Call for abstract submissions to the Second International Digital Mental Health and Wellbeing Conference


Conference date: 19-21 June 2024
Location: Ulster University, Derry-Londonderry campus, Northland Road, Derry-Londonderry

Abstract submission deadline: 1 March 2024
Submit 300-500 word abstract here: https://bit.ly/DMHW2024

Conference theme
The conference theme is focused on Digital Technologies for Mental Health Support with particular emphasis (but not exclusively) on digital mental health for young people.

Topics of interest (not exhaustive):

Digital mental health interventions
Health apps, web apps, and software in mental health
Data science, analytics, and machine learning in mental health
Speech analytics, Natural Language Processing (NLP) and smart speaker applications for mental health
Conversational user interfaces and chatbots for mental health
Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in mental health
Web technologies in mental health
Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) applications in mental health
Digital Transformation of mental health services
Digital mental health service co-design and modelling
Sensors and wearable technologies in mental health
Affective computing and positive computing
Databases and datasets in mental health
Cyber-psychology and digital wellbeing
Digital mental health care models
Large Language Models (LLMs) in mental health
Digital citizenship in mental health
Ethics in digital mental health
Digital mental health employee wellbeing
Co-production and co-creation of digital mental health services
Digital mental health as adjunctive therapy
Digital mental health and social prescriptions
Addressing engagement and retention in digital mental health services
Using gamification approaches in digital mental health interventions
Evidence-based approaches for mental health services
Developing policy and practice around digital mental health interventions
Regulation, compliance, quality assurance and standards in digital mental health service design
Design and evaluation of digitally supported content, therapies and interventions
Digital mental health interventions for marginalised groups
Digital storytelling, design fictions, interaction design, graphic design for mental health service co-creation

Authors of accepted abstracts are required to register for the conference and to present their work at the conference. Abstracts will be peer reviewed and accepted abstracts will appear online with a DOI in the conference proceedings.

More information on the conference website and twitter:
https://www.ulster.ac.uk/conference/digital-mental-health-and-wellbeing
https://twitter.com/DMHW2024

Registration is £200 and includes food and an evening meal.

The conference is supported by the Atlantic Futures project, a €4million four year all-island research project funded by The North-South Research Programme, part of the Government’s Shared Island Fund. It is administered by the Higher Education Authority. Read more at https://www.atlanticfutures.com/

For queries, please contact the conference chairs at Ulster University: 
Dr Patrick McAllister (p.mcallister@ulster.ac.uk), Dr Edel Ennis (e.ennis@ulster.ac.uk), Dr Colin Gorman (c.gorman@ulster.ac.uk)