Concepts in Technology for Health Professionals

AOTA 2016 Addiction, Mental Health, & Recovery Resources

Developing Your Personal Learning Network &Keeping Track of It All

A Presentation for Appy Hour

Allison Sullivan, MS, OTR/L, CAGS, RYTApril 9, 2016

Website: www.allisulli.com Email: Allison.Sullivan@aic.edu Twitter: @allisulliotprof

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

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

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

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

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

T2 Mood Tracker: http://t2health.dcoe.mil/apps/t2-mood-tracker

Burwash, Cook, Champagne, 2014

PTSD Coach: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/materials/apps/PTSDCoach.asp

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 meditationsfrom GeorgiaSobriety.com.

Includes a Sobriety Calculator to track your recovery.

Kelly, Stout, Greene & Slaymaker, 2014

RecoveryBox http://recoveryboxapp.com/

http://www.castlecraig.co.uk/blog/11/2015/12-addiction-recovery-apps

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

Step Two: Get Organized!

(Cook, et al., 2013)

Apps for Health Maintenance Routines

Web Tools for Organizing Professional Information & Keeping Records:Learnist, Evernote, & Wordpress

(Cook, et al., 2013)

Social Media for Professional Development• Symplur Healthcare Hashtag Project:

http://www.symplur.com/healthcare-hashtags/

Step 3: Develop Your PLN

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

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

Internet Resourceshttp://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 ~

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

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