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In this edition:
- Neurodiversity Celebration Week
- New THIS WAY UP Worry and Rumination program
- National Close the Gap Day 2026
- Read our recent blog on our upcoming Free Training in WA
- See the eMHPrac team at these upcoming conferences
- Read the latest dMH research articles
- This month’s featured service: Autistics’ Guide to Adulthood
Supporting Neurodivergent People with Digital Mental Health Resources
Neurodiversity Celebration Week is an opportunity to recognise the many skills and talents of neurodivergent individuals, while creating more inclusive and equitable cultures that celebrate differences and empower every individual. In recent years, there has been a growing range of digital resources designed to support the wellbeing of neurodivergent people across the lifespan, and this week is the perfect time to highlight them!
The Raising Children Network offers practical, evidence-based information for parents and caregivers supporting a child with autism or ADHD. Young people aged 12-25 can explore the neurodivergence peer support topic on My Circle, and those aged 16-25 can find tailored information about autism and ADHD through ReachOut. Our featured service for the month, Autistics’ Guide to Adulthood, is a great example of co-design in action, offering an accessible and evidence-based life skills resource for autistic adults developed by autistic adults.
New Worry and Rumination Program
THIS WAY UP has launched a new Worry and Rumination Program designed for young people (18 years+) experiencing persistent, repetitive negative thinking. Based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and mindfulness-based CBT, this brief, own-clinician-guided online program supports clients and patients to manage unhelpful thinking and targets common related symptoms such as poor sleep, difficulty concentrating, anxiety and low mood. Developed in collaboration with headspace, Griffith and UNSW, the three-module program is free to access with health professional referral and monitoring.
National Close the Gap Day 2026
Australia, as a developed nation, has one of the world’s highest life expectancy rates, but this isn’t the same for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, who face an 8-year life expectancy gap largely due to the ongoing impacts of colonisation resulting in continuing inequities in health, education and other social determinants.
Closing the Gap is the national framework designed to address this and support stronger, healthier futures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities.
In 2020, governments and the Coalition of Peaks, representing more than 80 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled organisations, co-designed a new National Agreement on Closing the Gap. It set 19 targets across the social determinants of health, and those outcomes improve when First Nations peoples lead decision-making about their own lives and communities.
Although there have been some small improvements among 11 of the 19 targets, there are only five targets that are on track. This highlights the continuing need for trauma-aware and informed practice, culturally safe and long-term collaboration with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. For our workforce, this means continuing to champion culturally led healing, respectful partnerships, and Social and Emotional Wellbeing approaches. WellMob’s resource sheets on Understanding social and emotional wellbeing, Understanding the impact of colonisation, and How to be a good ally are a good place to start.
Free Digital Mental Health Training in WA
Are you based in Western Australia? Do you want to strengthen your approach to digital mental health care?
This month eMHPrac, in partnership with the WA Primary Health Alliance, is delivering free face-to-face workshops across the state!
Read out latest blog to learn more about where eMHPrac will be delivering training, and what participants can expect to learn.
Catch us at these upcoming conferences
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”.
National Suicide Prevention Conference
28-30 April, Sydney, NSW
Trade Exhibit
This year’s conference theme is United Voices, Brighter Futures to inspire authentic collaboration, courageous conversations and lasting change.
Visit the eMHPrac team at their trade exhibit.
GPCE Sydney
15-17 May, Sydney, NSW
Trade Exhibit
Where healthcare professionals come to discover the latest medical innovations, learn about novel approaches to care through accredited CPD education and interact with industry leaders and peers.
Visit the eMHPrac team at their trade exhibit.
What we’ve been reading
Culture-bound syndromes in Aboriginal Australian populations
Westerman, T. (2021). Culture-bound syndromes in Aboriginal Australian populations. Clinical Psychologist, 25(1), 19-35.
Effectiveness of digital interventions for eight mental disorders: A meta-analytic synthesis
Harrer, M., Miguel, C., Tong, L., Kuper, P., Sprenger, A. A., Furukawa, Y., … & Cuijpers, P. (2025). Effectiveness of digital interventions for eight mental disorders: A meta-analytic synthesis. Internet Interventions, 100860.
Hansen, T., Johansen, R., Kirkøen, B., Stene-Larsen, K., Straiton, M., Tornes, R. A., & Reneflot, A. (2025). Digital bridges to social connection: A systematic review and meta-analysis of digital interventions for loneliness and social isolation. Internet Interventions, 41, 100856.
Our featured service… Autistics’ Guide to Adulthood
About Autistics’ Guide to Adulthood
This month our featured service is the Autistics’ Guide to Adulthood, an online resource helping people with autism transition into adulthood in acknowledgement of Neurodiversity Celebration Week, starting on March 17th.
Read out blog delving into Autistics’ Guide to Adulthood here.
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