Julia Reynolds and the team at ANU have supplied a very neat framework for the answer to the question of how to use eMH resources in primary care. I’ve modified it a little for general practice applicability:
1. Simply recommend eMH resources to appropriate patients
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2. Adopt a “case management” role ie recommend them, include them in the treatment plan and follow the patient up at an appropriate interval to assess the their progress.
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3. Use eMH resources as the basis for “coaching” the patient. See them regularly as they complete each successive module or session and help them overcome any barriers to progress through the program.
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4. Integrate eMH resources into face to face therapy. This can be done in a variety of ways (and is probably more in the domain of the treating psychologist or subspecialist GP):
Jan is Sydney GP, private psychological medicine practitioner in Sydney’s inner west and a GP educator for Black Dog Institute.
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