Dr Oliver Higgins

Thank you to all that stopped by and engaged with my poster titled “Navigating complexity: Gender affirming care from the dual perspective of a mental health nurse and parent”. Gender affirming care is a human right not a political football.

@rhondawilsonmhn.bsky.social opening 49th International Mental Health Nursing Conference #ACMHN2025 @acmhn.bsky.social

#NAIDOC feature: Study shows First Nation people overrepresented in MH ED presentations, with 12.63% identifying as #FirstNations. Calls for research using #FirstNation methods to address cultural needs & improve #MentalHealth care. @oliverhiggins.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Are you a registered nurse in public mental health? Share your experience caring for people with co-occurring mental health and substance use issues. Shape training and policy by completing our survey: lnkd.in/etd2XGxP. Optional interview. #MentalHealthNursing #RMITResearch

A warm welcome to the academy of scholars to Dr @oliverhiggins.bsky.social Congratulations 🎉🎓 on PhD graduation yesterday at #RMITUniversity #MHNursing #AIinHealthcare #STEM #ProudSupervisor

@oliverhiggins.bsky.social & I are delighted that this paper has been so useful to citing colleagues! 🙏 thank you for engaging so strongly with this work onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) With Workforce Solutions for Sustainable Care: A Follow Up to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (ML) Based Decision Support Systems in Mental Health This integrative literature review examines the evolving role of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) based clinical decision support systems (CDSS) in mental health (MH) care, expa...

Our latest publication reaffirms AI's potential to enhance MH care delivery... @oliverhiggins.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Machine Learning Model Reveals Determinators for Admission to Acute Mental Health Wards From Emergency Department Presentations This research addresses the critical issue of identifying factors contributing to admissions to acute mental health (MH) wards for individuals presenting to the emergency department (ED) with MH conc....

Many people attend #ED seeking #MentalHealth care. We used #ML to analyse presentation data finding that suicidality negatively correlates with MH admission. We recommend including #MHNurses at point-of-triage to improve outcomes. @oliverhiggins.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Latest from Lab:Congrats @oliverhiggins.bsky.social on 10th journal article in his PhD 🎉#Digital #MHNursing:
#MI machine learning models to support #mentalhealth presentations in #ED & importance of interpretability, ethical considerations, & ongoing validation journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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A systematic review of interventions to reduce mechanical restraint in adult mental health inpatient settings Mechanical restraint is a commonly used restrictive practice worldwide, although reducing its use is an international priority. Interventions to reduce mechanical restraint are needed if reducing mec....

Mechanical restraint, a widely used restrictive practice in mental health, needs to be reduce in mental health care going forward.

Our review on interventions to reduce mechanical restraint i adult mental health inpatient settings, published this year, has now over 2,000 full test views.

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What a way to open my @bsky.app account! I just submitted my #phd #thesis! Thank you to my incredibly supportive family, @rhondawilsonmhn.bsky.social and my amazing #research family, everything is crossed #nursing #ai #ml