Big congratulations to the SilverCloud Health team who won the “Most investable business” award at the ISA/IVCA Software Investment Forum on Friday!
During my post-doc at Trinity College Dublin I worked with Dr Gavin Doherty, Dr John Sharry and James Bligh on the initial Silvercloud system. The aim was to develop a platform that could provide computer supported interventions for people experiencing mental health difficulties.
It’s great that the SilverCloud system now has the chance … Read More →
If you are anywhere near Cambridge on May 5th, the Rainbow Group in the Computer Laboratory is hosting two talks on technologies designed to support mental health interventions. I’m giving the first myself, on the evaluations of a computer game implementing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. The second is by Dr Gavin Doherty of Trinity College Dublin and will consider the challenges associated with engagement in online mental health services. Further details of both talks are available … Read More →
gNats Island is a computer game implementing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which I’ve been working on for a while now – in collaboration with Gary O’Reilly and Nicola McGlade at UCD and with Gavin Doherty at Trinity College Dublin. The game is designed to support interventions with young people experiencing medium to severe internalising, mental health disorders. We recently completed our first set of exploratory trials, the details of which will be published in a paper … Read More →
SeeMySelf is featured in an Irish Times article discussing online support for people experiencing eating disorders. SeeMySelf is a collaboration between the Technology Enhanced Therapy project and Bodywise, the Irish eating disorder association. Initial trials of SeeMySelf are currently ongoing.
The article is available here: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/health/2011/0215/1224289812745.html (login may be required)
I received some good news last week. A paper I co-authored has been conditionally accepted for CHI 2011 in Vancouver. It describes the exploratory evaluations of a new computer game, called gNats Island, which implements Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and is used to support clinical interventions with adolescents experiencing medium to severe mental health difficulties.
D. Coyle, N. McGlade, G. Doherty and G. O’Reilly, Exploratory evaluations of a computer game supporting Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for adolescent, … Read More →
(Coyle, et al, 2007), in the journal Interacting with Computers, provided an initial set of guidelines for the design of technologies to support talk-based mental health interventions. These guidelines were updated in my PhD thesis and are posted below:
Clinical Validity:
Design systems based on accepted theoretical models of mental health care. Design systems in collaboration with mental health care professionals. Target important aspects of therapeutic interventions e.g. client engagement, the client therapist relationship, personal … Read More →
See My Self, an online programme for the prevention of eating disorders, has now entered user trials. The trials are bring conducted in collaboration with the TCD Student Counselling service and BodyWhys, the Eating Disorder Association of Ireland.
See My Self was created and is being delivered using SilverCloud, a technology enhanced therapy platform developed by researchers at Trinity College Dublin, in partnership with the NDRC and ParentsPlus.
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Affiliation and contact Associate Professor,
School of Computer Science,
University College Dublin.
Email: d.coyle at ucd.ie
Tel: +353 (0)1 7162818
Office:
Room E3.48, Science Hub East,
University College Dublin,
Belfield, Dublin 4,
Ireland
Prospective PhD Students: If you are interested in pursuing a PhD at University College Dublin in an area related to my research interests please contact me to discuss projects and funding possibilities. The vacancies page also has information on open positions and potential project ideas.
Previous Affiliations Academic:
2013-2014: Senior Lecturer,
University of Bristol
2012-2013: Lecturer,
University of Bristol
Post-doc
2010-11: University of Cambridge
2008-09: Trinity College Dublin
PhD & RA
2004-07: Trinity College Dublin
2003-04: Media Lab Europe
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