Terms of Use

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Purpose of the website

The information provided throughout e-couch is intended for information purposes only. This site is not designed to treat depression or anxiety or other mental health disorders. The diagnosis and treatment of clinical anxiety and depression requires a medical practitioner or qualified mental health professional. People seeking a diagnosis or treatment of depression, anxiety or other mental disorders should consult a medical practitioner or mental health professional. None of the information on this web site is a substitute for a diagnosis and treatment by an appropriate health professional.

It is not known if e-couch is an effective program for preventing mental health problems or improving mental health and the Australian National University (ANU) and its staff make no claims as to the effectiveness of e-couch.

The screening tests on this website are intended solely for the purpose of identifying anxiety and depressive symptoms, and are not designed to provide a diagnosis.

Persons under age 16 with depressive symptoms are advised to talk with their parents or other responsible adults about getting help for depression from a qualified person.

The personality, stress and attitude scales used on the site are also intended solely to provide information. Individuals who feel stressed, anxious, are taking too much alcohol or other substances or are depressed are advised to talk to a health professional.

To the full extent permitted by law, ANU, and its staff, agents, contractors and students shall have no liability for claims by, or loss, injury, cost, expense or damages of any kind whatsoever to, a user of this website or any other person however arising in connection with the website or any decision or action taken in reliance on the information contained on this website. Excluded damages include, without limitation, direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages.

The material in e-couch is owned by the Australian National University

The information and materials on the e-couch web site unless otherwise stated, are copyrighted by ANU. Please use the materials for your own use. If you want to use the materials for other activities or you want to reproduce these materials you will need to contact us for permission. The graphics, design and format of e-couch are the property of ANU and may not be reproduced or distributed without permission.

Links to other websites and other information materials

e-couch contains links to internet websites operated by other parties. These linked sites are not controlled by us and we are not responsible for their content. We provide these links to you as a convenience only, and we do not necessarily endorse the linked website.

In addition, e-couch contains references to information materials developed by third parties. These information materials were not developed by ANU and ANU is not responsible for the contents of the materials. We provide references for these information materials only as a convenience to you.

Your use of this website constitutes your agreement to the provisions of these Terms of Use

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