Mrs Ratih Arruum Listiyandini

My Expertise

mindfulness, resilience, mental health, culturally-diverse group, cultural adaptation, online intervention, digital mental health

Keywords

mindfulness

mental health

transcultural mental health

Fields of Research (FoR)

Mental health services, Clinical and health psychology, Clinical psychology

Biography

Dr Ratih Arruum is a clinical psychologist, an academic, a researcher, and an educator. She obtained her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the UNSW Sydney Australia, and received her Bachelor and Master from the University of Indonesia. She's now working as an Assistant Professor at YARSI University Indonesia and Casual Academic at UNSW Sydney.

Ratih keens to leverage digital innovations and global health approaches to promote mental well-being,...view more

Ratih keens to leverage digital innovations and global health approaches to promote mental well-being, reduce the burden of mental illness, and improve access to high-quality mental health care, especially in Low-and-Middle income countries (LMICs) on Southeast Asia. Her vision is to be a future prominent expert in the field of global digital mental health. Following her passion, she's also establishing HaiMama!, a digital health education platform that offers maternal health education and support for mothers in Indonesia.

Her commitment to advancing mental health extends beyond academia, as she actively engages in conveying ideas related to the promotion, prevention, and treatment of mental health problems. Ratih contributes to diverse platforms such as discussion forums, news media, peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and community programs both in Australia and internationally, including Indonesia.

My Grants

2024, KONEKSI Australia-Indonesia Collaborative Research Grants - 240KAU$ - Improving Accessibility of Mental Health Services in Indonesia: Evaluating the Impact and Implementation of Web-based Mental Health Intervention for Indonesian Young Adults

2023, UNSW Development and Research Training Grants (DRTG) for HDR Student - 1900AU$, to attend World Congress of CBT, Seoul, South Korea & European Society for Research in Internet Interventions (ESRII) Conference, Amsterdam

2022, Monash Centre for Consciousness & Contemplative Studies Conference Grants- 250AU$, to attend the Asia Pacific Mindfulness Virtual Conference, Melbourne, Australia

2022, UNSW Development and Research Training Grants (DRTG) for HDR Student - 1100AU$, to attend Muslim Mental Health Conference and Mindfulness Facilitation Workshop

2022, UNSW New Wave Founders People's Choice Prize - 1500AU$, for developing HaiMama! a digital start up that provides maternal healthcare and building literacy among mothers in Indonesia.

2022, EMERGE Research Award, Black Dog Institute - 2500AU$, for conducting randomized controlled trial of PSIDAMAI - a culturally adapted internet-based mindfulness intervention for university students in Indonesia

2022, BEST HDR Student Bursaries - 470AU$, to attend BEST Conference on Human Behavior and Decision Making, Brisbane, Australia

2021, AACBT Mid Early Career Travel Grants Award, 100AU$, registration fee waiver to attend the 41st National Conference of Australian Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies (Virtual)

2021, The Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) Doctoral Research Grants - 10KAU$, to conducting research and preparing thesis submission.

My Qualifications

PhD in Psychology (UNSW Sydney)

Master of Clinical Psychology (University of Indonesia)

Bachelor of Psychology (University of Indonesia)

My Awards

2023, Runner-up of NSW International Student Award, NSW Government

2022, UNSW Arc PGC Research Student Award (Honorable Mention)

2022, People's Choice Award at the UNSW New Wave Founders Pitch Showcase

2022, People's Choice Poster Award, awarded in UNSW Postgraduate Science Showcase.

2021, UNSW Arc Postgraduate Council Higher Degree Research (HDR) Student Award

2021, Monash Herb Feith Postgraduate Award - Best Project Proposal, Monash Herb Feith Indonesian Engagement Centre, Monash University, Australia

2021, Project Mentoring Fellowship at the Indonesian Council Open Conference (ICOC)

2020, Best Presenter at the 2020 KPIN (Konsorsium Psikologi Ilmiah Nusantara) International e-Conference

2020, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Science Student Award, Faculty of Science, The University of New South Wales, Australia

2019, The Indonesia Endowment Fund For Education (LPDP) Doctoral Scholarship

My Research Activities

Research interests:

- Investigating psychological resilience across the lifespan (i.e., adolescence to late adulthood), especially among vulnerable population, and its association with mindfulness, mental health, and other positive psychology constructs, such as gratitude, self-compassion, emotional intelligence, and well-being.

- Understanding the transdiagnostic process underlying mental health problems and how digital technology shapes the mental health of individuals.

- Developing scalable evidence-based digital mental health treatments for culturally diverse population, especially for those living in low-resources settings and Low-and-Middle Income countries (LMICs).

Currently, Ratih is a Principal Investigator & KONEKSI International Research Fellow, who leads international collaborative research projects consists of YARSI University, UNSW Sydney, St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Universitas Indonesia, and Asosiasi Kesehatan Remaja Indonesia. The project will be run for two years and is funded by KONEKSI Australia-Indonesia Collaborative Research Grants under the Australian Government - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Her project is to develop a culturally relevant web-based mental health intervention and improve access to high-quality care. Through this fellowship, she is committed to fostering international collaboration and driving forward the field of global mental health.

My Engagement

Ratih is committed to staying up-to-date on the latest research and developments in the field, and she believes in the importance of giving back to the community. She's actively involved in educating community related to mental health issues, by giving talks, presentations, writing articles, and volunteering in some organizations.

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