e-Mental Health in Australia: Implications of the Internet and Related Technologies for Policy

As the third paper in the Information Strategy Committee (ISC) Discussion Paper series, this report addresses the important emerging area of electronic mental health and aims to generate discussion about these developments as well as highlighting possible strategic areas for action by governments and other interested parties.

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Cover pages (PDF 96 KB)

Foreword and Acknowledgments (PDF 41 KB)

Contents (PDF 41 KB)

Executive summary (PDF 80 KB)

Section 1: Background (PDF 81 KB)

Section 2: The lectures (PDF 23 KB)

Section 3: The workshop (PDF 92 KB)

Section 4: Towards an e-mental health policy (PDF 65 KB)

References (PDF 40 KB)

Appendices (PDF 67 KB)

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Page last reviewed: 26 February 2008

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