Lucy Hitcham
@lucyhitcham.bsky.social
Horizon CDT PhD Student @ University of Nottingham | Interested in digital mental health, technology addictions and cyberpsychology | she/her
It was wonderful to attend and present at #ISRII13 last week in sunny San Diego! An excellent community doing important research into digital mental health☀️
Reflections here: shorturl.at/Gowhe @isrii.bsky.social
Reflections here: shorturl.at/Gowhe @isrii.bsky.social
This week I had the wonderful opportunity to attend and present at the 13th The International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII) Scientific Meeting in sunny San Diego! | Lucy Hitch...
This week I had the wonderful opportunity to attend and present at the 13th The International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII) Scientific Meeting in sunny San Diego! ☀️
I gave a...
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August 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
It was wonderful to attend and present at #ISRII13 last week in sunny San Diego! An excellent community doing important research into digital mental health☀️
Reflections here: shorturl.at/Gowhe @isrii.bsky.social
Reflections here: shorturl.at/Gowhe @isrii.bsky.social
Day 3 of Digital Mental Health and Wellbeing 2025 and I presented our process and findings from phase 2 of the development of the CaTS-App for youth self-harm. Thank you to the organisers for a well organised, welcoming conference!
#DMHW2025
#DMHW2025
May 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Day 3 of Digital Mental Health and Wellbeing 2025 and I presented our process and findings from phase 2 of the development of the CaTS-App for youth self-harm. Thank you to the organisers for a well organised, welcoming conference!
#DMHW2025
#DMHW2025
Day 1 of Digital Mental Health and Wellbeing 2025 in sunny Granada! I had the opportunity to present my poster on the pilot study which kick started my PhD last summer on the role of responsible research and innovation (RRI) for digital mental health 🌞 #DMHW2025
May 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Day 1 of Digital Mental Health and Wellbeing 2025 in sunny Granada! I had the opportunity to present my poster on the pilot study which kick started my PhD last summer on the role of responsible research and innovation (RRI) for digital mental health 🌞 #DMHW2025
Reposted by Lucy Hitcham
While the 'belief' plot draws attention, the core message of the final, deliberative consensus statements is that evidence linking smartphone and social media use to negative outcomes is limited, mixed, context-dependent, insufficient to support causal claims, and better research is needed.
Are #smartphones and #socialmedia harming a generation?
This is a hotly debated and often polarizing debate. So we surveyed over 120 experts on the topic to see where there was genuine consensus (or not), like experts have previous done for climate change.
See our paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
This is a hotly debated and often polarizing debate. So we surveyed over 120 experts on the topic to see where there was genuine consensus (or not), like experts have previous done for climate change.
See our paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
May 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
While the 'belief' plot draws attention, the core message of the final, deliberative consensus statements is that evidence linking smartphone and social media use to negative outcomes is limited, mixed, context-dependent, insufficient to support causal claims, and better research is needed.
A recent blog post on regulating mental health technologies, written by myself and a couple of other Horizon DER members who are currently working on developing a toolkit for the adopters of these technologies 👇
www.horizon.ac.uk/regulating-d...
www.horizon.ac.uk/regulating-d...
Regulating Digital Mental Health Technologies
In February, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) released new guidance [1] aimed at clarifying aspects of regulation for Digital Mental Health Technologies (DMHTs) in ...
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April 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A recent blog post on regulating mental health technologies, written by myself and a couple of other Horizon DER members who are currently working on developing a toolkit for the adopters of these technologies 👇
www.horizon.ac.uk/regulating-d...
www.horizon.ac.uk/regulating-d...
Reposted by Lucy Hitcham
Does smartphone use make people feel lonelier? Or does loneliness predict smartphone use?
We combined experience sampling data with smartphone usage data to examine the bidirectional association between well-being and smartphone use over time.
Published in @apajournals.bsky.social Emotion!
🧵 👇
We combined experience sampling data with smartphone usage data to examine the bidirectional association between well-being and smartphone use over time.
Published in @apajournals.bsky.social Emotion!
🧵 👇
February 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Does smartphone use make people feel lonelier? Or does loneliness predict smartphone use?
We combined experience sampling data with smartphone usage data to examine the bidirectional association between well-being and smartphone use over time.
Published in @apajournals.bsky.social Emotion!
🧵 👇
We combined experience sampling data with smartphone usage data to examine the bidirectional association between well-being and smartphone use over time.
Published in @apajournals.bsky.social Emotion!
🧵 👇
I am thrilled to share that I'll be attending the @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social Summer School this June! I look forward to the interdisciplinary learning, discussion and networking provided by the team 🌟
February 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I am thrilled to share that I'll be attending the @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social Summer School this June! I look forward to the interdisciplinary learning, discussion and networking provided by the team 🌟
Yesterday I attended the MHRA 'Regulation and Evaluation of AI in Digital Mental Health Technologies' event.
I was given the opportunity to speak about my ongoing PhD study looking at the use of DMHTs in the NHS and facilitate the afternoon workshops on protocol development.
What a great event! 👏
I was given the opportunity to speak about my ongoing PhD study looking at the use of DMHTs in the NHS and facilitate the afternoon workshops on protocol development.
What a great event! 👏
February 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Yesterday I attended the MHRA 'Regulation and Evaluation of AI in Digital Mental Health Technologies' event.
I was given the opportunity to speak about my ongoing PhD study looking at the use of DMHTs in the NHS and facilitate the afternoon workshops on protocol development.
What a great event! 👏
I was given the opportunity to speak about my ongoing PhD study looking at the use of DMHTs in the NHS and facilitate the afternoon workshops on protocol development.
What a great event! 👏
Reposted by Lucy Hitcham
Want to know who to follow in cyberpsychology? @nicolafh.bsky.social has made a starter pack! #AcademicSky #Cyberpsychology
go.bsky.app/HkdeCxF
go.bsky.app/HkdeCxF
February 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Want to know who to follow in cyberpsychology? @nicolafh.bsky.social has made a starter pack! #AcademicSky #Cyberpsychology
go.bsky.app/HkdeCxF
go.bsky.app/HkdeCxF
Switching off in the Highlands 🏴
February 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Switching off in the Highlands 🏴
A great article that addresses the larger context of the youth mental health crisis beyond the simplistic argument that smartphones = worse mental health.
I wrote about all the ways Jonathan Haidt gets it wrong and how early Haidt would not have been happy with later Haidt.
newrepublic.com/article/1903...
Are Cell Phones Really Destroying Kids’ Mental Health?
Jonathan Haidt once heralded an “ultrasocial” world. Now he’s one of social media’s most prominent critics.
newrepublic.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
A great article that addresses the larger context of the youth mental health crisis beyond the simplistic argument that smartphones = worse mental health.
Just submitted an abstract for ISRII 2025 to present the first study of my PhD 🤞
January 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Just submitted an abstract for ISRII 2025 to present the first study of my PhD 🤞
I have finally made the switch from X to here to gain back that sense of online research community!
A little introduction: my #PhD research looks at how digital mental health technology is used and developed in the UK. I also research smartphone addiction and usage. 📲
A little introduction: my #PhD research looks at how digital mental health technology is used and developed in the UK. I also research smartphone addiction and usage. 📲
January 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I have finally made the switch from X to here to gain back that sense of online research community!
A little introduction: my #PhD research looks at how digital mental health technology is used and developed in the UK. I also research smartphone addiction and usage. 📲
A little introduction: my #PhD research looks at how digital mental health technology is used and developed in the UK. I also research smartphone addiction and usage. 📲