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Mental health and technology
Dr Eva Cyhlarova Head of Research
Elise Leclerc Communications and Involvement Manager
We all have mental health!
• Think about MH as a continuum • People with mental health diagnoses are just people • There is usually not a quick fix • Be aware of stigma
• 1. problems of knowledge (ignorance) • 2. problems of attitudes (prejudice) • 3. problems of behaviour (discrimination)
• Need to change behaviour, not just attitudes • E.g. talking therapies, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
(CBT, c-CBT)
• Become more mindful with work
• Engage better with people
• Reduce stress, anxiety or depression
Reasons to learn mindfulness online
“Every £1 spent on employee wellbeing saves £1.96 in the short term and £3.07 in the long term” (Knapp, McDaid and Parsonage, 2011)
• Four weeks • Ten online sessions • Five audio downloads • Twelve assignments
to practice • Six downloadable handouts • Online tools to view your progress • Aftercare pack by post
The course
Stress, depression and anxiety
• Planned with single parents, BME groups, prisoners…..
Self-management training
• Planning, problem solving, goal setting
• Developed by people with mental illness
Evaluation of self-management
• Wellbeing • Functional living skills • Goal achievement
• Cost-effectiveness
• Baseline • 6 months • 12 months
Reasons for employing people with Asperger syndrome (AS)
• Above average in certain skills, particularly technology, finance, mathematics, music
• Can be excellent with detail and focus • Independent thinking – unique contribution • Benefits of a diverse workforce
Aims of projects
• To train staff to be tolerant of difference • To use reasonable adjustments • To develop skill in communicating and supporting
people with AS • To offer mentoring to people with AS & managers
+ budding scheme Novartis Goldman Sachs European Space Agency
Digital tools to support young people’s mental health • Partnership of 4 funders and
young people at board level • Co-design with young people,
designers and mental health/youth professionals
• 2 ‘ideation’ physical events separated by an online incubation period
Innovation labs: Phase 1
• Winnowing down from 194 ideas to 8 • ‘Enabling technology’: conducting existing practice in a
more efficient way (e.g. computer assisted/online CBT) • ‘Transformative technology’: changing the locus of
control for care (Mind’s Eye, Mini Me, Doc Ready) • Access to information • Peer support • Crowd-sourcing • Individuals and therapists: challenge of dissemination of
innovation • Cost-effectiveness
Innovation labs: Phase 2
Challenges technology should address in a MH context
• Better understanding of triggers and causes for mental health problems
• Feeling in control • Access (to information, to training, to care) • Anonymity/confidentiality (stigma remains one of
the main reasons for seeking help online) • Cost-effectiveness • Appeal and motivation for specific target groups
(e.g. CYP)
Things to think about
• Change the locus of control • Quality & effectiveness • Safety & safeguarding • Confidentiality • Access & inequalities • Peer support • Efficiency (increasing disease burden and
decreasing resources)