THIS WAY UP Courses Now Available as Apps
THIS WAY UP, the online mental health service of St Vincent’s Hospital and UNSW, has recently released its well-regarded evidence based self-help programs as apps suitable for use on mobile devices. This is likely to be of particular benefit in rural and remote communities where people are known to be more likely to use the internet on mobile devices than are city dwellers.
The THIS WAY UP programs now available in mobile format include those for depression, anxiety, mixed anxiety and depression, social phobia and obsessive compulsive disorder.
The apps have the same format as the popular web-based self-help programs. Additional new features on the apps include graphs allowing the user to visually track their progress, and a breathing tool to help reduce anxiety.
The apps work on both iPhone and Android devices and can be downloaded from the App Store for $59.99. No referral is required to access these courses.
More information is available at www.thiswayup.org.au/apps
Gerhard is a full professor of Clinical Psychology at Linköping University, Sweden since 2003, an
d affiliated researcher at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden. Professor Andersson is an internationally recognized researcher in the field of CBT delivered through information and communication technology, as well as the author of the book “The Internet and CBT: a clinical guide”.
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