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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.

Not every adolescent you see with “adolescent angst” or behavioural problems has a diagnosable mental illness. That doesn’t mean they don’t need your help.

In this webinar about Perinatal Wellbeing we discuss the impact of perinatal distress on women, their babies, their relationships and their wider families. We will look at ways in which online tools can be used to prevent, detect and treat distress in the perinatal period.

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.

Are technical problems preventing your patients from accessing eMH?  I've discovered that you don't have to be very far from the city in Australia to have problems with your internet connection.

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.

Here’s a great new idea in online education in mental health designed to support a very good cause.

In this fast moving world, medical practitioners and other health professionals are looking for new ways of keeping up to date; ways that use the available technology and that allow them to learn at their own pace, in their own time and even while they are doing something else at the same time!

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.