Breaking the cycle of stuck thinking with Mello

“Clinicians out there are in need of tools they can use like this to really bridge that gap between what they talk about with young people in sessions and what they would like them to do in everyday life.”

In this episode of Digital Mental Health Musings, we dive into the pervasive issue of stuck thinking, or rumination, in children and adolescents - those persistent, often debilitating thought patterns that trap young minds in a cycle of anxiety and depression. 

Joined by Dr Imogen Bell, senior research fellow and psychologist at Orygen Digital, who led the development of Mello, we explore the groundbreaking tool designed to help young people disrupt these harmful thought loops - in real time, as they happen.

Check out some of the resources discussed in this episode:

Mello: https://www.mello.org.au/

What science has shown can help young people with anxiety and depression: https://wellcome.org/reports/what-science-has-shown-can-help-young-people-anxiety-and-depression

A Personalized, Transdiagnostic Smartphone Intervention (Mello) Targeting Repetitive Negative Thinking in Young People with Depression and Anxiety: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial: https://www.jmir.org/2023/1/e47860/

A Qualitative Analysis of Young People’s Experiences of Mello: A Personalised, Transdiagnostic Smartphone App Targeting Repetitive Negative Thinking for Depression and Anxiety: https://bit.ly/40hXRFz

Sleep Ninja: https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/resources-support/digital-tools-apps/sleep-ninja/