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Orygen recently held its inaugural 'Youth Partnerships In Research' mini conference where youth mental health researchers and members of our youth councils spent time together exploring what it means to purposefully engage young people in all aspects of the research that we do. Youth Advisory Council member Maddi grabbed a mic and asked researchers and young people alike why it's important that we do.

Why is it important we engage young people in research?

A short poem,
A single story of the Stolen Generation 

Big love and respect... 
Rob 


*Picture*
 “Where’s my baby gone?”, a sculpture of a grieving mother by artist Silvio Apponyi at Colebrook Reconciliation Park, Eden Hills, Adelaide, South Australia.
Photo: Kerry Fletcher

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myCompass is a personalised self-help program that you can use on your mobile phone, computer and/or tablet. In this podcast Dr Jan Orman talks to Dr Janine Clarke, one of the developers of myCompass, to discuss the benefits of myCompass and where the future is heading.

myCompass... where to from here? - eMental Health

Isabelle Amado, psychiatrist at the Sainte Anne Hospital in Paris, discusses her experience of testing e-mental health interventions in her work. Isabelle also discusses the stage at which France is at in e-mental health development and what barriers need to be crossed to fully tap into the potential of e-mental health.

E-mental health in rehabilitation and cognitive remediation

Mental Health Seminar: Chemical restraints in adult psychiatric inpatient units
by
Visiting Professor Eimear Muir-Cochrane
29-09-2017 at 10:00 – 12:00
The auditorium in the adult psychiatric ward, J.B. Winsløwsvej 18, entrance
220A
The Research Unit for E-mental Health, Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark and the Centre for Telepsychiatry, Region of Southern Denmark invites you to attend out visiting professor seminar.
Speaker: Professor Eimear Muir-Cochrane, BSc Hons RN (University of London), Grad Dip Adult Ed. (UniSa), PhD (RMIT) FACMHN, Credentialed Mental Health Nurse.
Professor Eimear Muir-Cochrane is Chair of Nursing (Mental Health at Flinders University), and visiting professor at City University, London. Eimear is an Associate Editor of the Journal BMC Psychiatry (Social Psychiatry).
She undertook a BSc Hons in Nursing at the University of London, then her mental health nurse training at the Maudsley and Bethlem Hospitals in London. Eimear has published multiple books, chapters, monographs and papers in mental health since the early 1980s with funded research on seclusion, aggression and violence, physical restraint, youth homelessness and absconding. She is passionate about making a difference to patients experiences of psychiatric hospitalization, to reduce the use of restrictive practices used on patients and to contribute to nursing knowledge in mental health. Website: http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/eimear.muircochrane
The E-mental Health Research Unit would like to invite all interested persons to attend the seminar.
If you wish to participate, we kindly ask you to register your name and e-mail with trine.theresa.holmberg@rsyd.dk no later than 22nd of September 2017.
  
   Seminar Abstract: Attempts to eliminate coercive measures in acute psychiatric in-patient units have resulted in a reduction of seclusion across Australia. However, the use of chemical restraint has received less attention. This paper reports on the incidence and characteristics of chemical restraint events occurring in Adelaide, using a descriptive quantitative design. Data were collected involving all reported chemical restraints occurring to adult consumers over a one-year period on 12 adult acute inpatient psychiatric wards in Adelaide, South Australia.
There were 166 chemical restraint events involving 110 patients. Out of 12 acute inpatient psychiatric wards, approximately 77.1% of chemical restraint events occurred on two closed wards. The highest prevalence rate between these wards was 28.78 chemical restraint per 1000 occupied bed days, compared to the lowest one being 0.12. More males (n=69, 57.5%) were involved in chemical restraint. Very few events reported the use of de-escalation skills in documentation. The two most common drugs were olanzapine and clonazepam. The use of chemical restraint was predominately combined with guard standby (74.1%). Findings demonstrate there are specific characteristics of patients more likely to be chemically restrained than others. Further, that chemical restraint occurs early in admission, is more likely at certain times of the day and is commonly associated with the presence of security guards.
Implications for practice include a need for systematic data collection of a range of variables as well as sustained focus on reducing the need to use chemical restraint.

E Mental Health Research Podcasts: Visiting Prof Eimear Muir-Cochrane

Dr Rhonda Wilson, Associate Professor in E Mental Health on What is E mental health? How does research support better E mental health in the future? 

