesion assessed, though, varies across studies only some aspects of construct are included (e.g., trust). The current explores number indicators including neighbourhood capital, safety, belonging, generalized trust, volunteering. Furthermore, psychological theories concerning role positive contact its impact on feelings threat investigated....
As the demand for youth mental health care continues to rise, managing wait times and reducing treatment delays are key challenges delivering timely quality care. Clinical staging is a heuristic model that can stratify allocation according individuals' risk of illness progression. The application has been traditionally limited trained clinicians yet leveraging digital technologies apply clinical could increase scalability usability this in services.The aim study was validate algorithm...
Many adolescents and young adults with emerging mood disorders do not achieve substantial improvements in education, employment, or social function after receiving standard youth mental health care. We have developed a new model of care referred to as 'highly personalised measurement-based care' (HP&MBC). HP&MBC involves repeated assessment multidimensional domains morbidity enable continuous clinical decision-making. Although is common medical disease management, it practice health. This...
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...
<sec> <title>UNSTRUCTURED</title> Despite the efficacy of digital mental health technologies (DMHTs) in clinical trials, low uptake and poor engagement is common real-world settings. Accordingly, technology experts or “Digital Navigators” are increasingly being used to enhance shared decision-making between professionals clients. Yet this area relatively underexplored there a lack data from naturalistic In paper we report observational findings implementation Digital Navigator...
Early intervention for premature cardiovascular disease is critical reducing the increased mortality rates associated with major mood and affective disorders. Alongside smoking, a greater emphasis has now been placed on metabolic dysfunction as causal pathway, higher body mass index being proposed key modifiable risk factor. Accordingly, early frameworks currently promote nutritional counselling, lifestyle interventions, medication switching to address factors in youth Yet there limited...
Long wait times for mental health treatments may cause delays in early detection and management of suicidal ideation behaviors, which are crucial effective care suicide prevention. The use digital technology is a potential solution prompt identification youth with high suicidality.
Although adolescents’ perspective on the parent‐adolescent relationship uniquely predicts their mental health and wellbeing, there is limited research using qualitative methodologies to explore rich descriptions of expectations, attitudes, beliefs towards parents. The current study qualitatively analyzed adolescent narratives regarding relationships with Seventy‐two adolescents (68% female; M age = 16.56) provided three‐minute speech samples that were examined thematic analysis understand...
Although the quality of parent-teen relationship is key to understanding both psychopathology and well-being in adolescence, there are limited assessments adolescents' underlying attitudes regarding their parents. This study aimed evaluate a novel brief method coding 3-min speech samples affective (e.g., thoughts feelings) toward parent. A community sample 72 adolescents (M age = 16 years) completed several questionnaire measures psychosocial outcomes. Speech were coded for critical warm...
<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...
Background: Severe mental disorders are associated with increased risk of metabolic dysfunction. The objective this study was to compare profiles across three proposed pathophysiological subtypes common mood (“hyperarousal-anxious depression”, “circadian-bipolar”, and “neurodevelopmental-psychosis”). Methods: 790 young people (aged 16 25; mean age 20.70 ± 4.91) were recruited from early intervention health services between 2004 2024 assigned disorder subgroups (hyperarousal-anxious...
Abstract Despite the efficacy of digital mental health technologies (DMHTs) in clinical trials, low uptake and poor engagement are common real-world settings. Accordingly, technology experts or “digital navigators” increasingly being used to enhance shared decision-making between professionals clients. However, this area is relatively underexplored there a lack data from naturalistic In paper, we report observational findings implementation navigator multidisciplinary clinic Sydney,...
Abstract Metabolic and inflammatory dysfunction is prevalent in middle-aged people with major mood disorders, but less known about young people. We investigated the trajectories of sensitive metabolic (Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance [HOMA2-IR]) markers (C-reactive protein [CRP]) 155 (26.9 ± 5.6 years) accessing mental health services. examined demographic clinical correlates, longitudinal relationships specific illness subtypes. Additionally, we compared HOMA2-IR fasting...
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...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Digital technologies can substantially improve mental health care by facilitating measurement-based through routine outcome monitoring. However, their effectiveness is constrained the extent to which these are used services, clinicians, and clients. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> This study aims investigate engagement with Innowell platform, a digital technology (DMHT), gain insights into individual service-level factors influencing engagement....
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Measurement-based care (MBC) uptake is suboptimal in mental healthcare, limiting key opportunities to facilitate data-driven symptom monitoring and progress feedback. This misses critical for enhanced patient-clinician communication early intervention. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> To understand young people’s changing perspectives, engagement, value-add of the digitally-enabled MBC over time. <title>METHODS</title> As part a randomised controlled trial, an...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Long wait times for mental health treatments may cause delays in early detection and management of suicidal ideation behaviors, which are crucial effective care suicide prevention. The use digital technology is a potential solution prompt identification youth with high suicidality. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> primary aim this study was to evaluate the suicidality notification system designed detect respond needs services. Second, aimed characterize young...