The Discovery Health Medical Scheme is an independent non-profit entity governed by the Medical Schemes Act, and regulated by the Council for Medical Schemes. It is administered by a separate company, Discovery Health (Pty) Ltd, an authorised financial services provider.
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A revolutionary Mental Health course designed to help you manage and overcome symptoms of stress, worry or Depression. Digital Mental Health is available through the Discovery Health app.
Our partnership with SilverCloud® by Amwell® gives Discovery Health Medical Scheme members access to internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy through a clinically proven behavioural health solution that fits seamlessly into your life.
A revolutionary Mental Health course designed to help you manage and overcome symptoms of stress, worry or Depression. Digital Mental Health is available through the Discovery Health app.
Our partnership with SilverCloud® by Amwell® gives Discovery Health Medical Scheme members access to internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy through a clinically proven behavioural health solution that fits seamlessly into your life.
Log in to the Discovery Health app today to access the Digital Mental Health course and start taking control of your mental health. With SilverCloud's® clinically proven approach and personalised support, you can achieve lasting change and live a happier, healthier life.
SilverCloud is a global leader in on-demand mental health platforms. They have more than 18 years of clinical research and they have already affected the lives of more than 1 million users. This platform offers effective, evidence-based programmes and tools. In fact, 65% of users experience clinically significant improvements and 56% of people who had depression or worry were diagnosis-free within three months of using the platform.
Our digital training course is goal-based and helps you reduce symptoms of stress, worry, low mood or depression. It is based on cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness and positive psychology. You'll find diverse activities, tools, exercises and mindfulness techniques to help you achieve your goals.
The course is flexible and easy to use, allowing you to access it whenever and wherever you are. You set your own pace and don't have to stick to rigid appointments, making it ideal for those with long work hours or childcare commitments. You can use it for a year and it is very interactive with videos, quizzes and other interactive activities.
Our course is specifically designed to help you overcome and manage the symptoms of low mood, depression and worry. You'll learn to challenge negative thoughts, spot anxious thoughts and face worry step by step. With clear step-by-step layouts and user-friendly design, the Digital Mental Health course is the perfect way to manage your mental health.
You get a supporter to help you set goals for using your course, apply your learnings to your daily life, identify progress and celebrate your success. They will review your course usage weekly and send you weekly messages on a scheduled day. They can add personalised and interactive elements to your SilverCloud experience.
Log in to the Discovery app today to access the Digital Mental Health course and start taking control of your mental health.
With SilverCloud's clinically proven approach and our personalised support, you can achieve lasting change and live a happier, healthier life.
Digital Mental Health is an on-demand, supported, internet-based, cognitive behavioural therapy toolkit that improves mental health. It provides convenient, self-paced access to effective, evidence-based programmes and tools for the management of mental health conditions.
In 2023, Discovery Health partnered with SilverCloud to deliver the first ever funded, digital therapeutic product in South Africa. Discovery Health Medical Scheme members can seamlessly access the SilverCloud platform through the new Discovery app. Members complete specific assessments, then access personalised and curated modules and support tools and engage directly and confidentially with a supporter.
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based therapy designed to help individuals learn techniques and skills to overcome symptoms linked to low mood, worry and stress. The key idea of CBT is that thoughts, feelings and behaviours are linked and they influence each other. By changing how we act and think, we can have a positive effect on how we feel.
SilverCloud has a 93% user-satisfaction rating. Among users, 65% experience clinically significant improvements. Additionally, 56% of persons with depression or worry were diagnosis-free within three months of using the platform.
The Digital Mental Health course helps individuals reduce symptoms of stress, worry, low mood and depression through cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness and positive psychology. It is a goal-based course with diverse activities, tools, exercises and mindfulness. It is flexible, easy to use and allows users to set their own pace.
The recommended use is 40 minutes per week over 6 to 8 weeks, but users can use it whenever and wherever they want. Users can set a regular time to use it 3 to 4 times per week. The course is available for 12 months from activation.
The supporter helps users set goals for using the course, apply their learnings from SilverCloud to their daily life, deepen their understanding of the course's content, and identify progress and celebrate success.
Users can expect the supporter to review their course usage weekly (unless the user chooses to keep their usage private), send weekly messages on the SilverCloud platform on a scheduled day, and add personalised and interactive elements to the SilverCloud experience.
If you are not sure if iCBT is suitable for you, speak with your treating mental health professional and they will be able to guide you.
This digital course is funded from any benefit where psychotherapy is covered, subject to benefit approval and availability.
Where benefits are available, iCBT will fund as follows:
iCBT is funded as a once off cost which provides 12-month access to your SilverCloud course.