@shuhbillskee.bsky.social my colleague and I also did follow ups at 9 months and 2 years with the same measures but we are still processing the dataset fully

It's so special to finally hold the physical copy!

After working on Critical Perspectives on Smartphone Addiction for so long and to see how this work has grown, it is wonderful to see it in print. We hope it can be a valuable resource to many.

🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Critical Perspectives on Smartphone Addiction The book introduces and critically reviews a range of conceptual and empirical issues in the topic of smartphone addiction.

📚 I'm incredibly proud to share that our book is now available!

In this book, we take a comprehensive look at smartphone addiction, exploring different issues by chapter. We hope this will be a helpful resource to many researchers, practitioners and more!

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

This would be great!

UK Extended Reality Healthcare Market Assessment & Deep Dive Report Comprehensive UK landscape report on Extended Reality (XR) in healthcare. Mapping NHS adoption, university research, and industry innovation in VR/AR mental health technologies.

💡 Are you interested in how extended reality (#XR) technology is being used in healthcare in the UK?

In collaboration with XR Health Alliance, we conducted a UK-wide landscape map and deep-dive into this across sectors.

Find our interactive report here:
landscape-mapping.xrhealthuk.org

This week I had the wonderful opportunity to attend and present at the 13th The International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII) Scientific Meeting in sunny San Diego! | Lucy Hitch... This week I had the wonderful opportunity to attend and present at the 13th The International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII) Scientific Meeting in sunny San Diego! ☀️ I gave a...

It was wonderful to attend and present at #ISRII13 last week in sunny San Diego! An excellent community doing important research into digital mental health☀️

Reflections here: shorturl.at/Gowhe @isrii.bsky.social

Day 3 of Digital Mental Health and Wellbeing 2025 and I presented our process and findings from phase 2 of the development of the CaTS-App for youth self-harm. Thank you to the organisers for a well organised, welcoming conference!

#DMHW2025

Day 1 of Digital Mental Health and Wellbeing 2025 in sunny Granada! I had the opportunity to present my poster on the pilot study which kick started my PhD last summer on the role of responsible research and innovation (RRI) for digital mental health 🌞 #DMHW2025

While the 'belief' plot draws attention, the core message of the final, deliberative consensus statements is that evidence linking smartphone and social media use to negative outcomes is limited, mixed, context-dependent, insufficient to support causal claims, and better research is needed.

Regulating Digital Mental Health Technologies In February, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) released new guidance [1] aimed at clarifying aspects of regulation for Digital Mental Health Technologies (DMHTs) in ...

A recent blog post on regulating mental health technologies, written by myself and a couple of other Horizon DER members who are currently working on developing a toolkit for the adopters of these technologies 👇

www.horizon.ac.uk/regulating-d...

Does smartphone use make people feel lonelier? Or does loneliness predict smartphone use?

We combined experience sampling data with smartphone usage data to examine the bidirectional association between well-being and smartphone use over time.

Published in @apajournals.bsky.social Emotion!
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Thank you! ☺️

This is wonderful news Nikki, congratulations! 👏

I am thrilled to share that I'll be attending the @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social Summer School this June! I look forward to the interdisciplinary learning, discussion and networking provided by the team 🌟

Congratulations, you'll be great for this 👏

Yesterday I attended the MHRA 'Regulation and Evaluation of AI in Digital Mental Health Technologies' event.

I was given the opportunity to speak about my ongoing PhD study looking at the use of DMHTs in the NHS and facilitate the afternoon workshops on protocol development.

What a great event! 👏

Want to know who to follow in cyberpsychology? @nicolafh.bsky.social has made a starter pack! #AcademicSky #Cyberpsychology

go.bsky.app/HkdeCxF

Switching off in the Highlands 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

A great article that addresses the larger context of the youth mental health crisis beyond the simplistic argument that smartphones = worse mental health.

Just submitted an abstract for ISRII 2025 to present the first study of my PhD 🤞

I have finally made the switch from X to here to gain back that sense of online research community!

A little introduction: my #PhD research looks at how digital mental health technology is used and developed in the UK. I also research smartphone addiction and usage. 📲