AOTA 2016 Addiction, Mental Health & Recovery Resources
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This document discusses using technology and social media in occupational therapy practice. It identifies apps that can help with addiction treatment and recovery support, as well as tools for organizing resources and developing a professional learning network. Specific apps are recommended for screening, mood tracking, PTSD support, accessing recovery literature, and maintaining health routines. Twitter accounts are suggested to follow for professional development and connecting with recovery organizations.
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AOTA 2016 Addiction, Mental Health & Recovery Resources
- 1. Concepts in Technology for Health Professionals
- 2. Lesson Objectives •Identify addiction, mental health, & recovery resources available via social media & apps •Identify online tools that can be beneficial for organizing resources and information related to OT education and practice •Identify social media sites beneficial for developing a personal learning network related to occupational therapy and recovery
- 3. Some background about my interest in the topic • In November 2012, 3 OTs & I launched #OTALK2US, a twitter chat for topics of interest in occupational therapy, This chat has since generated over 40,000,000 individual impressions of tweets carrying this hashtag. • Through participation in health care-oriented Twitter chats, I expanded my professional network globally, culminating in: • a panel presentation on the topic of Social Media at the AOTA conference in 2014 • being the sole North American co-author on a team of international scholars and clinicians of an academic poster, “Social Media in the Contemporary CPD Climate” (Cook, et. al, 2013) • I have been interviewed for and featured in more than ten different newspaper and magazine articles on the topic of social media for academic purposes • I received a certification in Teaching in Higher Education from Temple University in the spring of 2015 and will graduate with my DOT in May of this year
- 4. Why Use Social Media & Apps? Occupational therapy practitioners can use social media to: • Access evidence-based resources • Continue one’s professional development • Organize professional resources • Utilize cost-effective, efficient tools for increasing evidence-based practice Burwash, Champagne & Cook, 2014
- 5. Why Use Social Media and Apps Continued • Occupational therapy practitioners can use social media to identify and select appropriate apps and websites to support client recovery via: • Increased access to healthcare information and services: online 12-Step meetings, support groups, SAMHSA resources • Increased support for lifestyle change: money, medication & time management apps • Increased opportunities for meaningful leisure exploration: online gaming, MBSR apps, fitness and friendship Grant & Dill-Shackleford, 2015
- 6. Step 1: Get Apps! Apps for Clinical Work: • SBIRT app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sbirt/id877624835?mt=8 This app provides evidence-based questions to screen for alcohol, drugs and tobacco use. If warranted a screening tool is provided to further evaluate the specific substance use. The app also provides steps to complete a brief intervention and/or referral to treatment for the patient based on motivational interviewing. Integrated within the app are three screening instruments for substance use: the CRAFFT, for use with adolescents, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and the Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) http://www.integration.samhsa.gov/clinical-practice/SBIRT
- 7. T2 Mood Tracker: http://t2health.dcoe.mil/apps/t2-mood-tracker Burwash, Cook, Champagne, 2014
- 9. The Big Book App: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/aa-big-book- and-more/id513779578?mt=8 The text of "Alcoholics Anonymous“ otherwise known as the "Big Book". Also includes daily meditations from GeorgiaSobriety.com. Includes a Sobriety Calculator to track your recovery. Kelly, Stout, Greene & Slaymaker, 2014
- 11. Sober Grid http://www.sobergridapp.com/ Sober Grid is a social networking app that gives access to a global recovery community. Its geosocial searching features allows users to find other sober people locally and around the world. Users can choose to remain anonymous, while being able to message other users, share content, answer questions and provide help. If a user is in need, they can select the "Burning Desire“ button which highlights their profile in red, showing others they are going through a hard time and need support. (Android & iPhone) http://www.castlecraig.co.uk/blog/11/2015/12-addiction-recovery-apps
- 12. Step Two: Get Organized! (Cook, et al., 2013)
- 13. Apps for Health Maintenance Routines
- 14. Web Tools for Organizing Professional Information & Keeping Records: Learnist, Evernote, & Wordpress (Cook, et al., 2013)
- 15. Social Media for Professional Development • Symplur Healthcare Hashtag Project: http://www.symplur.com/healthcare- hashtags/ Step 3: Develop Your PLN
- 16. Recovery & Addiction–Related Organizations’ Twitter Accounts to Follow • @samshagov: The official twitter feed of SAMHSA • @HHSGov: News & info from the US Dept of Health & Human Services • @NASW: National Association of Occupational therapy practitioners official Twitter feed • @ONDCP: US Drug Policy account • @CMSgov: official Twitter account for Medicare & Medicaid • @PsychCentral: Internet independent mental health & psychology network • @SPSMChat: Suicide Prevention Social Media weekly chat, expert guests • And subscribe to the lists: • Schools of Social Work, created by @socworkpodcast • Disrupt suicide, created by SPSMChat
- 17. Recovery & Addiction–Related Individuals’ Twitter Accounts to Follow • @unsuicide: useful resources from a suicide attempt survivor, Sandra • @CarlDunnJr: founder of #BPDchat, MH educator, DBT skills trainer • @DocForeman: MH expert, followed by SAMHSA, #spsm chat • @StucktonSW: Sean Erreger LCSW, blogger, #spsm, youth mental health • @ptsdUS: Global PTSD support group • @tchamp13: Tina Champagne, OTD, OTR/L sensory modulation expert • @allisulliotprof: my professional account, #OTALK2US, www.allisulli.com
