My Expertise
mindfulness, resilience, mental health, culturally-diverse group, cultural adaptation, online intervention, digital mental health
Keywords
Fields of Research (FoR)
Mental health services, Clinical and health psychology, Clinical psychologyBiography
Dr. Ratih Arruum holds a PhD from the School of Psychology at UNSW Sydney and currently serves as a Research Officer within the same institution. Additionally, she holds a position as a Casual Academic at the School of Population Health and served as a Study Skills Mentor at Equitable Learning Services.
Ratih earned her Bachelor of Psychology and Master of Clinical Psychology from the University of Indonesia. Prior to embarking on her PhD...view more
Dr. Ratih Arruum holds a PhD from the School of Psychology at UNSW Sydney and currently serves as a Research Officer within the same institution. Additionally, she holds a position as a Casual Academic at the School of Population Health and served as a Study Skills Mentor at Equitable Learning Services.
Ratih earned her Bachelor of Psychology and Master of Clinical Psychology from the University of Indonesia. Prior to embarking on her PhD journey, she has been working as a clinical psychologist and lecturer in her home country at the YARSI University, Jakarta, Indonesia. Ratih has vision to utilize the principles of psychological science for strengthening mental health equity and creating global impacts on positive mental health across diverse groups, especially for those living in low-resources settings and Low-and-Middle income countries (LMICs). Her PhD studies are fully funded by the Indonesian Government through The Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) Scholarship.
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
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 influences the mental health of individuals.
- Developing scalable evidence-based digital mental health treatments for culturally diverse population, especially for those living in low-resourced settings and Low-and-Middle Income countries (LMICs).
Completed PhD research within the field of digital mental health services under the supervision of Prof. Jill Newby (Black Dog Institute & School of Psychology), Prof. Michelle Moulds (School of Psychology), and Dr. Alison Mahoney (Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression, St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney).
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.
Location
UNSW Sydney
Matthews Building 16th Floor
Randwick, 2052