Simon D'Alfonso

Clinician perspectives on how digital phenotyping can inform client treatment.

Simone Schmidt, Simon D'Alfonso

Journal article  |  2023  |  Acta Psychol (Amst)

This qualitative study explores mental health clinician perspectives on how information extracted from client interactions with di..

Examining and Promoting Explainable Recommendations for Personal Sensing Technology Acceptance

J Newn, RM Kelly, S D'Alfonso, R Lederman

Journal article  |  2022  |  Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies

Personal sensing is a promising approach for enabling the delivery of timely and personalised recommendations to improve mental he..

Characterizing Use of a Multicomponent Digital Intervention to Predict Treatment Outcomes in First-Episode Psychosis: Cluster Analysis.

Shaunagh O'Sullivan, Lianne Schmaal, Simon D'Alfonso, Yara Jo Toenders, Lee Valentine, Carla McEnery, Sarah Bendall, Barnaby Nelson, John F Gleeson, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez

Journal article  |  2022  |  JMIR Ment Health

BACKGROUND: Multicomponent digital interventions offer the potential for tailored and flexible interventions that aim to address h..

Digital Therapeutic Alliance With Fully Automated Mental Health Smartphone Apps: A Narrative Review.

Fangziyun Tong, Reeva Lederman, Simon D'Alfonso, Katherine Berry, Sandra Bucci

Journal article  |  2022  |  Front Psychiatry

Fully automated mental health smartphone apps show strong promise in increasing access to psychological support. Therefore, it is ..

Recommender systems for mental health apps: advantages and ethical challenges

Lee Valentine, Simon D'Alfonso, Reeva Lederman

Journal article  |  2022  |  AI & SOCIETY

Recommender systems assist users in receiving preferred or relevant services and information. Using such technology could be instr..

AWARE-Light: a smartphone tool for experience sampling and digital phenotyping

N van Berkel, S D’Alfonso, R Kurnia Susanto, D Ferreira, V Kostakos

Journal article  |  2022  |  Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

Due to their widespread adoption, frequent use, and diverse sensor capabilities, smartphones have become a powerful tool for acade..

A Digital Health Innovation to Prevent Relapse and Support Recovery in Youth Receiving Specialized Services for First-Episode Psychosis: Protocol for a Pilot Pre-Post, Mixed Methods Study of Horyzons-Canada (Phase 2)

Shalini Lal, John F Gleeson, Simon D'Alfonso, Geraldine Etienne, Ridha Joober, Martin Lepage, Hajin Lee, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez

Journal article  |  2021  |  JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS

BACKGROUND: Psychotic disorders are among the most disabling of all mental disorders. The first-episode psychosis (FEP) often occu..

Digital Phenotyping: an Epistemic and Methodological Analysis.

Simon Coghlan, Simon D'Alfonso

Journal article  |  2021  |  Philosophy & Technology

Some claim that digital phenotyping will revolutionize understanding of human psychology and experience and significantly promote ..

The impact of persistent social anxiety on social functioning and health-related quality of life in young people with remitted first-episode psychosis

Cesar Gonzalez-Blanch, John F Gleeson, Carla McEnery, Shaunagh O'Sullivan, Rosa Ayesa-Arriola, Simon D'Alfonso, Lee Valentine, Hailey Tremain, Imogen Bell, Sarah Bendall, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez

Journal article  |  2021  |  EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY

OBJECTIVE: Comorbid social anxiety is common in psychotic disorders and is associated with multiple negative consequences. However..

The Digital Therapeutic Alliance: Prospects and Considerations

Reeva Lederman, Simon D'Alfonso

Journal article  |  2021  |  JMIR MENTAL HEALTH

The growing prevalence of digital approaches to mental health care raises a range of questions and considerations. A notion that h..