Here's how Head to Health is making it easier for Health Professionals to connect with digital mental health

“I think that the website works really hard to transmit that information in a way, that encourages people with milder symptoms to give some of these digital resources a go. We know they work but not everybody's using them. They're not being used to the fullest capacity that they could be. So, I think the other side of the coin is encouraging people who have got distress but aren't in this severe group to give digital mental healthcare a go and see if it helps - because often it will.”

When Australia's national mental health navigation service, Head to Health, set themselves the challenge of making it easier for people to find and connect with the best mental health services for their needs - they listened to more than 350 Australians working and living in the mental health sector. They gathered insights and expertise to help co-design their new website in a bid to connect a fragmented mental health landscape in a way that would empower people to find and reach out for the mental health resources and services that could help them take care of their mental health and wellbeing.

In this episode of Digital Mental Health Musings Dr Tania McMahon talks to the Head to Health team about their award-winning new website – how the site works for clients and health professionals and the research and evidence behind it. We also share some great practical tips about how health professionals can use the site in their everyday practice to help support their clients. 

Check out some of the resources we discussed in this episode:
Head to Health: https://www.headtohealth.gov.au/
Read more about the new website features: https://bit.ly/3Rhz67C
Read more about Link-me: https://bit.ly/3uCysZK

Contact Head to Health and share your thoughts on the site: https://bit.ly/47snXXe