- 18. Internet Resources http://www.allisulli.com http://www.aota.org/Practice/Mental-Health/MH-Apps.aspx#Specific http://www.ausmed.com.au/twitter-for-occupational-therapists/ http://www.integration.samhsa.gov/clinical-practice/sbirt http://www.ot-innovations.com http://theworldofmentalists.com/2013/02/04/midnight-madness-in-the-garden-of- good-and-evil/ http://theworldofmentalists.com/2012/10/27/moral-distress-and-self-care-guest-post- by-allisulli/ ~ NAMASTE MEANS: THE LIGHT IN ME HONORS THE LIGHT IN YOU ~
- 19. American Occupational Therapy Association. (n.d.). Apps for occupational therapy: Mental health apps. Retrieved from http://www.aota.org/Practice/Mental-Health/MH-Apps.aspx#Specific Burwash, S., Cook, B., and Champagne , T. (2014). Social media tools and apps for occupational therapy and mental health occupations. OT Practice (19)5, CE1-CE8. Cook, B., Coolhaas, L., Hamilton, A., Penman, M., Phuah, T., & Sullivan, A. (2013, July). Social media in the contemporary CPD climate, Poster presentation at the twenty-fifth annual Occupational Therapy Australia (OTA) Conference, Adelaide, Australia. Grant, D. and Dill-Shackleford, K. (2015). Using social media for sobriety recovery? Preferences, beliefs, behaviors, and surprises from users of online and social media sobriety support. Poster presentation at the American Psychological Association Conference, Toronto, Canada. Retrieved from: http://www.slideshare.net/DrDonGrantCCDCPhD/grantshackleford-using-social-media-for-sobriety- recovery-pp-apa-convention-toronto-2015 Ianculescu, Olivia. (2015). 12 addiction recovery apps, Castle Craig Hospital Addiction Advice Blog. http://www.castlecraig.co.uk/blog/11/2015/12-addiction-recovery-apps. Kelly, J., Stout, R., Greene, & Slaymaker, V. (2014). Young adults, social networks, and addiction recovery: Post treatment changes in social ties and their role as a mediator of 12-Step participation, PLOS One, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100121 References
Editor's Notes
- Noting my students interest in Facebook in 2006, I became interested in the possibilities related to using social media to promote occupational therapy. I launched the AIC OT Facebook page in 2006, and it rapidly became the most popular online campus-related site. This response made me very happy and encouraged me to explore other forms of social media for learning about and promoting OT I started using Twitter in 2010 for this reason The Cook Poster has since been presented at 6 international conferences. It is novel in its use of QR codes to increase the value of the poster content by linking users to each site discussed in the poster. This was the first OT academic poster to use QR codes in this way. I absolutely believe that the modern clinician should understand the value of using social media for professional practice, to access evidence-based resources, and continuing professional development, to be skilled in the selection of apps that can be
- T2 Mood Tracker is a mobile application that allows users to monitor and track emotional health. Originally developed as a tool for service members to easily record and review their behavior changes, particularly after combat deployments, it has now become very popular with many civilian users around the world. The app records a range of emotions for anxiety, depression, head injury, stress, posttraumatic stress and a user’s general well-being. Users can also create items to track their progress in unique areas. The saved results are displayed in an easy-understand graph. The data is saved in a graphical or spreadsheet file which can be transferred by e-mail or other wireless connection.
- http://recoveryboxapp.com/ Uses a light system to keep track of the user’s daily activities. These are categorized to indicate healthfulness: green light: beneficial, yellow light: potentially harmful and red light: “acting out” or dangerous. It has an email/text service to keep the user connected with their sponsor or counselor. This app supports users with conventional to less-mainstream dependencies, like addiction to caffeine, exercise, social media, shopping, perfectionism, etc. (iPhoneonly)
- is a social networking app that gives access to a global recovery community. Its searching features allows users to find other sober people locally and around the world. Users can choose to remain anonymous, while being able to message other users, share content, answer questions and provide help. If a user is in need, they can select the "Burning Desire" button which highlights their profile in red, showing others they are going through a hard time and need support. (Android & iPhone)
- If you print this slide by itself, you can try out the scan app, and it will take you to the poster, which has links to Facebook,
- Options for Sleep, Time, and Money management. Students in our program development course did a literature review on the topics that most individuals in college found to be life stressors, and sleep. time, and money were discovered to be the top stressors.
- Use Learnist, a Pinterest-like educational site to create “Learn Boards on topics you understand & add links to videos, blogs, images, and documents on the web. Demonstrate your professional development by including a reflection on each learning board. Evernote is an application that can be installed on all mobile and computer platforms. It allows a user to type, organize, store, share and utilize notes, documents, & pictures acrosss multiple devices. This allows you to have your documents with you at all times, anywhere, collaborate with others quickly and easily, embed and store, PDFs, Word Docs, pictures, and many other files within your Evernote notebooks for future sharing and reading. These features make Evernote an excellent solutions for keeping your client records together with supporting documentation. Wordpress is a blogging tool compatible with mobile and computer platforms. Blogs can be a great place to create and online portfolio. You can upload certificates, pictures, video & audio resources, record your reflections, and invite others to comment by linking your blog to other social media sites.
- The Symplur Healthcare Hashtag Project is a website designed to promote healthcare literacy by providing a database of all healthcare hashtags being used on Twitter. Search by type discipline, health focus, ie recovery, mental illness, addiction, disease. Locate regular chats, as well as influential individuals who use these hashtags to commuicate