Testing the Effectiveness of a Mobile Smartphone App Designed to Improve the Mental Health of Junior Physicians: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Shift (Black Dog Institute) is the first mobile health smartphone app created to support the mental health of junior physicians. Junior physicians experience demanding work conditions, leading to high levels of psychological distress and burnout. However, they are often concerned about the potential career impacts of seeking mental health support.

Mental health training for physicians supervising resident physicians: a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Objective: To evaluate an online training program for physician supervisors with the aim of promoting a mentally healthy workplace by improving their use of both responsive and preventive mental health support strategies.

Study Design: Cluster randomised, waitlist-controlled trial.

Setting, Participants: Royal Australasian College of Physicians fellows who were supervising at least one resident physician in any of the 31 primary health networks in Australia and 20 district health boards in New Zealand (health network clusters).

Codesigned online cognitive bias modification of interpretations for anxiety and depression in children: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial.

Introduction: Previous research has shown that cognitive bias modification of interpretations (CBM-I) may be a promising intervention for anxiety in youth; however, results are mixed. Given the high comorbidity between anxiety and depression in youth, it is surprising that no child studies have targeted biases associated with both. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of an online CBM-I intervention (Mindmaster) for children with symptom scores of anxiety or depression above a borderline or clinical threshold.

Potential mental health-related harms associated with the universal screening of anxiety and depressive symptoms in Australian secondary schools.

Background: Anxiety and depressive disorders typically emerge in adolescence and can be chronic and disabling if not identified and treated early. School-based universal mental health screening may identify young people in need of mental health support and facilitate access to treatment. However, few studies have assessed the potential harms of this approach.

Participant comprehension and acceptability of enhanced versus text-only electronic informed consent: an innovative qualitative pilot study.

Background: The use of electronic informed consent (eIC) in decentralized trials offers a pragmatic approach to enrolling participants across multiple geographic areas.

Methods: Using a randomized, cross-over study design, we conducted a qualitative descriptive evaluation of two eIC approaches-text-only eIC and enhanced eIC-in a mock hypertension Phase III clinical trial. We assessed participant comprehension and acceptability (usability, satisfaction, and eIC preference).

Psychometric properties of the Distress Questionnaire-5 (DQ5) for measuring psychological distress in adolescents.

Screening for psychological distress may assist in identifying at-risk adolescents. While several measures of adolescent psychological distress have been used, most have limited or suboptimal psychometric properties. This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Distress Questionnaire-5 (DQ5), a brief measure of psychological distress, in a large community-based sample of adolescents.

Qualitative differences in perspective on children's quality of life between children with cerebral palsy and their parents.

Background: Cerebral palsy (CP) is one of the most common childhood disabilities, impacting many areas of a child's life. Increasingly, quality of life (QOL) measures are used to capture holistic wellbeing of children with CP. However most validated QOL measures for children are based on adult perspective only, with limited focus on child perspective.

Selective Prevention of Depression in Workers Using a Smartphone App: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: There is increasing evidence that depression can be prevented; however, universal approaches have had limited success. Appropriate targeting of interventions to at-risk populations has been shown to have potential, but how to selectively determine at-risk individuals remains unclear. Workplace stress is a risk factor for depression and a target for intervention, but few interventions exist to prevent depression among workers at risk due to heightened stress.

Predictive Value of Early Inflammatory Markers in Trauma Patients Based on Transfusion Status.

Introduction: Seven key inflammatory biomarkers were recently found to be associated with the risk of mortality in a multicenter study of massively transfused patients. The aim of this prospective single-center study was to determine which of these early inflammatory markers could predict 30-d mortality among all critically injured trauma patients.

Methods: Serum samples were collected at 6, 24, and 72 h from 238 consecutive patients admitted to the intensive care unit following traumatic injury.

Adolescent peer support for mental health problems: evaluation of the validity and reliability of the Mental Health Support Scale for Adolescents.

Background: The Mental Health Support Scale for Adolescents (MHSSA) is a criterion-referenced measure of adolescents' supportive intentions towards peers with mental health problems, which was developed for use in evaluations of adolescent mental health interventions, such as the teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) program. The present study aimed to examine the validity and reliability of the MHSSA.

Methods: A sample of 3092 school students (Mean ± SD: 15.

The Addition of Fish Oil to Cognitive Behavioral Case Management for Youth Depression: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Clinical Trial.

Background: Clinical trials suggest that long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) (fish oil) may reduce depressive symptoms in adults with major depressive disorder. Therefore, n-3 PUFAs may be a potential treatment for depression in youth.

Methods: Participants were 15- to-25 year-old individuals with major depressive disorder who sought care in one of three government-funded mental health services for young people in metropolitan Melbourne, Perth, or Sydney, Australia.

Protocol for a bandit-based response adaptive trial to evaluate the effectiveness of brief self-guided digital interventions for reducing psychological distress in university students: the Vibe Up study.

Introduction: Meta-analytical evidence confirms a range of interventions, including mindfulness, physical activity and sleep hygiene, can reduce psychological distress in university students. However, it is unclear which intervention is most effective. Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven adaptive trials may be an efficient method to determine what works best and for whom.

Correction: Preliminary Investigation of Shift, a Novel Smartphone App to Support Junior Doctors' Mental Health and Well-being: Examination of Symptom Progression, Usability, and Acceptability After 1 Month of Use.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.2196/38497.].

The effects of a sleep-focused smartphone application on insomnia and depressive symptoms: a randomised controlled trial and mediation analysis.

Background: Rates of depression are increasing among adolescents. A novel way to reduce depression is by improving sleep. We evaluated whether an app-based intervention for insomnia improved sleep and depression, and whether changes in insomnia mediated changes in depression.