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A massive thank you to our final keynote Dr David Coyle, for his excellent keynote on the current gaps within digital mental health research #UlsterDMHW2024 Dr Edel Ennis Colin Gorman David Coyle Paddy

Our next session is on Gamification, VR, and AR. Chaired by Dr Kyle Boyd Kyle Boyd, our first speaker is Raul Szekely with an “Evaluation of an Animated Virtual Reality Game for Reducing Mental Health Stigma in Healthcare Students and Trainees” Raul Szekely University of Surrey

We hope you’re feeling refreshed after that very important day 3 coffee break! ☕️ Our next talk is “Evaluating a Virtual Reality Solution in Addiction Recovery for Marginalized Communities”, presented by Daithi Conlon and Dominic Holmes #UlsterDMHW2024

Next up in the Gamification, VR and AR session is Eunice Anteh, presenting “Virtual Resilience: Exploring the Efficacy of Digital Tools and Strategies in Countering Stigmatisation of Mental Health among African Refugee Women” #UlsterDMHW2024 Eunice Anteh

Our final talk in session 7 is “Addressing Mental Health Stigma with Serious Games in Virtual Reality” presented by Oliver Mason #UlsterDMHW2024

Session 7 on Gamification, Virtual Reality (VR), and Augmented Reality (AR) concludes with a Q&A, thank you to all our speakers for another engaging session #UlsterDMHW2024

Emeritus Professor Mike McTear kicks off the next session on Conversational interfaces for mental with his talk on “Exploring Large Language Models in Digital Mental Health: Unlocking the Potential and Navigating the Pitfalls” #UlsterDMHW2024

Next up in our Conversational interfaces for mental health session are Alistair Teager and James Chapman presenting the “Development of an artificial intelligence chatbot to analyse challenging to manage behaviours” @ajteager James Chapman Decently #UlsterDMHW2024

The last talk in the Conversational interfaces for mental health session is “Establishing User Needs for Conversational Agents in the Suicide Prevention Ecosystem”, presented by Sarah Z. Mbawa #UlsterDMHW2024

And we’re back with our second last session, on Machine learning & Natural Language Processing in mental health, chaired by Emeritus Professor Mike McTear. First up is Zoraida Callejas presenting “Language Models to identify mental health topics in conversations” #UlsterDMHW2024

Now it’s time for Judith Dineley to present “Towards robust protocols for longitudinal mHealth speech analysis in mental health: an investigation of practice effects”. Jude Dineley Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience Biostatistics & Health Informatics at KCL #UlsterDMHW2024

Session 9 on Machine learning & Natural Language Processing in mental health continues with Mihael Arcan, presenting “Understanding Depression's Multifaceted Effects in Outpatient Settings” Mihael Arcan Lua Health #UlsterDMHW2024

Next up is Ruth Melia, with “The Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile-based Safety Planning App to Address Suicidality with Young People Accessing Secondary Level Mental Healthcare” Ruth Melia University Of Limerick #UlsterDMHW2024

Pablo Ascorbe presents our final talk of session 9, “Developing interfaces for a reliable Spanish chatbot focused on providing information about suicide”. Grupo de Informática de la Universidad de La Rioja Universidad de La Rioja #UlsterDMHW2024

Another engaging Q&A to close out Session 9, now it’s time for the final coffee break of the #UlsterDMHW2024 conference ☕️ Take the time to squeeze in that final networking session and exchange emails! Next up is our final session on Digital interventions and suicide prevention.

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Our final session on Digital interventions and suicide prevention is here, chaired by Oisin Harkin. Ruth Melia presents “The Application of Artificial Intelligence to Ecological Momentary Assessment Data in Suicide Research: A Systematic Review” Ruth Melia University Of Limerick #UlsterDMHW2024

We can’t believe we’ve sadly reached our final talk of the conference. Last but certainly not least Melia Formento presents “Virtual Wellness Visits” #UlsterDMHW2024

Our last Q&A session invites speakers from session 10 back for a final few questions. A massive thank you to all the speakers and delegates for continuing to be so engaged throughout the 3 days #UlsterDMHW2024

Our paper on young people's priorities for mental health research just published 👉 themes identified: Ensuring their voices are heard Understanding mental health challenges Creating accessible & effective services Fostering a whole‐school approach doi.org/10.1111/hex.70…