Heather Bridgman

Lecturer in Rural Mental Health
Department of health
University of Tasmania
Australia

Biography

Before joining the University of Tasmania Heather worked as Clinical Health Psychologist specialising in comorbid chronic disease and mental health presentations. She has worked in urban and rural areas across government, non government and private sector settings.

Research Intrest

Heather's research aligns with the University's research theme of the Better Health, in particular focusing on the Health Care and Support Services subtheme. Her research includes investigating innovative mental health service delivery methods (telemental health, E-therapies), improving access to mental health services in rural Tasmania, alternative teaching and learning approaches for recruiting mental health clinicians, supporting rural mental health clinicians and  community engagement and participation.

List of Publications
Cheek C, Fleming T, Lucassen MF, Bridgman H, Stasiak K, Shepherd M, Orpin P. Integrating health behavior theory and design elements in serious games. JMIR mental health. 2015 Apr;2(2).
Cheek C, Bridgman H, Fleming T, Cummings E, Ellis L, Lucassen MF, Shepherd M, Skinner T. Views of young people in rural Australia on SPARX, a fantasy world developed for New Zealand youth with depression. JMIR Serious Games. 2014 Jan;2(1).
Fleming T, Cheek C, Merry S, Thabrew H, Bridgman H, Stasiak K, Shepherd M, Perry Y, Hetrick S. Serious games for the treatment or prevention of depression: a systematic review. Revista de Psicopatología y Psicología Clínica. 2014 Dec 1;19(3):227-42.
Betihavas V, Bridgman H, Kornhaber R, Cross M. The evidence for ‘flipping out’: a systematic review of the flipped classroom in nursing education. Nurse Education Today. 2016 Mar 31;38:15-21.