Phone and Text Helplines

Thursday 11 November 2022 marked the launch of Australia’s first national Indigenous-led crisis hotline, 13YARN. Funded by the Australian Government (through the Department of Health), the purpose-built, 24/7 national telephone helpline was codesigned with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and is run with the support of Lifeline.

ReachOut PeerChat is a safe, digital one-to-one peer support service that allows young people to connect with trained peer workers who offer perspective, learnings and support through their own lived and living experience of mental ill health and tough times. PeerChat is free, available to young people aged 18 to …

Telehealth continues to play a significant role in the health care industry. However, psychologists who offer both in-person and virtual services are poised to meet increased demand for flexible, accessible mental health care

Through the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and other efforts, McKinsey Health Institute is helping develop a community-based approach to crisis care across the United States

988 is a new number in the United States focused on providing lifesaving suicide prevention and crisis services, established to address longstanding concerns in mental health care. This article explores the difference between 988 and existing services.

In this eMHIC Special Interest Group webinar, phone and text helpline service leaders from the USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK will share how their services are able to play a central role in supporting people experiencing various degrees of mental ill health or addiction.

On average, 25% of employees are at risk for stress, burnout or leaving the company. Inuka Coaching helps organizations to identify these employees with a self-scan and offers them help via digital one-on-one coaching. With the Inuka Coaching Method, 2 out of 3 employees go from ‘at risk’ to ‘resilient’ …

It is no secret that the United States is experiencing a mental health crisis. In an interview with Healthcare IT News, Varrell talks about how healthcare organizations are coping via telepsychiatry with the mental health crisis, how tele-psychiatry has changed over the last two decades and the requisite bedside manner …

Strongest Families Institute is an award-winning bilingual charity. Grounded in over 20 years of social science research SFI leverages technology, best science, and highly skilled staff to deliver evidence-based, educational skill-based programs to children, youth, families and adults dealing with mild to moderate mental health issues.