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Imposter syndrome among mental health clinicians. How to handle (and harness) professional self doubt
Webinar:Imposter Syndrome Among Mental Health Clinicians. How to Handle (and Harness) Professional Self Doubt Imposter syndrome can affect psychologists and other mental health professionals at
Webinar: Feedback Informed Treatment in Private Practice
Webinar Recording: Feedback Informed Treatment for Mental Health Clinicians This webinar with Psychologist Dr Nathan Castle focusses on how therapists can integrate a set of simple innovations into practically
The Value of NovoPsych Data – New Norms for the Brief-COPE
Hegarty, D., Buchanan, B. ( 2021, June 25). The Value of NovoPsych Data – New Norms for the Brief-COPE. NovoPsych As NovoPsych has a lot
Webinar: An Easy Way for Psychologists to Implement Routine Outcome Monitoring
Are you wanting to learn out to implement Routine Outcome Monitoring in your practice? The below 30 minute webinar is a great introduction. This webinar
Dr Nathan Castle – Chief Science & Evaluation Officer
Meet Dr Nathan Castle, our new Chief Science & Evaluation Officer As the Chief Science and Evaluation Officer Dr Nathan Castle supports professionals and services to
How to Introduce Routine Outcome Monitoring to Clients
Many psychologists wonder about the HOW of implementing routine assessments. See Dr Ben Buchanan and Dr Nathan Castle run through how they do it in
Predictors of Career Satisfaction Among Psychologists
Are mental health clinicians satisfied with their careers? I’ve been seeking to understand factors that relate to high levels of career satisfaction. Of course burnout is a major consideration, and
Burnout among psychologists: The Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL)
I’ve heard from a lot of mental health professionals about times that they’ve been close to burnout, and I want to take the time to
Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ)
Here at NovoPsych we’ve just added a new assessment to the test library to assist in the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). While the prevalence of
How clinicians use NovoPsych to monitor their own mental health
Dr Damon Ashworth discusses with Dr Ben Buchanan how psychologists can use NovoPsych to not only track patient’s mental health, but also check in with
K10 Percentiles, Depression and Anxiety Subscales (Kessler Psychological Distress Scale)
Everyone knows the K10 (Kessler Psychological Distress Scale). It’s routinely used by GPs referring to psychologists, but frankly, it is one of the bluntest instruments around. Measuring
How NovoPsych helps gather useful feedback – Reimagining Healthcare Podcast
In this podcast episode we discuss why outcome measurements should focus on Australian requirements, and how the recent and sudden transformation towards telehealth can be easily
Graph Symptoms Over Time.
With NovoPsych you can graph results over time so you can visually monitor symptoms changing from session to session. All you need to do is administer
Feedback Informed Treatment
Why Measure Therapeutic Alliance? As psychologists we often get in the same routine for years once we figure out what’s working for us. This post
Practice-Based Evidence
Using DASS-21 Data for Practice-Based Evidence Some of the most positive feedback I hear from NovoPsych users is the function that graphs results over time so you can visually
Administer Questionnaires via Telehealth
Administer Questionnaires via Telehealth Dear NovoPsych users, Until recently the majority of NovoPsych users have chosen to administer questionnaires face-to-face in session via
The future of outcome monitoring among Australian Psychologists
The highly successful program for Medicare subsided sessions with psychologists has had two major shortcomings: 1. – The fact the 10 sessions is not enough
Assess patient’s mental health remotely via email
The majority of clinicians choose to administer psychometric questionnaires face-to-face in session via the NovoPsych iPad app, however more practices are getting digital and tele-health
Valuing Questionaire added to NovoPsych
In clinical practice we often get in the routine of administering the same assessments, just because we’re familiar with them. This post will help you
Outcome measures – Good practice but should they be required?
Dear Colleagues, I’ve noticed momentum building around Routine Outcome Monitoring. The APS and other groups are all supporting reforms to the Medicare system to include
Productivity Commission Submission from NovoPsych
NovoPsych Productivity Commission Submission Addressable challenges in the mental health sector The problem that funding models promote ‘activity-based’ services because the key data measured is
A Self‐Report Survey: Australian Clinicians’ Attitudes Towards Progress Monitoring Measures. Australian Psychologist.
Chun, J., Buchanan, B (2018) A Self‐Report Survey: Australian Clinicians’ Attitudes Towards Progress Monitoring Measures. Australian Psychologist. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ap.12352 Abstract Objective Research supports an association between