Family and friends supporting someone experiencing depression or anxiety
Do you support or care for someone with depression or anxiety?
About Minds Together
Minds Together is an online program for people in the community who support a partner, family member, friend or colleague with symptoms of depression and/or anxiety. We refer to these people as ‘carers’.
The program aims to support carers in their role and promote their mental health and wellbeing.
“Listening to other people was a big thing for me. Hearing that you are not alone and actually putting your thoughts down in writing where you had to do the activities, and you had to reminisce.”
The Minds Together program is:
- Informed by carers
- Evidence-driven
- Designed in collaboration with service providers
- Developed to educate and support carers in their roles.
The program contains four online modules that take approximately one hour each to complete.
See the following research summaries for results and information about the Minds Together program for family and friends supporting someone experiencing depression or anxiety, including the pilot of the program and national trial.
Supporting research
Helping family and friends to support someone with their mental health
Over 100 family and friends who support someone with their mental health took part in the successful pilot study of the Minds Together program in 2020.
Impact of the Minds Together program for family and friends supporting someone with their mental health
This study aimed to provide a deeper understanding of the societal and economic significance of the research, examining the activities and impact of the Minds Together program for family and friends supporting someone with their mental health.
Evaluating a targeted support program for mental health carers
This study reports the findings of a second national randomised controlled trial (RCT) assessing the benefits of integrating a social forum component into the Minds Together program for family and friends who support someone with their mental health.
Want more information?
Contact Everymind Project Lead, Dr Philippa Ditton-Phare, for further details about the Minds Together program.
