NHS Lanarkshire has launched a new mental health website to “put high-quality self-help at people’s fingertips”.
Lanarkshire Mind Matters includes computerised cognitive behavioural therapy and four self-referral modules, focusing on resilience, sleep, stress and the pressures of Covid-19.
There are also links to self-help resources for issues such as anxiety, depression and panic, plus free online courses and information about how to maintain mental and physical wellbeing.
More resources are being developed to add to the site, which has been produced by staff from the health board’s psychological services and aims to link adults aged 18 and over to evidence-based mental health information, advice and help.
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Clinical psychologist Dr Simon Stuart led its development and said: “Covid-19 has had a huge impact on what all services are able to offer people – even something as simple as visiting a health centre has become more challenging.
“We were already exploring ways of improving access to resources, and the pandemic has brought home how important this is.
“None of this is about replacing what we already do; it’s about adding to it, and the plan is to keep developing the website as a way of providing high-quality information and self-help whenever people need it.”
Psychological services director Dr Gary Tanner added: “We are committed to developing a range of digital services and Lanarkshire Mind Matters is a key aspect of this.
“We’re working on a range of new resources and will ensure that all GPs in Lanarkshire are kept up-to-date with what is available.”
