2gether NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with award-winning digital support service, Big White Wall, to offer 24/7 support to veterans living in Herefordshire.
Big White Wall provides a supportive, anonymous online community where members can share experiences and get support, whatever they are going through. There is a library of information and clinical tests. Veterans can also join online courses especially designed for the Armed Forces community, covering everything from depression, stress and anxiety to decreasing drinking or getting a better night’s sleep. Wall guides are available 24/7 to offer support and keep the community safe.
We are proud to partner with Stay Alive, the UK’s first suicide prevention app, which offers information, help and support to people in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire.
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Four innovative schemes in another mental health trust, including using cartoons in LD (internet cartoon package), use of a board game to facilitate challenging discussions in dementia, therapeutic horse care and co-produced recovery courses for people with EUPD
The tool allows patients to create digital diaries to help them spot and unpick patterns in their lives, session planning tools to allow them to take control of the agenda and goals which can be sent at timely intervals to motivate them to make positive change.Used in 12 trusts to date Buddy has supported thousands of patients while significantly improving both attendance and recovery rates. Although originally designed for IAPT Buddy has spread rapidly and is now embedded in range of services with users aged between 9 and 72.
ChatHealth now receives on average one or two text messages per week. Due to the low number of text messages we have made the decision to cease the service and utilise our resources more effectively in delivering tailored support to schools’ individual needs.
Cumbria County Council is in the process of reviewing the online emotional support offer that will be available for young people; in the near future more information will be circulated as appropriate.
People who want to improve their mental health can now take a new online programme being offered by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.
The free treatment is from CPFT’s Psychological Wellbeing Service and is available to anyone over the age of 17 who is registered with a GP in Cambridgeshire or Peterborough.
The online system, SilverCloud, can help those experiencing stress, depression or a wide range of anxiety disorders.
Here is a round up under the key themes and areas identified by Simon Stevens with links to services and solutions [some digital] that work.
Includes sections for mental health services, dementia, end of life care, primary care, discharge planning/frailty.
An online psychological family therapy service, which is proven to reduce anxiety levels by 29 per cent and depression levels by 35 per cent is being trialled throughout Lincolnshire by LPFT.
The project, in collaboration with Healios has come about thanks to funding and support from the East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN).
Lisa Marzano on a recent survey of Internet use in people with psychosis and depression, which explores the extent of the digital divide in mental health.
oining the Dots is a range of digital tools that has been developed with teams of dedicated service users, carers and staff in Bristol Mental Health (BMH). These tools help mental health services to work in an integrated way, using health data and information to improve care for the people who need it most.