E-Mental Health in Canada
Transforming the Mental Health System Using Technology
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e-Mental Health
Overview|Resources
What is the issue?
E-mental health delivers timely, effective mental health services by using internet, apps, and other technologies. Alongside face-to-face mental health support, e-mental health can provide the right care solutions when and where people need it.
E-mental health offers
- shorter wait times
- quick access in rural and remote areas and inner cities
- availability in many languages
- cost-effective delivery
- services tailored to specific habits and genetic profiles.
What are we doing?
Our plan to advance e-mental health includes
- addressing knowledge gaps
- advancing research
- investing in proven innovations
- identifying and sharing best practices
- engaging in strategic partnerships.
As part of our commitment to e-mental health, we offer a growing range of evidence-based resources.
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Toolkit for E-Mental Health Implementation Practical information to help mental health professionals and other health workers implement e-mental health innovations such as telehealth, apps, messaging services, and any internet-based technology. |
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Newfoundland and Labrador Stepped Care 2.0 Demonstration Project A detailed description and evaluation of an 18-month project to implement Stepped Care 2.0, a model providing rapid, same day access to wellness and mental health resources such as apps, online self-help services, and behavioural prescriptions. |
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Roundtable and conference summary reports Advancing Best Practices in E-Mental Health in Canada Addressing the Access Gap: Leveraging the Potential of E-Mental Health in Canada Leveraging Technology to Address Mental Health and Substance Use in Canada Coming into Focus: The Role of Technology in Mental Health (from 7th Annual UBC E‑Mental Health Conference) |
The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) created a number of resources to address the current and future applications of e-mental health in order to reach more Canadians in need of help. Click on the links below for more information.
