A NSW implementation trial examining the best ways to encourage uptake of eCliPSE is currently underway.
The eCliPSE online portal aims to facilitate access to evidence-based online screening and eHealth treatments for people experiencing co-occurring mental health and substance use difficulties, and the clinical services supporting them. The development of the portal has involved engagement with service providers in mental health and AOD (alcohol and other drug) sectors to create a clinical pathway to care that supports end users to effectively use the eCliPSE resources.
This research project is being led by Professor Maree Teesson and Associate Professor Frances Kay-Lambkin.
Professor Maree Teesson AC is Director of the Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use at the University of Sydney, and an NHMRC Leadership Fellow. Maree is Chair of Australia’s Mental Health Think Tank and Chair of the Million Minds Mental Health Research Mission Expert Advisory Panel. Maree is a Former National Mental Health Commissioner (2018-2021), an Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Fellow, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales.
Professor Frances Kay-Lambkin is the current Institute Director and CEO of the Hunter Medical Research Institute, an NHMRC Leadership Fellow and Chair of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Women in Health Science Committee.
Currently, treatment access for mental health and alcohol/other drug use problems is unacceptably low in the general population (approximately 30% of those in need), and when accessed, evidence-based treatment is only provided in approximately 10% of cases. Online treatment programs stand to overcome structural, geographical, and some attitudinal barriers to treatment access, but potential end users cite difficulties in navigating through the myriad of online sites and programs available in the mental health space.
