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Learning from personal experiences, and the lived experience of other survivors, Dr Sandersan Onie shares his work that uses online data tracking to serve targeted suicide prevention ads.

In the face of high unmet mental health needs and overburdened mental health systems, scalable approaches to increase use of evidence-based interventions are essential. […] A key opportunity for both appeal and stickiness is increased use of gamification.

eMHIC Ambassadors are volunteers who will boost the output of our core team and provide a new level of value to eMHIC members. We envisage Ambassadors coming from a range of countries and personal contexts, bringing with them diverse perspectives and valuable insights.

The 8th Annual eMental Health International Congress was held at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland over two days on November 10th and 11th, 2022. The Congress was live streamed to 15 countries, with over 40 speakers focussing on the theme: Mental Health’s Transformation – Bringing The Digital Ecosystem To Life. …

As a part of the [Australian] nation’s mental health reform agenda, the National Mental Health Commission has been tasked with developing a National Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Strategy. The draft Strategy has been released for public consultation. We are inviting feedback via survey responses and submissions by 1 February, 2023.

A practical, research-informed, and user-friendly resource that is designed for media and other communicators. It seeks to inform, support and empower people to select and use images in ways that minimise stigma and harm, and maximise diversity of representation.   A range of resources have also been developed to support …

Despite considerable advances in awareness and understanding of mental health, negative or offensive perceptions of those experiencing mental illness are still common. SANE StigmaWatch was established in 1997 as one of the first programs in the world to address public stigma in the media. Today, it is still the only …

One thousand delegates from across the NHS and care sectors have logged onto the new ORCHA Digital Health Academy and completed foundation training modules.

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 …

Digital has been an area of focus in the NHS for a number of years, and is a key feature of the NHS Long Term Plan. But do people want digital tools as part of their support from the NHS? To better understand the nation’s true opinions, ORCHA has again this year …