Journal article
e-Mental health for mood and anxiety disorders in general practice
J Orman, B O'Dea, F Shand, M Berk, J Proudfoot, H Christensen
Australian Family Physician | ROYAL AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE GENERAL PRACTITIONERS | Published : 2014
Abstract
Background Australia is a world leader in the development of internetdelivered programs for the prevention and management of mood and anxiety disorders. Despite a strong evidence base of time- and cost-effectiveness, as well as clinical efficacy, the uptake of these programs in general practice remains low. Objective To familiarise general practitioners (GPs) with the range of online programs in Australia that have demonstrated efficacy and are currently available for use by patients with mental health problems. Discussion E-mental health programs provide an efficacious and accessible form of mental healthcare and have the potential to fill the gap for those for whom such care is inaccessibl..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Various payments and reimbursements were made by the BlackDog Institute to Helen Christensen and Jan Orman. Their institutions also received government funding in relation to the e-Mental Health in Practice Project. Fiona Shand received a consultancy fee from Lundbeck for advice on vendor selection for e-health intervention and an honorarium from Servier Laboratories for speaking at a conference. Michael Berk has received various payments from AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen Cilag, Lundbeck, Servier, Pfizer, Sanofi Synthelabo, Solvay and Wyeth.