The ISRII I-SIG Presents Webinar #3

In this webinar our speakers will share their expertise and knowledge in developing and delivering digital mental health services in large scale trials or in routine care. The presentations will be followed by a panel discussion.

Our presenters and presentation titles include:

Anne Etzelmueller, MSc, Germany

A Decade of Progress: HelloBetter Transforming German Health Care as a Digital Health Application (DIGA).

Sascha Struijs, PhD, MSc, Netherlands

Improving student mental health by developing, evaluating, and implementing effective web-based interventions: results from the caring universities project.

Sonja March, PhD, Australia

Successes and challenges implementing a nation-wide self-directed ICBT program for child and adolescent anxiety. 

Host: Nick Titov, PhD, Australia

Friday, October 4, 2024

9am London | 10am Berlin | 11am Tel Aviv
4pm Perth | 5pm Seoul | 6pm Sydney

About the presenters:

Anne Etzelmueller, MSc, is a licensed clinical psychologist. Her research focuses on evaluating internet-based interventions and improving the access to and implementation of digital mental health interventions (DMHIs).

Since 2010, Anne has contributed to the development and evaluation of HelloBetter's (formerly GET.ON institute) digital mental health interventions. Recently, she supported the process of HelloBetter products becoming licensed as "Digital Health Applications" (DiGA) as prescription therapeutics in Germany. As Implementation Research Lead at HelloBetter, her current work includes the scientific support for implementing prescription therapeutics in various health contexts.

Sascha Struijs, PhD, is an Assistant Professor and licensed psychologist who leads the Caring Universities project at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). Collaborating with nine major Dutch universities and WHO's WMH-ICS Initiative, this project screens and addresses psychological issues among students through innovative, guided online interventions.

The Caring Universities Consortium offers these evidence-based interventions via a self-developed, web-based interactive platform. This platform is automated, multipurpose, accessible, engaging, and continuously evolving, featuring a suite of co-created interventions available for free under a Creative Commons license, making mental health support for students both accessible and effective.”

Sonja March, PhD, is a Professor and the Director of the University of Southern Queensland’s Centre for Health Research and a Founding Chief Investigator of the Manna Institute – Australia’s leading regional mental health Institute.

Sonja is a Psychologist and has over 20 years’ experience developing innovative solutions to make mental health assessments and treatments more accessible to Australian families, especially those living in Regional, Rural and Remote Australia. Sonja was named Women in Technology’s Research Leader (Science) in 2020 for her work in child and adolescent mental health.

Nick Titov, PhD is a Professor of Psychology at Macquarie University, Australia, and Founding Executive Director of the Australian MindSpot Clinic.

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