E-mental health: Minding the gap and empowering consumers
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2013-08
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Mental Health Council of Australia
Abstract
Much of the e-mental
health service innovation
in Australia has originated
within universities where
researchers have not only
developed online and mobile
applications to deliver mental
health services but have
also carried out rigorous
research to demonstrate
their effectiveness.
This development work
is within the context of
Australia’s high internet use.
According to the latest figures
from the Australian Bureau
of Statistics, as many as 79%
of households in Australia
have internet access and
92% of these are connected
by broadband (ABS: 2012)
Moreover, most households
access the internet every day
(ABS: 2012).
To their credit, successive
federal governments have
been quick to recognise
the potential of e-mental
health. As a consequence,
the Department of Health
and Ageing has partly or fully
funded the ongoing delivery
of a number of e-mental
health services. A key driver
here has been the evidence
that these programs work
and are cost-effective
especially given consistent
findings that only onethird
of Australians receive
mental health help from the
conventional health system.
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Griffiths, K.M. (2013) E-mental health: Minding the gap and empowering consumers. In D. Singerman(Ed.), Perspectives: Mental Health and Wellbeing in Australia, 2013 (pp. 34-35) Australia: Mental Health Council of Australia
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Health Workforce Governance : Improved Access, Good Regulatory Practice, Safer Patients