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View article: Examining the Use of Virtual Reality to Support Mindfulness Skills Practice in Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Mixed Methods Study
Examining the Use of Virtual Reality to Support Mindfulness Skills Practice in Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Mixed Methods Study Open
Background Virtual reality (VR) has been proposed as a technology to support mindfulness practice through promoting increased engagement and presence. The proposed benefits of this technology have been largely unexamined with clinical popu…
View article: Recovery after psychosis: Qualitative study of service user experiences of lived experience videos on a recovery-oriented website
Recovery after psychosis: Qualitative study of service user experiences of lived experience videos on a recovery-oriented website Open
Background: Digital interventions offer an innovative way to make the experiences of people living with mental illness available to others. As part of the Self-Management And Recovery Technology (SMART) research program on the use of digit…
View article: Using the Internet to integrate peer stories and self-management resources into mental health services
Using the Internet to integrate peer stories and self-management resources into mental health services Open
The Self-Management and Recovery Technology (SMART) project is a Victorian government-funded research program being conducted at the National eTherapy Centre in conjunction with five mental health organisations in Victoria. This is a resea…
View article: Examining the Use of Virtual Reality to Support Mindfulness Skills Practice in Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Mixed Methods Study (Preprint)
Examining the Use of Virtual Reality to Support Mindfulness Skills Practice in Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Mixed Methods Study (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Virtual reality (VR) has been proposed as a technology to support mindfulness practice through promoting increased engagement and presence. The proposed benefits of this technology have been largely unexamined with clinical pop…
View article: Pilot Testing in the Wild: Feasibility, Acceptability, Usage Patterns, and Efficacy of an Integrated Web and Smartphone Platform for Bipolar II Disorder
Pilot Testing in the Wild: Feasibility, Acceptability, Usage Patterns, and Efficacy of an Integrated Web and Smartphone Platform for Bipolar II Disorder Open
Background Bipolar II disorder (BD-II) is associated with significant burden, disability, and mortality; however, there continues to be a dearth of evidence-based psychological interventions for this condition. Technology-mediated interven…
View article: Design Considerations for Supporting Mindfulness in Virtual Reality
Design Considerations for Supporting Mindfulness in Virtual Reality Open
Mindfulness practice involves bringing one’s attention to the present moment and noticing events as they unfold with a non-judgmental attitude of acceptance. Although mindfulness has been shown to reduce stress and improve mental health, i…
View article: 796Is Mindfulness a more effective intervention than Psychoeducation for reducing Bipolar Disorder-related symptoms of depression?
796Is Mindfulness a more effective intervention than Psychoeducation for reducing Bipolar Disorder-related symptoms of depression? Open
Background The primary objective is to test the effectiveness of a novel online quality of life (QoL) intervention tailored for people with late stage (≥ 10 episodes) bipolar disorder (BD) compared with psychoeducation. Relative to early s…
View article: Pilot testing in the wild: Feasibility, acceptability, usage patterns and efficacy of an integrated web/smartphone platform for bipolar II disorder (Preprint)
Pilot testing in the wild: Feasibility, acceptability, usage patterns and efficacy of an integrated web/smartphone platform for bipolar II disorder (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Bipolar II (BD-II) disorder is associated with significant burden, disability and mortality, yet there continues to be a dearth of evidence-based psychological interventions for this condition. Technology-mediated interventions…
View article: Impact of Jointly Using an e–Mental Health Resource (Self-Management And Recovery Technology) on Interactions Between Service Users Experiencing Severe Mental Illness and Community Mental Health Workers: Grounded Theory Study
Impact of Jointly Using an e–Mental Health Resource (Self-Management And Recovery Technology) on Interactions Between Service Users Experiencing Severe Mental Illness and Community Mental Health Workers: Grounded Theory Study Open
Background e–Mental health resources are increasingly available for people who experience severe mental illness, including those who are users of community mental health services. However, the potential for service users (SUs) living with …
View article: Exploding time past and time present
Exploding time past and time present Open
THE VERY IDEA of stepping back in time as a Badtjala woman is a utopian thought. Back in time the Badtjala people traversed to and from the mainland and the islands in the Great Sandy Strait with ease. What if I could be transplanted back …
View article: Impact of Jointly Using an e–Mental Health Resource (Self-Management And Recovery Technology) on Interactions Between Service Users Experiencing Severe Mental Illness and Community Mental Health Workers: Grounded Theory Study (Preprint)
Impact of Jointly Using an e–Mental Health Resource (Self-Management And Recovery Technology) on Interactions Between Service Users Experiencing Severe Mental Illness and Community Mental Health Workers: Grounded Theory Study (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND e–Mental health resources are increasingly available for people who experience severe mental illness, including those who are users of community mental health services. However, the potential for service users (SUs) living with…
View article: Development of a Lived Experience-Based Digital Resource for a Digitally-Assisted Peer Support Program for Young People Experiencing Psychosis
Development of a Lived Experience-Based Digital Resource for a Digitally-Assisted Peer Support Program for Young People Experiencing Psychosis Open
This paper describes the creation of a web-based digital resource designed for tablet computer use during peer work sessions to structure discussion about recovery in early psychosis. The resource consisted of a series of videos featuring …
View article: Biting the Clouds: A Badtjala perspective on the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1897
Biting the Clouds: A Badtjala perspective on the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1897 Open
