Prof of Clinical Psychology and Digital Health. Not on X much nowadays. My updates on LinkedIn (ProfNeilThomas), hearing voices news on fb page voicesclinic.
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined March 2015
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I'm pleased to announce that we'll be bringing avatar therapy for #hearingvoices to Australia. We've been awarded funding by the National Health and Medical Research Council to run a trial over the next four years, comparing avatar therapy with CBT. 1/ swinburne.edu.au/news/2022/0…
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Article just out in the Guardian on avatar therapy for hearing voices facebook.com/voicesclinic/po…
Long read in the Guardian on avatar therapy for #hearingvoices. Avatar therapy uses software to create an animated avatar representing a distressing voice to bring a tangible experience of the voice into the therapy session (thread) theguardian.com/news/2024/oc…
In both trials, effect sizes were not quite as large as in the original AVATAR trial, seeming similar to standard therapy for voices. It is important to consider advantages avatar therapy has over standard therapy. This is what our trial AMETHYST is doing /5
AMETHYST, our current trial of avatar therapy vs current best practice therapy for #hearingvoices, is still enrolling participants across Australia. All participants receive therapy via telehealth. Visit voicestherapy.com for details, to express interest, or refer. /6 end
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NIMH webinar "Transforming Mental Health Disability Research Through Lived Experience Leadership & Co-Production" So excited about this! nimh.nih.gov/news/events/202…
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Listen to Dr Imogen Bell's interview on 2ser radio on the Australian AMETHYST trial. This trial compares the telehealth delivery of avatar and CBT therapies for hearing voices. We are recruiting now - to find out more visit voicestherapy.com (1/2) voicestherapy.com/post/liste…
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Read our article in @ConversationEDU on #HearingVoices and #AvatarTherapy!
We are trialling this exciting new treatment in Australia via telehealth, and are now taking referrals via our website - voicestherapy.com/
Pls RT!
theconversation.com/hearing-…
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Piece in @ConversationAU from our team about the use of a new virtual reality supported therapy for helping people who have distressing voice hearing experiences. We are currently running a research trial across Australia of this new therapeutic approach theconversation.com/hearing-…
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In this post we share insights from lived experience campaigner Dolly Sen about CBT for psychosis: voicestherapy.com/post/psych… (1/2)
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The AMETHYST study has started a blog about psychological therapies and digital technologies for people hear voices. Please check out our first post: 'Avatar therapy gets green light in the UK' voicestherapy.com/post/avata…
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So proud to announce the official launch of Mello - a free, evidence-based app to help the 1.3 million young Australians struggling with mental ill-health. The app works by targeting stuck thinking (worry/rumination). Download it in Oz for free - check out mello.org.au/
We're excited to introduce Orygen Digital's newest innovation, Mello: a free app designed to address stuck thinking.
It combines practical techniques with tailored therapy activities – and a recent trial found it eased stuck thinking for 83% of users.
🔗 mello.org.au
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This exciting post for a Senior Trial Therapist/Clinical/Counselling Psychologist closes on ✨4th April✨ Secondments from @GMMH_NHS & @PennineCareNHS #CAMHS considered. Flexible working, highly experienced research team, a great CPD opportunity & a chance to meet a clinical need
We are recruiting a Senior Trial Therapist/Clinical Psychologist to deliver an innovative therapy for children with distressing sensory experiences (e.g., hearing voices/seeing visions) in #CAMHS gmmh.nhs.uk/vacancies/#!/job… A collaboration between @PennineCareNHS & @c_tru_research
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Check out our new paper: Using latent class analysis to investigate enduring effects of intersectional social disadvantage on long-term vocational and financial outcomes in the 20-year prospective Chicago Longitudinal Study | Psychological Medicine |m- bit.ly/43EJCuf
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We're also recruiting for 5 new Lived Experience Research Involvement roles @MentalHealthPRU.
These ones are #involvement roles, not salaried staff roles. Deadline now Friday 5th April.
More details here:
peopleinresearch.org/opportu…
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Our @MentalHealthPRU paper on the effectiveness, experience & implementation of #peersupport for mental health is out 🚨 Congrats team @soniajohnson @cityalan @kmachin @Phoebe_Barnett3 @Becky_L_J @SosoAllan et al
@KingsHSPR @KingsIoPPN @NIHRresearch ⬇️
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An exciting opportunity for an RA to join our lovely and highly supportive team working on research to develop, trial and implement virtual reality treatments for youth mental health @orygen_aus jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/j…
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Our latest paper out today in @bmj_latest with editorial, we report on the observational meta-analytic evidence associating ultra-processed foods with a range of health outcomes.
bmj.com/content/384/bmj-2023…
