Supporting Mentees with Anxiety ​Effective Strategies for Promoting Mental Health​

Conference: National Mentoring Summit 2023

Presentation Type: Workshop

Authors: Alexandra Werntz and Saniya Soni

About: This workshop worked to demystify anxiety and encouraged those in attendance to think critically about how mentoring programs can support our nation’s mental health.​

 

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Innovative Strategies for Technology-Enhanced Peer Mentoring Programs at the University Level​

Conference: National Mentoring Summit 2023

Presentation Type: Workshop

Authors: Megyn Jasman, Alexandra Werntz, and Jean Rhodes

About: The goal of this talk was to overview new findings from a college peer mentoring pilot program, the role technology can play, and future work in college spaces.

 

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Caregiver Attitudes Toward Digital Mental Heath Interventions and Therapy: Exploring Support Systems for Children Impacted by Caregiver Substance Use

Conference: 2022 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Conference. Theme: Emergency & Disaster Preparedness and Response: Using Cognitive and Behavioral Science to Make an Impact

Presentation Type: Poster

Authors: Benlina Aier, Selen Amado, Megyn Jasman, Jordan Cherry, Cyanea Poon, Alexandra Werntz, and Jean Rhodes

About: This project has implications for understanding caregivers’ comfort with and concerns about their child attending therapy and/or using digital mental health interventions for their mental health, specifically for populations impacted by substance use.

 

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Caregivers’ Attitudes Towards Youth Digital Mental Health Interventions during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Conference: 2022 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Conference. Theme: Emergency & Disaster Preparedness and Response: Using Cognitive and Behavioral Science to Make an Impact

Presentation Type: Poster

Authors: Selen Amado, Cyanea Poon, Megyn Jasman, Jordan Cherry, Benlina Aier, Alexandra Werntz, and Jean Rhodes

About: This project has implications for understanding parents’ comfort with and concerns about their child using digital mental health interventions for their mental health.

 

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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Caregivers’ Attitudes about Mental Health Treatment

Conference: 2022 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Conference. Theme: Emergency & Disaster Preparedness and Response: Using Cognitive and Behavioral Science to Make an Impact

Presentation Type: Symposium presentation

Authors: Cyanea Poon, Alexandra Werntz, Selen Amado, and Jean Rhodes

About: This symposium talk overviews caregivers’ attitudes toward mental health treatment based on demographic differences.

 

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Caregivers with Children in Mentoring Organizations: Attitudes on Mentor Involvement in Child Mental Health and Digital Mental Health Interventions

Conference: 2022 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Conference. Theme: Emergency & Disaster Preparedness and Response: Using Cognitive and Behavioral Science to Make an Impact

Presentation Type: Poster

Authors: Megyn Jasman, Selen Amado, Cyanea Poon, Benlina Aier, Jordan Cherry, Alexandra Werntz, and Jean Rhodes

About: This project has implications for mentoring programs and the role of caregivers’ comfort levels with mentor involvement in child mental health support.

 

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Caregiver Experiences and the Impacts on Children’s Engagement with Mental Health Treatments in a Global Pandemic

Conference: 2022 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Conference. Theme: Emergency & Disaster Preparedness and Response: Using Cognitive and Behavioral Science to Make an Impact

Presentation Type: Poster

Authors: Jordan Cherry, Benlina Aier, Selen Amado, Megyn Jasman, Jean Rhodes, and Alexandra Werntz

About: Findings found that relative to unmentored caregivers, mentored caregivers were more comfortable with digital mental health interventions and expressed no preference for mentors or therapists delivering them.

 

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Addressing Cultural Differences for Parental Concerns of Child Digital Mental Health Use

Conference: 2022 Society of Digital Mental Health Conference

Presentation Type: Poster

Authors: Benlina Aier, Jordan Cherry, Megyn Jasman, Selen Amado, Cyanea Poon, Alexandra Werntz, and Jean Rhodes

About: This project has implications for navigating barriers to technology-delivered interventions for youth mental health.

 

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Lessons Learned: Providing Supportive Accountability to Individuals Enrolled in an Online Anxiety Intervention

Conference: 2021 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Conference. Theme: Promoting Cognitive and Behavioral Practice and Science in the Context of Public Health, Social Justice, Policy, Research, Practice, and Training.

Presentation Type: Symposium presentation

Authors: Alexandra Werntz. University of Virginia: Alexandra Silverman, Henry Behan, Suraj Patel, Miranda Beltzer, Mehdi O. Boukhechba, Laura Barnes, Bethany A. Teachman

About: This project has implications for providing supportive accountability for the use of online anxiety interventions. More specifically, the impacts of integrated coaching were examined with the MindTrails intervention for a sample of anxious adults.

 

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