The International Conference on the Use of the Internet in Mental Health took place at the Douglas Institute from May 14 to May 16, 2009. Some presentations were filmed on video and are available by clicking on their title.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

8:00 a.m. - Registration (Douglas Hall)
8:45 a.m. - Welcome remarks
9:00 a.m. - Using Blogs as support tools, Michelle Blanc (Canada, Analyweb inc.)
9:20 a.m. - From Netscape to Twitter: 15 Years of Mental Health Online, John Grohol (USA, PsychCentral.com)

10:50 a.m. - 12:10 a.m.
Workshop A (Douglas Hall)
Online information: How discerning are web users?

• How to ensure quality (mental) health information on the internet: The HON Code, Judith Patterson (Canada, Health On the Net Foundation)
• Six questions for the evaluation of evidence-based content of mental health-related websites, Yasser Khazaal (Switzerland, Geneva University Hospitals)
• Do websites answer parent's questions about anxiety treatment choices?, Kristin Reynolds (Canada, University of Manitoba)

Workshop B (Bowerman Room)
On-line information for finding help: Does it work?

• The NCTSN Knowledge Bank: A collaborative tool and showcase for Network expertise, Cybele Merrick (USA, Dartmouth College)
• eMentalHealth.ca: bringing mental health information to all, Michael Cheng (Canada, University of Ottawa)
• How can the Internet empower mental health information consumers?
• Jacqueline Zimmer (USA, networkofcare.org)

Workshop C (Salle du comité de régie)
Online information: Is psycho-education empowering?

• The brain at all levels: An example of sharing mental health knowledge on the internet, Bruno Dubuc (Canada, The brain from top to bottom)
• Promoting mental health in the Web 2.0 era, Marie-Gabrielle Ayoub and Stéphanie Lassonde (Canada, Douglas Institute)

1:10 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.

• The Provision of Online Mental Health Services: Ethical and Legal Issues and Recommendations for Practice, Jeffrey Barnett (USA, APA)
• Developing guidelines for Canadian psychologists who deliver online services: Bumps and pathways, Carole Sinclair (Canada, CPA)

2:10 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Workshop D (Douglas Hall)
Working the Internet in Studying Trauma

• L'Internet et la recherche sur le trauma, David Spiegel (USA, Stanford University)
• The internet as a research tool: from data collection to online trials, Helen Christensen (Australia, Australian National University)
• Practical Considerations in the Use of the Internet in Disaster Research, William Schlenger (USA, Duke University Medical Center)

Workshop E (Bowerman Roomm)
E-therapy: The therapist is in

• Cost-effectiveness of internet-based vs group treatment in sub threshold depression, Viola Spek (Netherlands, Tilburg University)
• Performing an internet-based randomized clinical trial: The JellinekLive alcohol treatment case, Matthijs Blankers (Netherlands, University of Amsterdam)
• Legal and ethical issues related to providing Online psychological help, Kathleene Derig-Palumbo (USA, MyTherapyNet.com)

Workshop F (Salle du comité de régie)
E-learning

• Using virtual environments for teaching-learning process in psych-mental field, Edilaine Christina da Silva (Brazil, University of São Paulo )
• Designing learning environments for 21st century learners, Adam Finkelstein (Canada, McGill University)
• Teaching and Learning in Online Virtual Worlds, Simon Bignell (United Kingdom, University of Derby)

3:45 p.m. - 4:40 p.m.

Workshop G (Douglas Hall)
Electronic patient files; boon to good medicine or privacy?

• The electronic patient file in psychiatry: From today until tomorrow, Hélène Laberge (Canada, Douglas Institute)
• Integration dimensions apply to electronic medical record project, Axel Van Leeuw (Canada, Douglas Institute)

Workshop H (Bowerman Room)
Internet going mobile

• Social networks utilizing mobile phone technologies during bereavement, Deborah Dysart-Gale (Canada, Concordia University)
• MOBUS, a cognitive orthotic for people with schizophrenia: Promise and pitfalls, Juliette Sablier (Canada, Montreal University)

Workshop I (Salle du comité de régie)
E-therapies

• Critical elements for effective Cybercounselling : The presence techniques and their impact, Lawrence Murphy (Canada, Wordwide Therapy online)
• Online aid for telehealth, locally and in the field, François Lefort (Canada, aideenligne.ca)

6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - DINNER COCKTAIL - McCord Museum
Psychology on Second Life? - Simon Bignell (United Kingdom, University of Derby)

