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As the leading global provider of evidence-based digital mental health solutions supporting almost 1 million lives, our programs provide organisations with a smart, measurable, and modern way to invest in the health and happiness of their people through the use of internet-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (iCBT).

In the latest #CBTALKS episode, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology Dr Tom Richardson joins Dr Jorge Palacios, Senior Digital Health Scientist at SilverCloud Health to discuss the challenges of financial pressures and mental health.

When low mood and anxiety enter the family dynamic the overall costs can be high – both emotionally and financially. Families may struggle to support each other, leading to caregiver burnout or further distress in the family unit. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), caregivers spend close to 32 hours a week – beyond typical care hours and routines - providing care to family members struggling with their mental health.

Mental health services were already stretched before the pandemic. But now the crisis in care has intensified – the pressures on mental health services and the people who deliver them are unprecedented and unsustainable.

Josh Connolly joins us to talk about his journey with addiction and how we can explore our own relationship with alcohol.

Carlisle Eden Mind has been delivering mental health services for over 25 years. Over that time, they have seen the demand for children and young people’s services increase significantly, including during the COVID pandemic.

This episode explores the importance of addressing perinatal mental illness and helps shed some light on a more obscure topic in the mental health arena.

Mental health pressures in the workplace have been growing in prevalence for many years, and the pandemic has placed them underan even brighter spotlight. It’s an opportune time for employers to review their workplace culture and wellbeing provision – and to look for innovative, flexible ways to bolster employee mental health. As Rebecca George OBE, Deloitte’s vice-chair and public sector leader said: “As our ways of working evolve, so do expectations of employers about how we should support our people.”

Mental health problems such as anxiety and depression for children and young people are on the rise. Even prior to COVID-19, studies were reporting large increases in a range of mental health problems over the last decade.

According to the 2021 World Drug Report published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), nearly 5.5% of the world’s population, ages 15 to 64 have used drugs in the preceding year.

When it comes to digital mental health interventions, user engagement has been an area of focus since the birth of the field, and it is likely to always be a topic of concern. The simple fact is that it is hard to get people to engage with any mental health intervention; digital solutions are no exception.

A study examining the acceptability and initial effectiveness of Space from Money Worries was recently published in the scientific journal Frontiers in Public Health. In this blog, we explore the psychological links between financial difficulties and mental health and how our Space from Money Worries iCBT program shows promise for tackling these issues.

Over the past decade, digital mental health treatments have been steadily on the rise to address the gaps in access to traditional methods of care.

Most of us have experienced issues with sleep at various times in our lives.

Designing digital mental health solutions is a delicate art, wrought with difficult decisions.

The first lesson for a user experience designer is to go out and talk to your users. But what if your users aren’t easy to access? Or the subject is a person’s mental health? In the last few years, there has been a lot of awareness-raising around mental health, encouraging people to talk and be open about their experiences.

In 2017, one in nine children and young people (CYP) aged 5-19 had a probable mental health disorder. By 2020, this had risen to one in six, fuelled in part by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has placed huge burdens and impacts on children and young people’s mental health.