A5030680262- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Mental Health Research Topics
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Stress and Burnout Research
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Humor Studies and Applications
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Family Support in Illness
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
KU Leuven
2023-2025
UNSW Sydney
2016-2024
Black Dog Institute
2019-2024
Maastricht University Medical Centre
2023
Maastricht University
2023
There has been significant disruption to the lives and mental health of adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose this study was assess psychological lifestyle impact pandemic on Australian adolescents, using an online survey, administered outbreak. Self-report surveys were a sample 760 aged 12-18 years assessing range domains including behaviour, education, relationships, factors (exercise, technology use, sleep), outcomes (psychological distress, loneliness, anxiety well-being)....
Objective: Australian school teachers have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Teachers had to face relentless and challenging working conditions, take on new roles responsibilities, embrace ways of working. We searched reports available research literature teacher mental health between September 2020 October 2020. In our perspective piece, we summarise this draw attention struggles how has impacted their health. Conclusions: To date, there a lack focusing both internationally in...
This paper outlines a systematic review and meta-analyses to identify, describe, evaluate randomised non-randomised controlled trials of psychological programs targeting the mental health, professional burnout, and/or wellbeing school classroom teachers. Eighty-eight unique studies were identified for inclusion in review, those 46 included (23 trials). In trials, examined had large effects on stress (g=0.93), moderate anxiety (g=0.65), depression (g=0.51), burnout (g=0.57), (g=0.56) at post....
ACT in Daily Life (ACT-DL) is a blended-care Ecological Momentary Intervention that extends into the daily life of individuals, improving psychotic distress, negative symptoms, and global functioning. However, it remains unclear whether ACT-DL works equally for everyone. We investigated moderators (i.e., sociodemographic information, personality, trauma history) determine clinical outcomes individuals with early psychosis receiving ACT-DL. Seventy-one participants from INTERACT trial, using...
OPINION article Front. Psychiatry, 29 October 2021Sec. Psychological Therapies https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.763005
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, few studies have investigated positive psychological consequences on young people. This study examined resilience, experiences, and coping strategies reported by Australian adolescents during COVID-19.Self-report surveys were administered online to a sample of 760 aged 12-18 years. Quantitative qualitative methods used assess strategies. Exploratory regression analyses conducted explore relationship between resilience demographics mental illness history, as well...
Abstract Objective There has been significant disruption to the lives and mental health of adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic, but exact nature effects is not known. The purpose this study was assess psychological lifestyle impact pandemic on Australian adolescents, using an online survey, administered after peak outbreak (June-July 2020). Method Self-report surveys were a sample 760 aged 12-18 years old. Surveys assessed worry about contracting COVID-19, behavioral change in response...
The feasibility of addressing the mental health needs young people at school is influenced by how staff perceive their role, and role schools, in care. Using qualitative methodology, this study investigated roles Australian teachers counselors. aims were two-fold: (i) to explore counselors student health; (ii) views about what being practically done schools provide support. Ninety-one secondary 83 (Mage = 39.45) across New South Wales responded open-ended questions between November 2017 July...
Abstract Background Depression frequently first emerges during adolescence, and one in five young people will experience an episode of depression by the age 18 years. Despite advances treatment, there has been limited progress addressing burden at a population level. Accordingly, growing interest prevention approaches as additional pathway to address depression. can be prevented using evidence-based psychological programmes. However, barriers implementing accessing these programmes remain,...
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...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Digital phenotyping, the process of using digital data to measure and understand behaviour internal states, shows promise for predictive analytics in mental health when combined with other forms data. However, linking phenotyping datasets, particularly those that involve highly sensitive clinical genetic data, is uncommon due technical, ethical, procedural difficulties. Understanding feasibility collecting this first step create novel multimodal datasets....
Introduction: Although Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) demonstrates clinical utility, its benefits and challenges for treatment-seeking individuals who engage in Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) are not well understood. This study evaluates self-reported (i.e. increases self-insight self-efficacy) of EMA (i.e., beep disturbance, negative emotional experiences) this population.Methods: Ninety-seven in-treatment patients with past-month NSSI completed baseline assessments which assessed...
Introduction: Although Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) demonstrates clinical utility, its benefits and challenges for treatment-seeking individuals who engage in Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) are not well understood. This study evaluates self-reported (i.e. increases self-insight self-efficacy) of EMA (i.e., beep disturbance, negative emotional experiences) this population.Methods: Ninety-seven in-treatment patients with past-month NSSI completed baseline assessments which assessed...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Although the integration of self-monitored patient data into mental health care offers potential for advancing personalised approaches, its application in clinical practice remains largely underexplored. Capturing individuals' outside therapy room using Experience Sampling Methods (ESM) may bridge this gap by supporting shared decision-making and interventions. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> This qualitative study investigated perspectives German...
Background Psychological prevention programmes delivered in schools may reduce symptoms of depression. However, high-quality, large-scale trials are lacking. Objective The aim was to examine whether a digital cognitive–behavioural programme (‘SPARX’), at scale schools, would depressive 12 months later. Methods A cluster randomised controlled trial with parallel arms (intervention; control) conducted Australian between August 2019 and December 2022. Cluster randomisation occurred the school...
The ability to regulate anger facilitates harmonious interactions with strangers, colleagues, friends, and romantic partners. We review the influence of four emotion regulation strategies (i.e., cognitive reappraisal, suppression, angry rumination, mindfulness) on subjective experience, cardiovascular reactivity, aggressive behavior. All studies included a real or implied social interaction (e.g., fictitious participant). research individual differences in as well experiments that...
The Future Proofing Study (FPS) was established to examine factors associated with the onset and course of mental health conditions during adolescence. This paper describes design, methods, baseline characteristics FPS cohort.The is an Australian school-based prospective cohort study embedded cluster-randomized controlled trial examining effects digital prevention programs on health. Data sources include self-report questionnaires, cognitive functioning, linkage education records, smartphone...
Abstract Background Self-guided digital interventions can reduce the severity of suicidal ideation, although there remain relatively few rigorously evaluated smartphone apps targeting suicidality. Objective This trial whether BrighterSide app intervention was superior to a waitlist control group at reducing ideation. Methods A total 550 adults aged 18 65 years with recent ideation were recruited from Australian community. In this randomized controlled trial, participants randomly assigned...
Three studies examined the role of causal beliefs in weight stigma order to better understand people's evaluations individuals with obesity. Participants viewed weight-related information about a target individual and evaluated that on various dimensions. Study 1 showed offset effort (i.e., lose weight) had greater impact participants' obesity than did other information, such as onset control ability. 2 extended this finding by demonstrating duration invested is also important determining 3...