Supporting your patients with digital mental health

Medicare Mental Health is here to make it easier for GPs and other health professionals to support the mental health of the people they look after.

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Find and send trusted mental health resources and services to your patients. Choose services tailored to their needs that help them work on their health when you’re not there.

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How can digital mental health services help you and the people you are helping?

Digital mental services have a number of potential advantages for the people you support. They offer:

low cost or free services that can be complementary to in-person care tips and advice to reinforce what you’ve communicated

evidence-based programs, especially for people at risk of developing mental health issues, or with mild or moderately severe symptoms

support for people while they are waiting for a face-to-face appointment with you or another provider

prompts and support to actively work on improving their mental health in between appointments

someone to speak to when you’re not available

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Stay up to date with the latest mental health practices

We’re here to help all health professionals feel well-equipped to assist people seeking help with their mental health – from training to online tools to podcasts, and more.

Access resources to skill up

Medicare Mental Health is a free, confidential service from the Australian Government

It provides the extra help GPs and other health providers may need to support people seeking advice and treatment for their mental health.

Building awareness

From factsheets to videos and podcasts, covering a wide variety of subjects, it’s quick and easy to find trusted resources to share with your patient.

Help when you’re not there

From clinically proven self-guided or therapist-supported treatments to 24/7 helplines or peer forums, you can connect your patient with the right support for them. Whenever they need it.

Specialist local support

Medicare Mental Health provides a national intake and assessment phone service, as well as Clinics in Victoria. These provide an additional free service for patients experiencing mental health challenges.

Let us know what you think.

The Medicare Mental Health website was designed in collaboration with hundreds of Australians. This includes people with lived experience of mental health challenges and the people who support them, health professionals, and service providers.

We hope it makes it easier to access wellbeing and mental health services.

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