Webinar: How Online Resources are Changing Mental Health Care Around the World

Event organiser

Black Dog Institute

Event description

eMHPrac (e mental health in practice) Project Director Heidi Sturk recently spoke at the 12th Annual Scientific Meeting International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII) in Limerick, Ireland and at the Digital Mental Health Congress in Ottawa, Canada. She returned with a lot of exciting news about what’s going on internationally in the digital mental health space.

In this webinar, Dr. Jan Orman will speak with Heidi Sturk about the conference learnings and some of the developments she found most exciting. It seems there is a lot happening and talking to Heidi will help us all keep up!

Learning outcomes:
By the end of this webinar participants will be able to:
· Describe some of the advances in digital mental health care taking place around the world
· Identify some things that may be of use in their practices in the future

Heidi Sturk is the Director of eMHPrac at Queensland University of Technology. Heidi oversees the development, delivery and evaluation of training and support on digital mental health to Australian health practitioners and service providers. She holds a Master of Organisational Psychology and has extensive experience in applied mental health research and workforce training. Heidi also serves on multiple government advisory committees. She is passionate about educating others how to safely utilise technology for mental health treatment, support, and connection.

Dr Jan Orman MBBS MPsychMed is a Sydney GP with a special interest in mental health and psychological medicine. She has a Masters in Psychological Medicine (CBT) from the University of NSW and has combined general practice and specialised work in mental health for over two decades. Jan has also worked for more than 10 years as a facilitator in Black Dog Institute’s Professional Education team. She is currently responsible for developing the content of, and delivering, the GP education programs for the Black Dog Institute’s arm of the eMHPrac Project.