TEAM News, Events & Blog

If you are a recent graduate with a background in computer science, game design or human computer interaction then you might be interested in joining the TEAM ITN network as an early stage researcher.  

The digital mental health field has looked up to her older brother[1] and asked for help:     “Why are my users not as excited about the interventions, as they are about your products? How can I make them use the app passed the two weeks benchmark? “

Shaun Liverpool MSCA and TEAM ITN researcher at the Anna Freud Centre for Children and Families has co-developed an app for Parents or care givers of children involvement in Shared Decision Making in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).  Shared Decision Making (SDM) allows users to make collaborate health care decisions.  Here is an example of what the app looks like.

In May, I attended the 10th TRIPLE i conference in Piran, Slovenia. TRIPLE i is an international annual conference organised by the Slovene Centre for Suicide Research that aims to promote intuition, imagination and innovation in the research and prevention of suicide and suicidal behaviour.

TEAM ITN & MSCA researchers Darragh McCashin, Claudette Pretorius and Hidde van der Meulen win The Ireland Funds Business Plan Competition - Mental Health Innovation Prize.

A few weeks ago I attended a 2-day writing retreat organised by our project. Since this was the first time I took part in such an event, I didn’t have any expectations, or prior experience to compare it with. But in the end, I left with a lot work done, and learned useful things which I can apply to my work in the future.

Darragh McCashin from UCD School of Psychology and the Insight Centre for Data Analytics was one of the runners-up of the UCD Thesisin3 competition with his talk: ''Integrated computer games and apps to support structured delivery of mindfulness-based CBT for children in primary care''. 

TEAM researchers digital mental health innovation project is shortlisted for the Ireland Funds Business Plan Competition. This competition promotes both creativity and entrepreneurial skills for Irish-based early-stage technology entrepreneurs. The Ireland Funds has partnered with NDRC to help bring ideas from concept to pitch.

The 18th Congress of the "European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP)" will take place in the Imperial Palace - Hofburg, Vienna from June 30 to July 2, 2019. TEAM researchers will deliver a symposium at this congress on Technology for Youth Mental Health: Involving Users, Oportunities and Ethical Implications on the 30th of June.

Today marks the start of Mental Health Awareness Week.   Mental health problems can affect anyone for a many different reasons.  Much like physical health, mental health needs to be looked after and there are a variety of ways to do this.