SilverCloud by Amwell is a digital platform offering evidence-based mental health, wellbeing and behavioural support to children and young people and their families. With the content aligned to NICE guidelines and co-produced with children, the platform encompasses the prevention, assessment and treatment phases of the mental health experience and has been used as part of a wider CAMHS offer. The platform has tailored programmes for children aged between 5 and 18, with a number of modules, each with interactive content providing advice, exercises and hints and tips for managing anxiety and low mood. SilverCloud report that up to 65% of its users have achieved a clinically significant improvement in their symptoms. In 2023, there was an evaluation of the use of a digital CBT service in Ireland and one component of the service was the use of SilverCloud. The study reported that the digital CBT tool was associated with reductions in symptoms related to anxiety and depression, albeit across a wider age group above age 18. SilverCloud was also delivered to children and young people across Cumbria charity Carlisle Eden Mind, with findings that the use of platform has helped the service to reach three times as many children and young people. In this service, SilverCloud is used in addition to face-to-face support where it is appropriate for the child or young person, and the platform has enabled them to support around 90 children, whereas through previous methods it was around 30.
Amid lengthy CAMHS waiting lists, SilverCloud offers important interim support to help young people manage their symptoms and enable services to access and help a larger number of young people.