Digital mental health

“It was transformative to go from feeling invisible to doing research that would help others”

Becoming a lived experience advisor on gameChange was a turning point for Eva Roberts, rebuilding confidence and opening up a new career path. 

Digital mental health

Collaborating with people with lived experience

“By sharing small bits of myself, interviewees may have opened up more”

Alex Kenny talks about disclosure, empowerment and the need for breaks while working as a peer researcher on a virtual reality project

Peer research

Digital mental health

“It’s fun and enabled me to identify and express my needs”: how gameChange compares to other therapies I’ve tried

Digital mental health

Collaborating with people with lived experience

The importance of involving people in digital mental health research

Digital mental health products need to have user involvement at the core, says Anja Hollowell

Digital mental health

Collaborating with people with lived experience

Public Involvement

Supporting mental health carers: will it get easier to roll out digital NHS interventions?

Pre-Covid-19, implementing the first digital mental health intervention in the NHS proved tough, despite enthusiasm. What we learnt could be useful with our new way of working, say Julie Billsborough and Sheena Foster

Digital mental health

Carers

10 things we learnt working at the interface between virtual reality, involvement and mental health research

With digital mental health research now encompassing virtual reality treatments, we must learn how to effectively work with service users in this arena.

Digital mental health