Digital Mental Health Musings

In episode 8, Dr. Ruth Crowther speaks to Dominique Robert-Hendren about Hello Sunday Morning, the Daybreak app, alcohol use, and the drinking culture in Australia.  Dominique is a clinical psychologist with extensive experience as a clinician and mental health executive. She was the National Mental Health Program and Services Director for Australia’s largest private health care organisation, resp...

In episode 7, Dr. Ruth Crowther speaks to Professor Tricia Nagel about the Aboriginal and Islander Mental health initiative (AIMhi), the Stay Strong app and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander digital mental health. Professor Tricia Nagel has thirty years of experience working in NT rural and remote mental health and substance use settings as psychiatrist and educator. Since 2003 Professor Nagel...

In episode 6, Dr. Ruth Crowther speaks to Dr Jennifer Connolly about digital interventions for alcohol and substance use, how they can help, their effectiveness and how practitioners can incorporate them into their practice. Dr Jennifer Connolly is a Clinical Psychologist and Senior Research Fellow at Queensland University of Technology. Jennifer has been working in psychology research for over 20...

In episode 5, Dr. Ruth Crowther speaks to David Edwards about the WellMob website, the role of digital mental health in supporting the health and wellbeing of First Nations people, and his journey to working in digital mental health. David Edwards is a Worimi man who grew up in Turrbal/Jagera country and now lives in the Bundjalung lands of northern NSW. David works under the national e-Mental Hea...

In episode 4, Dr. Ruth Crowther speaks to Jay Court for This Way Up about her journey to working in digital mental health, her experiences in mental health nursing, and take a deeper look at This Way Up. Jay Court is the Digital Mental Health Engagement Lead for This Way Up at the Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression (CRUfAD), St. Vincent's Hospital. Jay has dual backgrounds in m...

In episode 3 we speak to Professor Nick Titov about his work in digital mental health and digital mental health in the Australian Healthcare system. Nick Titov is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, Macquarie University. His work focuses on the development and delivery of digital psychological treatments. He has been involved in more than 90 clinical trials of psychological interventions...

In episode 2, Dr. Shelley Appleton and Dr. Tania McMahon, clinical psychologists, discuss the application of digital interventions with clients and troubleshoot common challenges. They discuss what digital programs are useful, how to start using digital interventions with clients, who find digital interventions useful, and how to address clients' barriers to using digital interventions, among...

Heidi Sturk discusses the world of digital mental health resources in 2021. This episode will explore the importance of digital mental health resources, their benefits, and the move towards these resources becoming commonplace in clinical practice across Australia. We will hear a little more about what eMHPrac is and the role they play in digital mental health. 

An introduction to the new podcast from e-Mental Health in Practice (eMHPrac): Digital Mental Health Musings.