Comments on: Amsterdam e-Mental Health Conference 2009

By: Research-Backed Online Mental Health Interventions | World of Psychology

Research-Backed Online Mental Health Interventions | World of Psychology — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:58:50 +0000

[...] the other week I attended and presented at the First International e-Mental Health Summit 2009 in Amsterdam and already discussed some great online interventions for [...]

By: Amsterdam e-Mental Health Conference 2009 | Nationwide Drug Intervention

Amsterdam e-Mental Health Conference 2009 | Nationwide Drug Intervention — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:14:20 +0000

[...] More info…Last week, I had the honor of attending and presenting at the first international e-Mental Health Summit for 2009, hosted by the venerable Trimbos Instituut (The Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, similar to the U.S.s NIMH), the University of Amsterdam, ISRII, and VU University of Amsterdam. This conference, the first international conference of its kind and scope, was research-focused, bringing together dozens upon dozens of researchers from around the world to meet, present [...]

By: Getting Help for Depression Online | World of Psychology

Getting Help for Depression Online | World of Psychology — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:56:31 +0000

[...] As promised, this is one in a series of posts I’ll write about online interventions that help treat specific mental health concerns. In this post, I’ll talk about some of the depression programs available online. [...]

By: Susannah Fox

Susannah Fox — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:34:02 +0000

John,

Thanks so much for this post and the ones to come – can’t wait to read them.

I hope I got it right when I tweeted this summary:

Worth discussion: @DocJohnG says Mental Health 2.0 = direct interventions galore; Health 2.0 = not so much

The literature review I’ve been collecting on internet interventions for the last few years is indeed long on observation, short on intervention. For one thing, observation is cheap & easy: you scoop up all the posts in a patient community and report back what’s going on. Interesting, but pretty 1.0 and only proves their existence most of the time, not their relevance (and btw, guilty as charged – I’ve written quite a few reports about this level of internet health activity).

Again, thanks so much and please keep writing while it’s fresh!

By: Introducing the Journal of Participatory Medicine | World of Psychology

Introducing the Journal of Participatory Medicine | World of Psychology — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:31:22 +0000

[...] We actually see this no more clearly than in mental health care. Psychotherapy doesn’t work just based upon the expertise and skill of the therapist. The only patient in psychotherapy that gets better is one that actively is involved in their treatment, and participates in their own change. Yet another idea that psychology can teach to medicine. [...]