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In this edition:

• Our FY 2024-2025 Impact Report
• New National Early Intervention Service
• New sleep and shiftwork modules for health professioanls
• Survey on the regulation of digital mental health tools
• MOST app for young people goes global
• See the eMHPrac team at these upcoming conferences
• Read the latest dMH research articles
• This month’s featured service: Triple P Online Programs

Our Impact Report for FY 2024–2025 is out, and it’s a chance to pause and reflect on a big year for eMHPrac. Over the past 12 months, our training has supported over 30,000 health professionals, we have distributed over 34,000 hard copy resources, and saw strong engagement across our digital platforms. The report highlights the impact of this work, our continued focus on culturally safe practice through WellMob, and how we’re supporting health practitioners to make digital mental health a practical, trusted part of everyday care.

To wrap up a significant year, eMHPrac has also received a major boost, with the Australian Government announcing $5.3 million in funding to support and expand the program. This investment will allow eMHPrac to continue growing its impact, strengthening culturally safe practice, and supporting access to digital mental health care across Australia.

Medicare Mental Health Check In is a new, free digital service to help patients with mild mental health challenges build practical skills to take control of their wellbeing.

The website is available now and offers:

• evidence-based resources,
• help for patients to support them to understand what they’re experiencing, and
• practical self-care tips.

Rolling out in stages, the service support people living in Australia aged 16 and over through evidence-based low-intensity cognitive behavioural therapy (LiCBT).

Patients can access the below, from:

• 30 March 2026 – guided support delivered by trained practitioners via phone or video.
• 30 may 2026 – evidence-based, self-guided LiCBT resources.

As health professionals, you play a key role in supporting your patients and Medicare Mental Health may be an option for support for your patients with mild mental health challenges.

The Black Dog Institute has released Navigating Sleep and Shiftwork, a free e-learning program via The Essential Network (TEN). Designed for health professionals, it offers practical tools to manage sleep, improve recovery, and maintain performance during irregular or long shifts. The module is flexible, with eight sections you can explore in any order. To complement the module, check out the blog on shiftwork and sleep, which explains the challenges shiftwork poses and offers practical strategies to support your sleep, and listen to the webinar recording on Navigating Sleep and Shiftwork for expert insights.

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), part of the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, is seeking feedback through a short Digital Mental Health Tools User Survey to inform how digital mental health apps, websites and AI-based tools are regulated in Australia. The survey is open to people who use digital mental health tools, as well as health practitioners and organisations who recommend or refer to them, and takes around 5–10 minutes to complete. Your input will help ensure these tools are safe, appropriate and fit for purpose as their use continues to grow, with the option to provide an email address for updates at the end of the survey.

Australia’s innovative digital mental health platform MOST, developed by Orygen and the University of Melbourne, has received $14 million from Wellcome to expand internationally as MOST-Nexus. Combining evidence-based therapy, peer support, and AI-driven personalisation, MOST-Nexus will offer tailored, scalable mental health support for young people. Already used in over 400 Australian services, the platform will now be adapted and evaluated in Europe, providing a cost-effective solution to the global youth mental health crisis.

Digital Health Week

3 February (University of Sydney)

4 February (University of Queensland/University of Melbourne)

5 February (University of Sydney)

Presentations

Bringing together leading experts and diverse communities to collaboratively explore the future of health and care through digital innovation.

See eMHPrac’s Director Heidi Sturk present “From Innovation to Integration: Embedding Digital Mental Health in Primary Care” at the University of Queensland.

See WellMob’s Director David Edwards present at the University of Queensland.

National Indigenous Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Conference

24-26 March, Adelaide, SA

Presentation & Trade Exhibit

Honouring our ways of knowing, being and doing.

See the WellMob team at their Trade Exhibit and catch WellMob’s Director David Edwards present on “How digital spaces can strengthen Connections to Country, Culture, Identity and Belonging”.

Evaluating Generative AI in Mental Health: Systematic Review of Capabilities and Limitations

Wang, L., Bhanushali, T., Huang, Z., Yang, J., Badami, S., & Hightow-Weidman, L. (2025). Evaluating Generative AI in Mental Health: Systematic Review of Capabilities and Limitations. JMIR mental health, 12(1), e70014.

Digital Mental Health Interventions for the Prevention and Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Walder, N., Frey, A., Berger, T., & Schmidt, S. J. (2025). Digital Mental Health Interventions for the Prevention and Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27, e67067.

Insights from fifteen years of real-world development, testing and implementation of youth digital mental health interventions

Cross, S., Mangelsdorf, S., Valentine, L., O’Sullivan, S., McEnery, C., Scott, I., … & Alvarez-Jimenez, M. (2025). Insights from fifteen years of real-world development, testing and implementation of youth digital mental health interventions. Internet Interventions, 41, 100849.

About Triple P Online Programs

Our featured service for January is the Triple P suite of online CBT-based positive parenting programs. These free, evidence-based programs support child development, from babies to teens, and help to improve family wellbeing. There are also programs specifically for parents and caregivers of children with anxiety, disability, or families navigating separation or divorce.

Read our blog delving into Triple P Online Programs here.