Free webinar introduces new online mental health service for mild challenges

General Practitioners (GPs) are invited to attend a free webinar introducing Medicare Mental Health Check In, a new online service aimed at supporting people experiencing mild mental health challenges, miragenews.com reported.

The service uses evidence-based Low-intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (LiCBT) to help users build practical skills, confidence, and improve their mental health, according to miragenews.com. It is designed to complement existing mental health and wellbeing services by providing early intervention support.

This new service can also help manage waitlists and reduce demand on more acute mental health services, offering an additional support option for patients, miragenews.com noted.

The webinar will provide GPs with an overview of the service, including patient suitability, referral pathways, and how it integrates within the broader mental health system. A live Q&A session will focus on referral pathways and integration with general practice, miragenews.com added.