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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

You are probably aware of the formal safety planning strategies used with people at risk of suicide. Safety planning involves identifying warning signs, increasing the safety of the environment,

Juliette Thomson from the Butterfly Foundation has provided with some information about some of the services they offer for Patients suffering from eating disorders:   “The Butterfly Foundation’s

One of the biggest challenges of internet-based therapy is to improve the poor rates of adherence. An article by Johansson et al published in 2015 in the journal Internet Interventions reported a

GPs don’t need to be told about the distress that comes with a diabetes diagnosis. You probably know, for example, that people with diabetes are three times more likely to experience depression than

The emotional toll of diabetes can make it hard for patients to manage the challenges of the disease, and the health consequences of poorly managed diabetes are significant. Using funding provided by

We are all shocked by the recent steep and unexpected rise in suicide rates in Australia. Studies involving broad community-based interventions based on a “systems approach” have been influential in

The pressure is on for GPs to prescribe and refer less and provide more psychological support themselves but it’s hard for GPs to get the time to learn more about psychological therapies. With this in

If you're doing a lot of mental health work in primary care you may be wishing you had some supervision.