A5010584798- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Mental Health Research Topics
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social Media in Health Education
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
UNSW Sydney
2017-2025
Black Dog Institute
2022-2024
St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
2020-2021
Although trauma‐focused cognitive behavior therapy (TF‐CBT) is the recommended treatment for post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), up to one‐half of patients do not respond this intervention. There an urgent need develop new strategies improve response. Training people recall specific positive memories may augment gains in TF‐CBT. We conducted a controlled trial Australia with current or former first responders (including police, firefighters and paramedics) PTSD, who were randomized on 1:1...
Introduction Meta-analytical evidence confirms a range of interventions, including mindfulness, physical activity and sleep hygiene, can reduce psychological distress in university students. However, it is unclear which intervention most effective. Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven adaptive trials may be an efficient method to determine what works best for whom. The primary purpose the study rank effectiveness activity, hygiene active control on reducing distress, using multiarm contextual...
Rumination and worry, forms of repetitive negative thinking (RNT), are implicated in the onset, maintenance, severity, relapse risk depression anxiety disorders. This randomised controlled trial evaluated an internet intervention targeting both rumination worry adults compared to treatment-as-usual (TAU) treatment effects adherence when delivered with without clinician guidance.Adults (N = 137) elevated RNT were randomly allocated a 3-lesson guided (n 45) or self-help 47) online program over...
This is the first pilot study to explore feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of intensive cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for panic disorder and/or agoraphobia delivered via internet. Ten participants who met DSM-5 criteria (6 males; mean age = 43.40, SD 15.25) completed The Intensive Panic Program: a six-lesson exposure-based CBT program, online over seven days. Clinician support was provided phone email. All 10 program (100% adherence) high levels satisfaction were...
Cognitive-behavioural models suggest that vicarious illness experiences precipitate health anxiety; however, this assumption is largely untested. This study aimed to (a) compare the severity of anxiety and rates clinical anxiety, Illness Anxiety Disorder (IAD), Somatic Symptom (SSD) in participants with without a loved one cancer, (b) determine predictors cancer experiences.Participants (n = 142) 65) completed an online battery questionnaires assessing cognitive, physiological, behavioural...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> With increasing adoption of remote clinical trials in digital mental health, identifying recruitment methodologies that are both cost-effective and time-efficient is crucial for the success such trials. Past research suggests overall, there no consistent evidence on whether web-based methods more effective than traditional as newspapers, media, or flyers. In this paper, we present insights from our experience recruiting Tertiary Education students a health...
Background With increasing adoption of remote clinical trials in digital mental health, identifying cost-effective and time-efficient recruitment methodologies is crucial for the success such trials. Evidence on whether web-based methods are more effective than traditional as newspapers, media, or flyers inconsistent. Here we present insights from our experience recruiting tertiary education students a health artificial intelligence–driven adaptive trial—Vibe Up. Objective We evaluated...
ABSTRACT Introduction Meta-analytic evidence confirms a range of interventions, including mindfulness, physical activity and sleep hygiene, can reduce psychological distress in university students. However, it is unclear which intervention most effective. Artificial intelligence (AI) driven adaptive trials may be an efficient method to determine what works best for whom. The primary purpose the study rank effectiveness activity, hygiene active control on reducing distress, using multi-arm...