Using Broadband to Support Youth Mental Health

Management of Broadband Technology and Innovation: Policy, Deployment, and Use, Edited By Jyoti Choudrie, Catherine Middleton Publisher: Routledge, 2014.

17 Pages Posted: 1 Feb 2015

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Reeva Lederman

University of Melbourne - School of Computing and Information Systems

Gregory Wadley

University of Melbourne

John Gleeson

Australian Catholic University (ACU) - School of Psychology

Mario Alvarez-Jimenez

University of Melbourne - Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health

Date Written: October 16, 2013

Abstract

This chapter proposes that the introduction of increased broadband services, particularly in regional and remote areas, can support new therapies for young people with psychosis. Because of the serious and debilitating results of mental illness for young people, the reach and accessibility of the Internet and the proven interest of young people in communication technologies, an approach that uses Broadband Internet to support sufferers of mental illness demands consideration. In this chapter we examine possibilities for a web-based system for preventing relapse in patients who have suffered a first episode of psychosis (FEP).

Suggested Citation

Lederman, Reeva and Wadley, Gregory and Gleeson, John and Alvarez-Jimenez, Mario, Using Broadband to Support Youth Mental Health (October 16, 2013). Management of Broadband Technology and Innovation: Policy, Deployment, and Use, Edited By Jyoti Choudrie, Catherine Middleton Publisher: Routledge, 2014., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2557858 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2557858

Reeva Lederman (Contact Author)

University of Melbourne - School of Computing and Information Systems ( email )

Australia

Gregory Wadley

University of Melbourne ( email )

185 Pelham Street
Carlton, Victoria 3053
Australia

John Gleeson

Australian Catholic University (ACU) - School of Psychology ( email )

Victoria
Australia

Mario Alvarez-Jimenez

University of Melbourne - Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health ( email )

Melbourne
Australia

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