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Nov 19, 20241 min read
Listen to Dr Imogen Bell on the Triple R Radiotherapy show
Dr Imogen Bell is a researcher at the Orygen, The University of Melbourne. She is an expert in digital treatments for mental health...
Oct 30, 20242 min read
Avatar therapy - new results from UK and Denmark
The Guardian has recently published a long read on avatar therapy for hearing voices. This explains the background to avatar therapy,...
Oct 22, 20241 min read
Come and work with us! We are recruiting a Research Therapist to join our team.
We are recruiting a part time Research Therapist to join us on the AMETHYST trial, a nationwide clinical trial of telehealth...
Oct 9, 20241 min read
Living Well with Schizoprehina
Living Well After Schizophrenia is a Youtube channel by Lauren Kennedy West. Lauren charts her experiences of schizophrenia and shares...
Sep 13, 20243 min read
Ambassadors of Virtual Reality Assisted Therapy for Voice-Hearing
Hello again, I am Mads, a psychologist and PhD student from Denmark who visited the AMETHYST team at Swinburne University earlier this...
Aug 26, 20241 min read
AMETHYST trial team at TheMHS annual conference
Come and join our team at TheMHS annual conference in Canberra! On Thursday 29th August our team will be presenting a talk on the...
Aug 23, 20245 min read
How do people with psychosis experience and interact with digital mental health interventions?
Dr Sophie Dennard – Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Last year I qualified as a Clinical Psychologist. As part of my clinical...
Jul 26, 20241 min read
AMETHYST trial featured on Sky News!
Dr Leila Jameel (Trial Co-ordinator and Research Therapist) was interviewed on behalf of the AMETHYST team by Sky News and it was aired...
Jul 26, 20243 min read
New review paper looking at technologies for assessing and treating paranoia
Molly Bird, Trainee Clinical Psychologist, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) and South London and Maudsley...
Jul 9, 20241 min read
Listen to Dr Imogen Bell's interview on 2ser.com
Dr Imogen Bell is a researcher at The University of Melbourne. She is an expert in digital treatments for mental health difficulties....
Jun 26, 20241 min read
AMETHYST trial featured in The Conversation
We are delighted that our piece has just been published in The Conversation: Hearing voices is common and can be distressing. Virtual...
Jun 19, 20241 min read
Let's talk about voices - self help resources
This website from NSW health services has some fantastic free resources for voice hearers and their supporters. You can meet different...
Jun 12, 20241 min read
Nature Medicine feature: How virtual reality is shaping mental health
It is great to see the work of our colleagues at Orygen Digital XR Innovation lab (University of Melbourne) featured in this piece by...
May 28, 20241 min read
"Psychological therapies gave me my life back."
In this video Dolly Sen, who has lived experience of psychosis, talks about CBT for psychosis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_jlCPtviC...
May 20, 20243 min read
What is it like to meet the voices in your head?
Hello, I am Mads, a psychologist and PhD student currently visiting Swinburne University and collaborating with the AMETHYST team. I am...
May 17, 20241 min read
The CHALLENGE trial: Virtual reality assisted therapy for voices
We have been lucky to have Mads, a psychologist and PhD student, visiting us from Denmark. Mads is involved in a clinical trial called...
May 15, 20242 min read
Avatar therapy gets green light in the UK
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellent (NICE) in the UK has recommended the use of Avatar therapy in the National Health...
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