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The tag line for the ReachOut site “Help with tough times, sex, friends and drugs” gives a clear indication of its expected user population.

The importance of individuals with bipolar disorder engaging in effective self-management practices has been increasingly recognised. A recent study by Jennifer Nicholas has shed light on self-management strategy use in young adults with bipolar disorder.

Unfortunately many doctors feel the need to manage their own health (or more often not manage it) in the absence of other professional advice. It’s as though they see it as a personal & professional failure to have to ask for help.

Ever thought you’d like to know more about mental health care and CBT but haven’t had the time to do the training? eMH programs can help.

Mindfulness based therapies have developed out of the growing body of evidence to support the use of regular mindfulness practice to improve both physical and mental health. Mindfulness can be

Do you have a desire to do something to improve the mental health of your community?

My mother, a woman I loved dearly but who was sometimes very wrong about things, used to say that it was important to think and say all the bad things about yourself before anyone else had a chance to do so.

Clinical depression is a real problem in children and even more so in adolescents. In this population group intervention is difficult and made more so by controversy and uncertainty around the

How do you recommend an eMH program? - Just say it? - Show them the website? - Write it on a sticky note? - Hand over a flyer? - Send them an SMS? - Give them a trifold wallet card with all the