Stephen Schueller 6th World Congress on Positive Psychology 2019

Stephen Schueller

Assistant Professor Stephen Schueller, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. He received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2011 and completed his clinical internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. His work focuses on making mental health services more accessible and available through technologies. This work lies at the intersection of psychology, human-computer interaction, and implementation science. His research has explored the development, deployment, and evaluation of technologies to promote well-being and to treat and prevent mental health issues. He is the Executive Director of PsyberGuide, a project that identifies and disseminates unbiased information about the effectiveness and usefulness of digital tools for mental health. In his work, he has explored the use of technology-based resources in diverse contexts and populations including in clinical settings as adjuncts for clinical treatment of depression, with middle-school children, and with homeless youth. He has received Rising Star Awards from the Association for Psychological Science and the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions. He has served as an Associate Editor at the Journal of Positive Psychology and edited The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Positive Psychological Interventions.