Concepts in Technology for Health Professionals

Social Media for Social Work:

Addiction, Mental Health, & Recovery ResourcesDeveloping Your Personal Learning Network &

Keeping Track of It All A Presentation for SW 8811

Allison Sullivan, MS, OTR/L, CAGS, RYTOctober 15, 2015

Website: www.allisulli.com Email: Allison.Sullivan@aic.edu Twitter: @allisulliotprof

Lesson Objectives

• Identify online tools that can be beneficial for organizing resources and information related to social work education and practice• Identify social media sites beneficial for developing a personal learning network related to social work and recovery • Identify addiction, mental health, & recovery resources available via social media & apps

Some background about my interest in the topic

• In November 2012, 3 OTs & I launched #OTALK2US, a twitter chat for topics of interest in occupational therapy, This chat has since generated over 35,000,000 individual impressions of tweets carrying this hashtag.• Through participation in health care-oriented Twitter chats, I expanded my

professional network globally, culminating in:• a presentation on the topic of Social Media at the AOTA annual conference in 2014 • being the sole North American co-author on a team of international scholars and

clinicians of an academic poster, “Social Media in the Contemporary CPD Climate” (Cook, et. al, 2013)• I have been interviewed for and featured in more than ten different newspaper and

magazine articles on the topic of social media for academic purposes• I received a certification in Teaching with Technology in Higher

Education from Temple University in the spring of 2015

Why Use Social Media and Apps?

Social Workers can use social media to:• Access evidence-based resources• Continue one’s professional development • Organize professional resources• Utilize cost-effective, efficient tools for increasing evidence-based practice

Why Use Social Media and Apps Continued• Social workers can use social media to identify and select appropriate apps

and websites to support client recovery via:

• Increased access to healthcare information and services: online 12-Step meetings, support groups, SAMHSA resources

• Increased support for lifestyle change: money, medication & time management apps

• Increased opportunities for meaningful leisure exploration: online gaming, MBSR apps, fitness and friendship

Step One: Get Organized!

Web Tools for Organizing Professional Information & Keeping Records:Learnist, Evernote, & Wordpress

Social Media for Professional Development• Symplur Healthcare Hashtag Project:

http://www.symplur.com/healthcare-hashtags/

Step 2: Develop Your PLN

Recovery & Addiction–Related Organizations’Twitter Accounts to Follow

• @samshagov: The official twitter feed of SAMHSA• @HHSGov: News & info from the US Dept of Health & Human Services• @NASW: National Association of Social Workers official Twitter feed• @ONDCP: US Drug Policy account• @CMSgov: official Twitter account for Medicare & Medicaid• @PsychCentral: Internet independent mental health & psychology network• @SPSMChat: Suicide Prevention Social Media weekly chat, expert guests• And subscribe to the lists:• Schools of Social Work, created by @socworkpodcast• Disrupt suicide, created by SPSMChat

Recovery & Addiction–Related Individuals’Twitter Accounts to Follow

• @socworkpodcast: Jonathan Singer, PA-based social worker & podcaster• @unsuicide: useful resources from a suicide attempt survivor, Sandra • @CarlDunnJr: founder of #BPDchat, MH educator, DBT skills trainer• @DocForeman: MH expert, followed by SAMHSA, #spsm chat• @StucktonSW: Sean Erreger LCSW, blogger, #spsm, youth mental health• @ptsdUS: Global PTSD support group• @tchamp13: Tina Champagne, OTD, OTR/L sensory modulation expert• @allisulliotprof: my professional account, #OTALK2US, www.allisulli.com

Step 3: Get Apps! Apps for Clinical Work:• SBIRT app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sbirt/id877624835?mt=8

The app provides evidence-based questions to screen for alcohol, drugs and tobacco use. If warranted a screening tool is provided to further evaluate the specific substance use. The app also provides steps to complete a brief intervention and/or referral to treatment for the patient based on motivational interviewing. Integrated within the app are three screening instruments for substance use: the CRAFFT, for use with adolescents, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and the Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST)

T2 Mood Tracker: http://t2health.dcoe.mil/apps/t2-mood-tracker

PTSD Coach: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/materials/apps/PTSDCoach.asp

The Big Book App:https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/aa-big-book-and-more/id513779578?mt=8

The text of "Alcoholics Anonymous“ otherwise known as the "Big Book".

Also includes daily meditationsfrom GeorgiaSobriety.com.

Includes a Sobriety Calculator to track your recovery.

Apps for Health Maintenance Routines

Internet Resources

www.allisulli.comhttp://www.ausmed.com.au/twitter-for-occupational-therapists/http://www.integration.samhsa.gov/clinical-practice/sbirtwww.ot-innovations.comhttp://theworldofmentalists.com/2013/02/04/midnight-

madness-in-the-garden-of-good-and-evil/http://theworldofmentalists.com/2012/10/27/moral-distress-

and-self-care-guest-post-by-allisulli/

~ NAMASTE MEANS: THE LIGHT IN ME HONORS THE LIGHT IN YOU ~

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media in the contemporary CPD climate., Grant, D. and Dill-Shackleford, K. (2015). Using Social Media for Sobriety Recovery? Preferences, Beliefs, Behaviors, and Surprises from Users of Online and Social Media Sobriety Support. Kelly, J., Stout, R., Greene, & Slaymaker, V. (2014). Young Adults, Social Networks, and Addiction Recovery: Post Treatment Changes in Social Ties and Their Role as a Mediator of 12-Step Participation, PLOS One, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100121Smith, C. (2012). Succeeding With Social Media in Mental Health & Addiction Services: Six

Dos & Six Don’ts. http://blog.gremln.com/2012/05/16/succeeding-with-social-media-in-mental-health-addiction-services-six-dos-six-donts/

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