Podcast Episode Information 
This podcast episode outlines e mental health generally and discusses some ways in which researchers are working towards improved e mental health interventions in the future. E Mental Health researchers are focused on generating evidence to ensure that practitioners and patients in the future have the best quality information available to them to support the safe and effective use of e mental health resources in the future. An exciting aspect of E mental health research is envisioning what will be needed in the future to support people with all types of mental health conditions, and matching the need within the current context of the fast pace of technology development. This podcast will discuss some general concepts about E Mental Health as an introductory measure.
What ideas will you learn about by listening to this podcast?
•	Some early technological responses to mental health conditions
•	Communication technologies and digital literacy
•	Safety and effectiveness of digital interventions
•	Web 1 and 2 interventions 
•	Some examples from Danish e mental health practice.
Extra information: 	
Alkhaldi, G., et al. (2016). "The effectiveness of prompts to promote engagement with digital interventions: a systematic review." Journal of Medical Internet Research 18(1): e6.
Christenson, H. and K. Petrie (2013). "Information technology as the key to accelerating advances in mental health care." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 47(2): 114-116.
Donker, T., et al. (2013). "Smartphones for Smarter Delivery of Mental Health Programs: A Systematic Review." Journal of Medical Internet Research 15(11): e247.
Elsom, S., et al. (2013). "Telephone survey of service-user experiences of a telephone-based mental health triage service." International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 22: 437-443.
European Commission (2012). eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020 - Innovative healthcare for the 21st century. Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, The European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. Brussels: 1-15.
Fraser, S., et al. (2016). Research Bulletin: E-mental health: the future of youth mental health? Orygen Youth Health, Orygen Youth Health. 4: 1-15.
Wilson, R. L. (2017). E Mental Health. Mental Health: A perosn-centred Approach. N. Procter, H. Hamer, D. McGarry, Wilson R. L. and T. Frogatt. Port Melbourne, Australia., Cambridge University Press.	

http://mindhelper.dk/om-mindhelper/

http://www.psykiatrienisyddanmark.dk/wm432627

www.ementalhealthresearch.dk

E Mental Health Research An Introduction

Stig Helweg-Jørgensen, a PhD student in the E Mental Health Research Unit, introduces the mDiary study, one of the ENTER suite of studies funded by the Innovation Fund, Denmark. 
By listening to this podcast you will learn about: 
* The development and use of app based self monitoring and clinical monitoring collection of information on a cell phone aligned with the principles of Dialectical Behaviorual Therapy for people with suicidal and self harms thoughts and behaviours. 
* Piloting the app so far reveals a preference for cell phone rather than paper-based approaches for registering diary information by participants.
*The mDiary app is a useful and convenient way to monitor emotional oscillations and provide time sensitive feedback to users and their clinicians.
* The mDiary app provides a helpful platform for teaching skills in emotional regulation. 
Stig is using a time series analytical approach to investigate the data he has collected so far, but early signs are showing some very pleasing results about the acceptability of an app based diary approach to managing the suicidal and self-harm thoughts and behaviours for people with borderline personality disorder. The full results of this study are likely to assist people to take a greater role in managing their emotional regulation with others and help to provide meaningful feedback in the clinical setting as well. Stay tuned for more about this exciting research in the future. Please contact us if you would like to know more about e mental health research , and perhaps even participating in studies such as this in the future.

mDiary study in the ENTER program by PhD student, Stig Helweg-Jørgensen

Professor Daniel Bodansky Ingram Lecture on International Law and Development.

July 2018 - Ingram Lecture

Mental health nurses are skilled in helping people to overcome the distress related to anxiety and depression  - especially in the context of the additional stress and uncertainty that accompanies the COVID19 pandemic. This is one example of a relaxation strategy that is useful in maintaining mental health generally. I hope it is helpful if you need a mindful moment to recharge your mental health at the moment... come on an imaginary mindful walk on the beach with me... and destress a little!
#refresh2020 #reframe #yearofthenurseandmidwife

#refresh2020: Mental Health Nursing example of a Beach-themed Relaxation Exercise #reframe

Curated by Professor of Nursing, Rhonda Wilson RN CMHN PhD
Creating evidence to support person-centred technological responses to improving mental health. Twitter: @rhondawilsonmhn

#refresh2020: Mental Health Nursing example of a Beach-themed Relaxation Exercise #reframe

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