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Health Professionals and their use of Internet Interventions with Patients

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.

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Some quick facts about 'myCompass'
Some quick facts about 'myCompass'
Dr Jan Ormans

Since 2012, 17,000 people have signed up to use Black Dog Institute’s web-based ‘myCompass’ program. What is it?

eMH for doctors - Who helps the doctor while the doctor helps me?
eMH for doctors - Who helps the doctor while the doctor helps me?
Dr Jan Ormans

It’s an old story rising up again. What do doctors do when they experience mental health problems?

Suicide and Internet Security in Online Treatment Programs
Dr Jan Ormans

Attendees are expressing two big areas of concern in the eMHPrac webinars: suicide and internet security. On each of our webinars our experts have answered these questions as they apply to their own programs.

Should general practitioners have to deal with patients' mental health problems?
Should general practitioners have to deal with patients' mental health problems?
Luke Kean

GPs seem to fall into two groups when it comes to mental health. There’s the group who feel confident and skilled and the group who don’t.

e-Mental Health and PTSD
e-Mental Health and PTSD
Dr Jan Ormans

Yesterday I almost cried in the middle of a consultation. I was just back from 2 weeks holiday and one of my regular patients, a young woman  with a big problem with self-harm, came to tell me that...

Are we smarter than machines?
Are we smarter than machines?
Dr Stephen Barnetty

The Theory of Everything won an Oscar yesterday. As a result, I had a great discussion with Dr Malcolm Ireland today (Director of Training at Wentwest).