Digital Adult Mental Health campaign launched
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A digital Adult Mental Health and Wellbeing campaign has been launched offering self-help resources and tools for those seeking support.
The campaign, supported by the Department of Health in collaboration with Digital Health & Care NI, includes a selection of carefully curated mental health and wellbeing apps on the HSC Apps Library offering valuable self-help information and advice for those seeking mental health support.
These apps include information on topics such as anxiety, depression, stress, sleep and meditation.
The campaign was launched at the Northern Ireland Confederation for Health and Social Care (NICON) conference on Wednesday.
Health Minister Mike Nesbitt said: “This is an example of the use of digital innovation to provide timely and targeted mental health support.
“It recognises that digital technologies offer an alternative way of providing mental health support by offering increased choice, availability and access, alongside traditional mental health service delivery.
“Moving from an analogue to a digital health and social care system is one of the major shifts in healthcare delivery that will produce better outcomes for all.”
The apps can be accessed here.
Notes to editors:
1. Action 30 of the Mental Health Strategy 2021-2031, published in June 2021, commits to develop and implement a comprehensive digital mental health model that provides digital delivery of mental health services at all steps of care,’ in order to increase access to digital mental health solutions; and support the traditional delivery of mental health services with new digital methods.
2. A mobile apps library was commissioned in May 2020 to provide self-care and self-management support to Northern Ireland citizens in response to Covid-19 and its impact to normal healthcare service delivery. This enabled the public to have access to tens of thousands of Apps, view key information and download mobile apps that have been reviewed and evaluated by ORCHA (Organisation for Review of Care and Health Apps).
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