Black Dog Institute will launch a CBT app for teenagers this week, joining a list of tools experts say could be useful in the nation’s mental health crisis.
Long wait times for mental health appointments are pushing more people onto online services, but experts say smartphone apps can play an important role in providing care – provided they are backed by evidence.
The app, released publicly today, is believed to be the first clinically evaluated free app offering cognitive behavioural therapy, the gold standard for thought-based psychological therapy, specifically for teenagers. Black Dog aims to have 50,000 teenagers facing mental health challenges use the app over the next three years.developed a set of standards for online mental health services in 2020A 2018 study by Northwestern University found only 4 per cent of so-called mental health apps on the market had been clinically evaluated.
“If only has a limited number of funded sessions under Medicare, you want to make the most of what you’ve got,” he said.
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