In this groundbreaking work of Indigenous scholarship, nationally renowned visual artist Fiona Foley addresses the inherent silences, errors and injustices from the perspective of her people, the Badtjala of K’gari (Fraser Island). She shi…
View article: Understanding How Virtual Reality Can Support Mindfulness Practice: Mixed Methods Study
Understanding How Virtual Reality Can Support Mindfulness Practice: Mixed Methods Study Open
Background Regular mindfulness practice has been demonstrated to be beneficial for mental health, but mindfulness can be challenging to adopt, with environmental and personal distractors often cited as challenges. Virtual reality (VR) may …
View article: Contact with recovered peers: buffering disempowering service experiences and promoting personal recovery in serious mental illness
Contact with recovered peers: buffering disempowering service experiences and promoting personal recovery in serious mental illness Open
Background Mental health patients can experience involuntary treatment as disempowering and stigmatising, and contact with recovered peers is cited as important for countering stigma and fostering agency and autonomy integral to recovery. …
View article: Understanding How Virtual Reality Can Support Mindfulness Practice: Mixed Methods Study (Preprint)
Understanding How Virtual Reality Can Support Mindfulness Practice: Mixed Methods Study (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Regular mindfulness practice has been demonstrated to be beneficial for mental health, but mindfulness can be challenging to adopt, with environmental and personal distractors often cited as challenges. Virtual reality (VR) may…
View article: 124 Creating Greater Public Understanding of Dementia: Findings on the Impact of a Coalition-led National Awareness Programme
124 Creating Greater Public Understanding of Dementia: Findings on the Impact of a Coalition-led National Awareness Programme Open
Background Dementia Understand Together is a public support, awareness and stigma reduction campaign aimed at inspiring people from all sections of society to stand together with the 55,000 Irish people living with dementia. Led by the HSE…
View article: Public Artwork for Cato Square
Public Artwork for Cato Square Open
Research Background: ‘Cato Square’ is set to become an iconic cultural and recreational destination for residents, businesses, shoppers and visitors to Stonnington, with a diversity of spaces - from those for quiet contemplation to those d…
View article: Badtjala - English English - Badtjala Word List
Badtjala - English English - Badtjala Word List Open
Australian Aboriginal language known as Badtjala from Hervey Bay, Fraser Island (K'gari) region. Produced by Shirley Foley through Wondunna Aboriginal Corporation originally in 1996 and this being the fourth iteration in 2019.
View article: Web-Based Self-Management Programs for Bipolar Disorder: Insights From the Online, Recovery-Oriented Bipolar Individualised Tool Project
Web-Based Self-Management Programs for Bipolar Disorder: Insights From the Online, Recovery-Oriented Bipolar Individualised Tool Project Open
Self-management is effective in BD, even for those on the more severe end of the spectrum. While there are challenges to be aware of, guided self-management programs, such as those offered by the ORBIT project, which are specifically devel…
View article: Web-based intervention to improve quality of life in late stage bipolar disorder (ORBIT): randomised controlled trial protocol
Web-based intervention to improve quality of life in late stage bipolar disorder (ORBIT): randomised controlled trial protocol Open
ClinicalTrials.gov : NCT03197974 . Registered 23 June 2017.
View article: Web-Based Self-Management Programs for Bipolar Disorder: Insights From the Online, Recovery-Oriented Bipolar Individualised Tool Project (Preprint)
Web-Based Self-Management Programs for Bipolar Disorder: Insights From the Online, Recovery-Oriented Bipolar Individualised Tool Project (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Bipolar disorder (BD) is a complex, relapsing mood disorder characterized by considerable morbidity and mortality. Web-based self-management interventions provide marked opportunities for several chronic mental health condition…
View article: Recovery After Psychosis: Qualitative Study of Service User Experiences of Lived Experience Videos on a Recovery-Oriented Website
Recovery After Psychosis: Qualitative Study of Service User Experiences of Lived Experience Videos on a Recovery-Oriented Website Open
Background Digital interventions offer an innovative way to make the experiences of people living with mental illness available to others. As part of the Self-Management And Recovery Technology (SMART) research program on the use of digita…
View article: F208. COGNITION, POSITIVE SYMPTOMS, AND INTERNET USE FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN PEOPLE WITH PSYCHOSIS
F208. COGNITION, POSITIVE SYMPTOMS, AND INTERNET USE FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN PEOPLE WITH PSYCHOSIS Open
People with severe mental illness are increasingly using digital resources for mental health, including social media and online interventions. However, individuals’ ability to engage with or benefit from such resources may be impaired by d…
View article: Innovative content development for an online guided self‐help intervention for bipolar disorder: learnings from the orbit project
Innovative content development for an online guided self‐help intervention for bipolar disorder: learnings from the orbit project Open
Innovative content development for an online guided self-help intervention for bipolar disorder: learnings from the orbit project
View article: Recovery After Psychosis: Qualitative Study of Service User Experiences of Lived Experience Videos on a Recovery-Oriented Website (Preprint)
Recovery After Psychosis: Qualitative Study of Service User Experiences of Lived Experience Videos on a Recovery-Oriented Website (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Digital interventions offer an innovative way to make the experiences of people living with mental illness available to others. As part of the Self-Management And Recovery Technology (SMART) research program on the use of digit…
View article: Promoting Personal Recovery in People with Persisting Psychotic Disorders: Development and Pilot Study of a Novel Digital Intervention
Promoting Personal Recovery in People with Persisting Psychotic Disorders: Development and Pilot Study of a Novel Digital Intervention Open
Background: For people with persisting psychotic disorders, personal recovery has become an important target of mental health services worldwide. Strongly influenced by mental health service consumer perspectives, personal recovery refers …