Digital Mental Health Musings

Burnout in Clinical Practice and How Digital Tools Can Help

June 28, 2022 eMHPrac Season 2 Episode 3
Burnout in Clinical Practice and How Digital Tools Can Help
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Digital Mental Health Musings
Burnout in Clinical Practice and How Digital Tools Can Help
Jun 28, 2022 Season 2 Episode 3
eMHPrac

In this episode of Digital Mental Health Musings host, Dr. Ruth Crowther speaks to Dr Tania McMahon about burnout in clinical practice and how digital tools can help. 

Dr Tania McMahon is a returning guest on the Digital Mental Health Podcast. She is a Senior Research Officer within the eMHPrac team and a registered Clinical Psychologist. Tania has been working in ePsychology research for over a decade, helping develop and test a range of innovative therapies and technologies, including telephone-based treatments, online programs, and apps, to help improve mental health and wellbeing. She also works in a private practice setting treating adolescents and adults, and is an enthusiastic advocate of e-Mental Health services and resources to complement the treatment she provides and support her clients between sessions. 

Ruth and Tania discuss the unique challenges faced by clinicians, how digital mental health resources can help in practice as well as support clinicians' own mental health, and how to start navigating the wide landscape of digital mental health. They also share their own experiences in clinical practice, the effect of the pandemic on workloads, tackling health professionals increased risk of burnout, and how to start tackling it. 

eMHprac eMH Directory for all the resources mentioned in this episode: https://www.emhprac.org.au/directory/

Managing the Mental Health of Health Professionals and First Responders factsheet: https://www.emhprac.org.au/resource/managing-the-mental-health-of-health-professionals-and-first-responders/

Subscribe to the Black Dog Institute Newsletter: https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/contact-us/subscribe-to-newsletters/

Subscribe to the eMHPrac Newsletter: https://emhprac.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=7f833941c61037be9c8303830&id=5c1b892663

Find out about more digital mental health newsletters: https://www.emhprac.org.au/news/staying-up-to-date-with-digital-mental-health/

Catch up on the last episode of Digital Mental Health Musings: https://www.emhprac.org.au/resource/s2e2-spotlight-on-moodmission/

Show Notes

In this episode of Digital Mental Health Musings host, Dr. Ruth Crowther speaks to Dr Tania McMahon about burnout in clinical practice and how digital tools can help. 

Dr Tania McMahon is a returning guest on the Digital Mental Health Podcast. She is a Senior Research Officer within the eMHPrac team and a registered Clinical Psychologist. Tania has been working in ePsychology research for over a decade, helping develop and test a range of innovative therapies and technologies, including telephone-based treatments, online programs, and apps, to help improve mental health and wellbeing. She also works in a private practice setting treating adolescents and adults, and is an enthusiastic advocate of e-Mental Health services and resources to complement the treatment she provides and support her clients between sessions. 

Ruth and Tania discuss the unique challenges faced by clinicians, how digital mental health resources can help in practice as well as support clinicians' own mental health, and how to start navigating the wide landscape of digital mental health. They also share their own experiences in clinical practice, the effect of the pandemic on workloads, tackling health professionals increased risk of burnout, and how to start tackling it. 

eMHprac eMH Directory for all the resources mentioned in this episode: https://www.emhprac.org.au/directory/

Managing the Mental Health of Health Professionals and First Responders factsheet: https://www.emhprac.org.au/resource/managing-the-mental-health-of-health-professionals-and-first-responders/

Subscribe to the Black Dog Institute Newsletter: https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/contact-us/subscribe-to-newsletters/

Subscribe to the eMHPrac Newsletter: https://emhprac.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=7f833941c61037be9c8303830&id=5c1b892663

Find out about more digital mental health newsletters: https://www.emhprac.org.au/news/staying-up-to-date-with-digital-mental-health/

Catch up on the last episode of Digital Mental Health Musings: https://www.emhprac.org.au/resource/s2e2-spotlight-on-moodmission/