Digital Mental Health and Wellbeing
 

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Bethan Davies

Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

Contact

  • workRoom NIHR MindTech MedTech Co-operative Institute of Mental Health
    Innovation Park
    Triumph Road
    Nottingham
    NG7 2TU
    UK
  • work0115 748 4238

Biography

Dr Bethan Davies is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham, and is based in the National Institute of Health Research MindTech MedTech Co-operative (http://mindtech.org.uk). MindTech focuses on research in technology innovation, design and evaluation in mental healthcare.

Bethan also teaches and supervises students on the MSc Health Psychology course.

Expertise Summary

Main areas of interest:

  • Interventions for supporting mental health and well-being of children, adolescents, and young people (CAYP)
  • Behavioural interventions for tic disorders
  • The lived experience of tic disorders, e.g. Tourette syndrome
  • The role of digital technologies (e.g. online interventions, apps, online support groups) in supporting the mental health and well-being of CAYP and university students
  • How people support and help others experiencing a mental health problem
  • Evaluations of health promotion and prevention interventions, such as Mental Health First Aid
  • The role of digital technologies in health behaviour change and maintenance of behaviours
  • Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of digital interventions for mental health and behaviour change.

Teaching Summary

Supervision and examination of BMedSci (Medicine) student projects Supervision of Masters' students (MSc Mental Health Research, MSc Health Psychology) and PhD students (3 students completed to… read more

Recent Publications

  • Supervision and examination of BMedSci (Medicine) student projects
  • Supervision of Masters' students (MSc Mental Health Research, MSc Health Psychology) and PhD students (3 students completed to date)
  • Lecturer on REHB4007 Chronic Illness module for MSc Health Psychology
  • Providing academic and study support for BMedSci (Medicine) students, including seminar on online survey methodologies
  • Invited peer reviewer for journals (2015-onwards), including Journal of Medical Internet Research, International Journal of Behavioural Medicine, and Health Education Journal

Digital Mental Health and Wellbeing

Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology
The University of Nottingham School of Medicine
Institute of Mental Health
Triumph Road
Nottingham, NG7 2UH


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