Friday, May 15, 2009

8:15 a.m. - Welcome remarks
8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. (Douglas Hall)
Preventing mental health disorders through the Internet, Helen Christensen (Australia, Australian National University)
9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. (Douglas Hall)
Guided Internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety disorders , Gerhard Andersson (Sweden, Linköping University)

Workshop J (Bowerman Room)
Blogs, twitters and everything in-between

• Social Networking Sites, Clients, and Ethics: Dilemmas and Recommendations, Jeffrey Barnett (USA, APA)
• Online social networks and identity development, Nicholas Carson (USA, Harvard Medical School)
• Social networking and psychotherapy, Marie-Anne Sergerie (Canada, Université de Montréal)

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.

Workshop K (Douglas Hall)
Mental health and first line prevention - Online mass prevention

• Internet-Based Expressive Writing for Kidney Transplant Recipients, Kyle Possemato (USA, Syracuse University)
• Internet-based depression prevention intervention for adolescents ages 14-21, Benjamin Van Voorhees (USA, University of Chicago)
• The public use of psycho-educational materials online , John Grohol (USA, PsychCentral.com)

Workshop L (Salle du comité de régie)
E-access to treatment

• Evaluation of an online anxiety disorders consultation, Michel Perreault, Ph.D. (Canada, McGill University, Douglas Institute)
• Use of the Web to improve access to anxiety disorders treatments, Mariko Chartier-Otis (Canada, UQAM, Douglas Institute)
• Recruiting virtual subjects: integrating the Internet into psychiatric research in Taiwan, Chao-Cheng Lin (Taiwan, National Taiwan University)

NATO ADVANCED RESEARCH WORKSHOP

How can the Internet help after a traumatic event?

1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. (Douglas Hall)

• Internetworking after trauma , David Spiegel (USA, Stanford University)

2:20 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Prevention (Douglas Hall)

• AfterTheInjury.org: Development of a web-based information and secondary prevention resource for parents of injured children , Nancy Kassam-Adams (USA, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
• Virtual therapy (Bowerman Room)
• Virtual Reality in Mental Health: A window onto the future, Naomi Josman (Israel, University of Haifa)
• Intervention (Salle du comité de régie)
• Preliminary results of a post-immediate intervention Internet program, Joan Mouthaan (Netherlands, University of Amsterdam)

3:30 p.m. - 4:25 p.m.
Prevention (Douglas Hall)

• Post-traumatic stress prevention using the internet , Alain Brunet (Canada, Douglas Institute)
• Virtual therapy (Bowerman Room)
• Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Barbara Rothbaum (USA, Emory University School of Medicine)
• Intervention (Salle du comité de régie)
• Phase 1 development of a guided self help programme for mild to moderate post traumatic stress disorder, Catrin Lewis (Great Britain, Cardiff University)

4:30 p.m.- 5:30 p.m.
Prevention (Douglas Hall)

• Online self-evaluation as public mental health tool after large scale disasters: Prospects and limits, Stefan Vetter (Switzerland, University of Zurich)
• Virtual therapy (Bowerman Room)
• LMental health applications of virtual reality: An overview of outcome and mechanisms , Stéphane Bouchard (Canada, Université du Québec en Outaouais)

Saturday, May 16, 2009

NATO ADVANCED RESEARCH WORKSHOP (cont.)

8:30 a.m. (Douglas Hall)

• The Internet as a vehicle for conducting surveillance and early intervention following exposure to potentially traumatic events, William Schlenger (USA, Duke University Medical Center)

9:50 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.

• Models of mass interventions (Douglas Hall)
• Psychosocial services for civil security in Quebec and the Internet, Claude Martel (Canada, Quebec, MSSS)
• Keeping the practitioner in the loop (Bowerman Room)
• ATrauma training online according to the professionals, Christophe Herbert (France/Canada, Douglas Institute)
• Models of mass interventions(Douglas Hall)
• Prospective e-mental health support in the City of Zagreb: Relevance for the post-disaster support, Dean Ajdukovic (Croatia, University of Zagreb)
• Keeping the practitioner in the loop (Bowerman Room)
• Disseminating best practices and information in posttrauma care: Towards online training and support for providers serving trauma survivors, Joe Ruzek (USA, National Center for PTSD)

11:25 a.m. - 12:25 a.m. (Douglas Hall)

• The psychological role of the Internet in mass disasters: Past evidence and future planning, Azy Barak (Israël, University of Haifa)