Dr Karolina Stasiak and Tania Cargo from the University of Auckland have been awarded $1.4 million to pilot the implementation of tools into schools in South Auckland, to increase access to quality support for rangatahi well-being. Read more: bit.ly/2VXztYS

This is a sensational piece of glove work from Auckland Cricket’s Ben Horne 👏

The Resilient Teens team have been published in ScienceDirect, which describes the development of an mHealth app - Quest - Te Whitianga - the team co-designed with Māori and Pasifika youth. The app is designed for young people with emotional difficulties. bit.ly/390yY2V

Feeling stressed? Missing your friends? Bored in lockdown? Aroha, brand new chatbot might be able to help. Try it here tiny.cc/aroha & let us know what you think. #coronavirus #covid19 #coronavirusnz A Better Start National Science Challenge Karolina Stasiak 👩🏻‍💻 Terry Fleming Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences UoA @AraTaiohi

Welcome to HABITs! HABITs offers support for your health and wellbeing. We're here to help rangatahi (young people) flourish with the support of digital technologies. Find out how here.. youtube.com/watch?v=e5VAul…👍

Feeling stressed? Missing your friends? Bored in lockdown? Meet Aroha, our brand new chatbot. She might be able to help. Try it out at tiny.cc/aroha and let us know what you think. #coronavirus #covid19 #coronavirusnz

A Better Start’s Resilient Teens team describe the system architecture for their youth mental health chatbot systems, including the new Aroha chatbot, which supports youth with Covid-19 related issues. See the published pre-print paper: arxiv.org/abs/2005.07355

Our first publication on our digital parenting interventions dx.doi.org/10.2196/15647 Rebecca Mairs Sarah Hopkins Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences UoA

RCT finds child mental health clinicians in New Zealand trained over 5d in modular evidence-based psychotherapy used more evidence-supported practices vs usual care clinicians; clinical improvements were substantial & similar across groups. #VisualAbstract ja.ma/3kVZQs4

Take part in an anonymous online questionnaire about youth mental health! This study aims to identify the most important research gaps related to mental health and wellbeing of children and young people. auckland.ac.nz/en/fmhs/resear…

We are particularly keen to hear the views of Māori about digital interventions. If you are Māori, please consider completing our survey or taking part in an interview tinyurl.com/attitudesNZ Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences UoA #Maori #Aotearoa #NewZealand

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Love this. The Bloomfield concern meter. 😂

This summer, Annie Kang interviewed 15 young adults to learn about their experiences of 2020 and how to enhance Aroha, the Covid stress chatbot, to better support their unique needs in these weird times👏🏼 Sarah Hopkins Sarah Hetrick HABITs Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences UoA University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau A Better Start National Science Challenge

Sarah Hopkins, Grant Christie and I showcased some of our digital innovation for youth mental health (SPARX, Quest Te Whitianga, Aroha and HABITs digital ecosystem) at the 10th Annual E-Mental Health Conference. HABITs CAMH Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences UoA A Better Start National Science Challenge Sarah Hetrick NIHI New Zealand

New podcast with Prof Sally Merry - Effective e-therapy engagement & improving Maori families early environment. Sally talks about the award-winning computerised intervention to help adolescents with #depression ‘SPARX’. Pls share Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences UoA @SerlachiusAnna bit.ly/3w7c9GY

You're invited to a *free* online conference: Three international keynotes, and a flock of local researchers showcasing their latest work relating to children and adolescents in Aotearoa. All very welcome - researchers, clinicians, the public. Register: mycarn.org/event/child-an…

We are delighted to invite you to an online conference -Tuesday 2nd Nov 2021 5.30-9.30pm (NZ time). Great speakers (international and from Aotearoa) - there is something for everyone! Free to register mycarn.org/event/child-an… Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences UoA Dr Hiran Thabrew @SerlachiusAnna

Find out more about the themes and our Keynote Speakers at the CARN conference next week (Tuesday, 2nd Nov, 2021 | 5:30 to 9:30 pm). Online and free to register mycarn.org/event/child-an… Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences UoA Dr Hiran Thabrew @SerlachiusAnna @JamieLachman Rotary International

Apps for mental health and wellbeing? What's the hype? Do you have to pay to use them? How do you pick one that works? Check out The Spinoff featuring Karolina Stasiak 👩🏻‍💻 Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences UoA Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora #mhealth thespinoff.co.nz/internet/01-05…