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In this edition:

• Mental Health Month – October 2025
• THIS WAY UP’s website update
• New OCD referral sheet
• Supporting social and emotional wellbeing this Mental Health Month
• Webinar from Black Dog Institute on perimenopaure and undiagnosed neurodivergence
• Read out recent blogs on screening tools, remote and rural mental health, and social and emotional wellbeing professional development
• See the eMHPrac team at these upcoming conferences
• Read the latest dMH research articles
• This month’s featured service: The InsideOut eClinic

The theme for Mental Health Month 2025, “Taking steps on your wellbeing journey,” is a reminder that looking after our mental health doesn’t have to mean big changes, it’s often about small, steady steps. For health practitioners, it’s a chance to encourage both clients, colleagues and ourselves to take moments to pause, connect, and reflect. Check out the eMHPrac Stress and Wellbeing Referral Sheet for a curated list of online tools and resources for wellbeing, and browse the 2025 Mental Health Month calendars for community, youth, and First Nations People from Mental Health Australia for daily prompts that can inspire small wellbeing actions across October.

The THIS WAY UP website has been redesigned to make it easier for users and clinicians to navigate. The update includes a smoother onboarding process and an improved dashboard that allows users to track their progress in real time once they’re enrolled in a program. A new Resource Hub and an updated Wellbeing Test also make it easier to find the most suitable treatment options based on individual needs.

Last week was OCD Awareness Week (13-19 October 2025), a worldwide event that aims to dispel myths about obsessive-compulsive disorder, break stigma, and provide education on the disorder and how to support those affected. In line with this, we’d like to share our new Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Referral Sheet, which brings together a number of digital mental health resources including free online treatment programs, counselling lines and peer support platforms.

Mental Health Month is a perfect time to reflect on wellbeing through an Indigenous lens. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, mental health in understood through a broad holistic framework grounded in our ways of doing, knowing, and being, known as social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB).

SEWB recognises the importance of connection to Country, culture, spirituality, family, and community. It also acknowledges the impact and intergenerational trauma and the strength found in healing through cultural identity and relationships.

WellMob.org.au supports this framework by offering culturally safe online resources that align with SEWB, from videos and apps to podcasts and healing stories, helping Mob stay strong in mind, body, and spirit.

“Short Mental Health Interventions: Perimenopause and Undiagnosed Neurodivergence”

When: Online, Tues 28 October 11:30am-12:00pm and 5:00pm-5:30pm AEST

Join Dr Ceri Cashell and Dr Sarah Barker as they explore how perimenopause and neurodivergence intersect, and how health professionals can take a comprehensive, respectful life history to inform mental health assessments. This webinar will offer practical strategies for starting conversations, identifying co-occuring concerns, and navigating complex presentations, with guidance on referral pathways and resources as part of the Short Mental Health Interventions series.

Explore our weekly blogs…

“Digital Mental Health Screening Tools”

Exploring digital mental health screening tools about how they can benefit health professionals in practice.

“Are you a rural or remote heath professional? Here are some resources you should know about”

How digital mental health resources can help clinicians bridge the gaps and address the unique challenges of health practitioners working in rural and remote Australia.

“Microlearning for meaningful practice: A new way to connect with First Nations clients”

Guest author Mim Weber from WellMob shares a new pilot program offering a fresh, flexible approach to professional development through microlearning.

Rural Mental Health Conference

5-7 November 2025, Hobart, TAS

Presentation & Trade Exhibit

Rural Mental Health for the Future: Innovations, Collaboration, and Inclusive Approaches

See eMHPrac’s Director Heidi Sturk present on “From Access to Agency: Building Digital Mental Health Literacy in Rural Communities” and visit the eMHPrac team at their trade exhibit.

eMHIC 2025 Digital Mental Health Global Congress

19-21 November, Toronto, Canada

Presentation & Trade Exhibit

Global Mental Health Equity: Digital Solutions for an Interconnected World.

See eMHPrac’s Director Heidi Sturk present on “eMHPrac: A Scalable National Model for Embedding Digital Mental Health in Routine Care” and WellMob’s Director David Edward present on “Embedding Culture in Digital Mental Health: Australia’s WellMob Website for First Nations Wellbeing”.

Digital interventions in mental health: An overview and future perspectives

Löchner, J., Carlbring, P., Schuller, B., Torous, J., & Sander, L. B. (2025). Digital interventions in mental health: an overview and future perspectives. Internet Interventions, 40, 100824.

Effectiveness of unguided internet-based computer self-help platforms for eating disorders (with or without an associated app): A systematic review

Gentile, A. D., Kristian, Y. Y., & Cini, E. (2025). Effectiveness of unguided internet-based computer self-help platforms for eating disorders (with or without an associated app): A systematic review. PLOS digital health, 4(4), e0000684.

Dropout and completion in iCBT for university students: Insights from a thematic analysis

Koelen, J. A., de Koning, L., Nottage, M. K., Klein, A. M., van der Heijde, C. M., Vonk, P., & Wiers, R. W. (2025). Dropout and completion in iCBT for university students: Insights from a thematic analysis. Internet interventions, 40, 100831.

About The InsideOut eClinic

Our featured service for October is the InsideOut eClinic, a free digital therapeutic platform offering screening, CBT-based treatment programs and a toolbox of self-monitoring tools for people with eating disorder symptoms or their support people.

Read out blog delving into the InsideOut eClinic here.