Exploring Online Treatments For Mental Illness
Details
This next Data for Good Meetup has the seriously smart and data driven Maryna Moskalenko. She will be speaking about a specific section of the Working Together for a Change work, the 10-year plan to better mental health in Saskatchewan, that relates to online treatments for anxiety and depression. You will hear about research methods, quantitative methodology techniques, and other specific details that around data collection and research.
This is a must-attend event if you junior to senior in the data or research world.
Here are the details of her talk:
Working Together for a Change is a 10-year mental health and addiction plan for Saskatchewan, outlines the need for increasing access to clinical treatments for the two of the most common mental health issues: depression and anxiety.
Section 2.2 of the plan speaks to Internet delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (ICBT) is capable of increasing access to treatment and has been shown to be successful at treating depression and anxiety. Research on a prospective patients` and general populations’ acceptability of ICBT will help to clear uncertainty around further promotion and development this innovative treatment in Saskatchewan health system. This research is aimed at analyzing a sample composed of Saskatchewan adults from the general population in order to develop a framework for estimating interest of Saskatchewan population to partake in ICBT.
The presentation will showcase general research approach, intermediate analysis results, and common quantitative methodology techniques that are typical for demanding academic environment. Be prepared to dive into low-level data details!
More details of the report are here: https://bit.ly/2rK0ONm
Parking: Conexus Member parking, access via Angus Street.
Meetup Details:
Doors: KMP LAW entrance (parking lot side). The doors will be closed and someone will be waiting to let you into the building.
If no one is there within 5 min of your arrival, call
Maryna - 306-502-6023
Kevin - 306 530 5062 (call or text)
Doors open at 6pm
Speakers start at 6:30pm
Wrapped up by 8pm