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Digital Therapies (cCBT)

Tayside Digital Therapies Service


Treatments available by clinician referral

Beating the Blues was decommissioned and replaced with the Silvercloud package for comorbid depression and anxiety from 1st December 2022. Review found that Silvercloud was rated higher with minimal technical issues and a more modern and usable platform. An additional benefit is that in addition to the Silvercloud comorbid depression and anxiety package, which is the direct replacement for Beating the Blues. There are also 3 additional packages made available for depression and Anxiety. These include Depression, Anxiety and Generalised Anxiety Disorder. This will allow greater treatment specificity when required.

SilverCloud have also opened up a number of other packages. Each package contains modules based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness and positive psychology (Please note Chronic Pain and Chronic Heart Conditions programmes are based on ACT) covering the following conditions:-
• Comorbid depression and anxiety (direct replacement for Beating the Blues)
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Generalised Anxiety Disorder
• Social anxiety
• Health anxiety
• OCD
• Panic
• Phobia
• Perinatal Well-being
• Anxiety/Depression associated with Chronic Pain
• Anxiety/Depression associated with Diabetes
• Anxiety/Depression associated with Lung Conditions
• Anxiety/Depression associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Anxiety/Depression associated with Chronic Heart Conditions
• Anxiety/Depression associated with Breast Cancer
The above packages are suitable for patients presenting with mild/moderate symptoms of depression and/or anxiety who are age 16 or older and they are able to read and understand English. Exclusion criteria are:

• Patients with active suicidal ideation
• Patients with severe and enduring mental health disorders (e.g. bipolar disorder, psychosis)
• Patients with significant cognitive impairment
• Patients with a primary alcohol / substance misuse issue.
• Patient must be able to complete their reviews from within the UK
SilverCloud referrer information leaflet and patient FAQs leaflet

Treatments available by self-referral

Link for patient self-referral access to the packages below:
SilverCloud. Making Space For Healthy Minds (silvercloudhealth.com)

SilverCloud provide well-being self referral packages for:
  • Improving Resilience
  • Managing Stress
  • Managing Sleep
  • Coping during COVID-19
  • Space from Money Worries
  • Space for Positive Body Image
  • Self-management toolkit

SilverCloud packages for parents supporting anxious children:
  • Supporting an Anxious Teen (age 12-18 years)
  • Supporting an Anxious Child (age 5-11 years)
These 2 packages can be access at cyptayside.silvercloudhealth.com/signup and using access code: Tayside

Big Health packages:
  • Sleepio - insomnia and sleeping issues - online sleep improvement programme based on CBT techniques, over six weekly sessions.
Sleepio referrer FAQs & info leaflet.                           
Patient info page.
  • Daylight - worry and anxiety - utilising CBT techniques on a daily basis, ideally through the app.

Daylight referrer FAQs & info leaflet.