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eMH Treatment Programs - which one shall I choose?
Trying to decide what online mental health treatment programs to use can be difficult. There seem to be so many of them! Which one will be easiest to use? What style is best? Should I choose something specific for the problem or something more general?
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Black Dog Institute’s e-Mental Health in Practice (eMHPrac) initiative has won this year’s LearnX Social/Collaborative learning award.
Free, convenient, online and it works! Yes it works! The thought of referring patients to an online treatment feels very different to referring patients to a face to face meeting with a counsellor.
Australian health professionals’ attitudes towards and frequency of use of internet supported psychological interventions.
MindSpot provides a world-class, therapist assisted online and telephone assessment and treatment services for Australian residents aged 18 years and over with anxiety or depression.
Julia Reynolds and the team at ANU have supplied a very neat framework for the answer to the question of how to use eMH resources in primary care. I’ve modified it a little for general practice...
BITE BACK (http://www.biteback.org.au) is the very first online positive psychology program aimed at improving the overall wellbeing and happiness of young Australians between the ages of 12 and 18, with particular emphasis on 14-16 year-olds.
Many people struggling with worry, stress, anxiety, or depression refuse to see a psychologist or counsellor. No matter how many referrals they receive, they never make it into a clinic.
In a survey of health professionals conducted by the National eTherapy Centre, 70% of health professionals surveyed were using internet interventions with patients, but this was focused on referring clients to self-help and educational web-based interventions.
Since 2012, 17,000 people have signed up to use Black Dog Institute’s web-based ‘myCompass’ program. What is it?