Organisation
Industry
Scale
Over 12,300 Accounts Activated over a variety of services including referrals from Ireland based GPs, Primary Care Psychologists, Counselling in Primary Care and Jigsaw
Programmes
4 programmes available to patients as part of the HSE partnership:
- Anxiety
- Depression and anxiety
- Depression
- Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
“We know that there has been a huge rise in the number of people presenting with anxiety and depression in the last number of years. This has put huge pressure on GP’s and mental health services. It is very difficult to provide one-to-one counselling for all those that need it, which has led to long waitlists for some people to access care. One way to address this is to use an evidence-based digital mental health intervention like SilverCloud by Amwell for patients with mild to moderate symptoms. This means that those patients can get support immediately, regardless of what part of the country they are living in. Their GP can refer them in, and they can access guided iCBT progammes for support".
- DR. AOIFE O'SULLIVAN
ICGP HSE PRIMARY CARE LEAD MENTAL HEALTH
“Initially when we worked with the SilverCloud platform, we looked at it from the perspective of self-help. However, the real turning point for the HSE and SilverCloud technology partnership was when we went to a guided digital CBT approach where the client is brought through the digital CBT programmes by a trained clinical supporter. We have now reached well over 10,000 users and we have seen strong patient outcomes with this intervention with 59% of patients seeing reliable rates of recovery for anxiety or depression. In line with our mental health policy, Sharing the Vision, we will continue to develop initiatives with clinical oversight that are accessible and effective.”
- DEREK CHAMBERS
ACTING ASST. NATIONAL DIRECTOR, MENTAL HEALTH OPERATION, HSE
"I think the fact that there is a clinician support in the background who can identify risk, respond to that and also refer back to the clinician where further intervention is needed is a really important part of the intervention. The way that it's offered helps to build the connection between SilverCloud and the referral agents. I think it ensures that there is a safety net for the clients and that they're going to get support."
- FIONA WARD ,
DIRECTOR OF COUNSELLING, HSE NATIONAL COUNSELLING SERVICE
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