Mental Health and Social Inclusion: Volume 27 Issue 2

Guest editorial

Steven Barnes, Julie Prescott

Positive addiction recovery for an online audience: implementation design and user evaluation

Lisa Ogilvie, Julie Prescott

The positive addiction recovery website (https://positiveaddictionrecovery.com) has been created following a successful pilot study of a programme of work known as positive…

Initial evaluation of a mobile therapeutic game for adolescent anxiety disorders

Steven Barnes, Julie Prescott, Joseph Adams

This study aims to evaluate a novel mobile therapeutic videogame for adolescents with anxiety disorders (ADs), combining elements of cognitive-behavioural therapy and…

Help over harm: practical and ethical considerations for the evaluation and deployment of therapeutic games

Steven Barnes, Tara Chandler, Mishell Granda-Salazar

The aim of this paper is to collate and discuss a number of key issues regarding the development, deployment and monitoring of games designed for therapeutic purposes.

“Development and evaluation of perspective: counselling simulator”: a gamified tool for developing risk-assessment skills in trainee counsellors

Charlotte Conn, Aashiya Patel, Jacob Gavin, Mishell Granda-Salazar, Andrew Williams, Steven Barnes

Self-efficacy is the bridge between theoretical knowledge of counselling and practical application of effective techniques (Akinlolu and Chukwudi, 2019). Furthermore…

Research protocol for a preliminary evaluation of a gamified tool for adult wellbeing

Jacob Gavin, Steven Barnes

The purpose of this paper is to outline a research protocol for an initial investigation into the efficacy of an early-development gamified intervention (“Wellbeing Town”…

A solution for creating dynamic networks of symptoms in cognitive-behavioral functional analysis and therapy – participatory design protocol

Monika Kornacka, Anna Jaskulska, Kinga Skorupska, Marta Szastok, Małgorzata Nadziejko, Wiesław Kopeć

One of the recommendations in process-based cognitive therapies suggests that functional analysis created by the clinician should be supported by empirical data collected through…

Therapists’ attitudes towards the use of AI in therapeutic practice: considering the therapeutic alliance

Julie Prescott, Terry Hanley

The aim of this research is to gain an insight into the attitudes that therapists, both qualified and trainee, have towards the use of artificial intelligence (AI)/machine therapy…

The importance of digital mental health interventions to support people with diabetes-related psychological outcomes: a narrative review

Ayesha Adeel, Chathurika Kannangara, Harnovdeep Singh Bharaj, Ambar Basu, Barrie Green, Lisa Ogilvie, Jerome Carson

Digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) are promising alternatives to traditional face-to-face psychological interventions to improve psychological outcomes in various chronic…