As the COVID-19 situation unfolds, now is the time to rethink how we do things, during this pandemic and beyond. What could a digital present and future look like for mental health?
As Australia鈥檚 mental healthcare system responds to rapidly changing conditions, the Brain and Mind Centre collaborated with聽Sydney Ideas聽to launch Flip the clinic 鈥 a digital approach to mental healthcare.The inaugural webinar, attended by 600 clinicians, healthcare providers and interested individuals across Australia, brought together 15 experts in mental health service delivery, mental health lived experience, clinicians, policy writers, researchers and providers.
The conversation continued with a second instalment in the DigiHealth series on #NoMoreWaitlists. This conversation with leading service funders and administrators, clinicians and system modelling experts explored how digiHealth solutions could lead to immediate efficiencies in mental health service delivery 鈥 and ultimately 鈥 聽鈥渘o more waitlists鈥.聽
The Flip the Clinic model of healthcare delivery considers future possibilities for digital health. Flipping the clinic to 80 per cent digital and 20 percent face to face presents a solution to the current coronavirus restrictions but it also presents an opportunity to improve the way we work. Research shows that access and early intervention are key factors in mental health outcomes. Moving forward, how can we create a mental healthcare system better equipped to support people and communities with access to the right interventions where, and when, they're needed most.
This is an evolving discussion and we will continue to host this exploration of digihealth from the perspectives of additional and diverse communities within the mental health sphere.
Please see below webinar details and resources for the three webinars in the series.
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View the slide deck here (PDF, 7.9 kb)
Read a transcript of the webinar here (PDF, 128 kb)
Questions answered during the webinar can be viewed here (PDF, 111 kb)
Watch the video of the webinar on vimeo here.
Download the webinar transcript here.
Ian聽is Co-Director, Health and Policy at the University of Sydney鈥檚 Brain and Mind Centre. He is an NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow (2013-17 and 2018-22), having previously been one of the inaugural NHMRC Australian Fellows (2008-12). He is an internationally renowned researcher in clinical psychiatry, with聽particular reference聽to medical aspects of common mood disorders, depression and bipolar disorder in young people, early intervention, use of new and emerging technologies and suicide prevention.
聽is active in investigating the potential of mobile mental health technologies for psychiatry, such as聽the聽LAMP聽(Learn Assess Manage and Prevent)聽platform聽to increase access to high-quality and evidence-based mental healthcare.聽He聽currently leads the American Psychiatric Association鈥檚 work group on the evaluation of smartphone apps and is an advisor to the smartphone mood study within the NIH鈥檚 one million person All of Us research program.
聽is a mental health ambassador with lived experience of mental illness and suicidal thoughts. He currently resides in聽Sydney, but聽grew up on the聽NSW聽South Coast where he struggled to find the mental health support that he needed in his earlier years. He was a National Mental Health Commissioner and has been a youth lived experience representative on projects such as the Primary Health Network (PHN) Advisory Panel, and Suicide Prevention & Public Policy Modelling Project.
聽has extensive experience in clinical research with people experiencing聽complex聽and comorbid mental ill-health issues including聽alcohol/聽other drug use problems,聽with a specific focus on the development and clinical trial of computer- and聽Internet-delivered treatments for people with co-occurring mental health and alcohol/ other drug use problems.聽聽
聽has held numerous executive roles聽in聽complex health systems. She is聽highly regarded for her bold and innovative leadership聽style,聽adopting the聽use of technology-enabled solutions throughout聽the North Coast NSW PHN聽to ensure that all聽community members, particularly those in regional and rural areas,聽receive聽best聽care first time.聽
聽is a multi-award winning producer and broadcaster. Norman's career has been highlighted by his desire to keep the Australian public informed of health developments as they happen. This allows him to combine medical expertise with investigative reporting, clear analysis and the knowledge to report the latest research in health and medicine.
One of the first medically qualified journalists in Australia, Norman is highly regarded by the medical and health professions. Born in Scotland, he graduated in medicine from the University of Aberdeen and later obtained his postgraduate qualifications in Paediatrics in the United Kingdom.
Produced by Sydney Ideas, this conversation was led by the Brain and Mind Centre, with special thanks to its research partners such as the聽 and .
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