
Australia's Mental Health Think Tank
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Joining forces to stimulate bold thinking and action around a national response to mental health
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https://mentalhealththinktank.org.au/ 21-12-2020 23:25:48
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Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay + October is Mental Health Month! Mental Health Australia calendars have daily exercises to try. Australia's Mental Health Think Tank member's orgs @GayaaDhuwi (Pat Dudgeon ) & Orygen (Patrick McGorry) collab'd on the Youth/ First Nations calendars: worldmentalhealthday.com.au/thank-you/


New paper by Australia's Mental Health Think Tank Chair Prof Maree Teesson AC & Member Harvey Whiteford outlines policy implications of the recent Australian Bureau of Statistics NSMHWB. Bold & innovative policy responses are needed to address increasing rates of mental disorder in young Australians. doi.org/10.1177/000486…

"There's still not enough light shone on suicide - not the fact that it's happening, but that there is a way through." Australia's Mental Health Think Tank Member John Brogden discusses new book 'Profiles in Hope' on ABC Sydney here: abc.net.au/listen/program…. All book royalties go to Lifeline.

TWTR is: Placing social connection at the heart of public policy in the United Kingdom and Australia ➡️apo.org.au/node/329025 The Matilda Centre UCL Policy Lab An evidence-based charting of sustainable interventions to strengthen connection at the structural level. #loneliness


New paper led by Australia's Mental Health Think Tank member Pat Dudgeon. Members of Transforming 🖤💛❤💚💙 Mental Health & Wellbeing and Centre of Best Practice 🖤 💛 ❤️ Prevention 💙 💚 share their teams' principles and practices for recognising & honouring Indigenous peoples and knowledges in research, and to guide Indigenous authorship. Read here: doi.org/10.5694/mja2.5…

Australia's Mental Health Think Tank member Pat Dudgeon has been elected a Fellow of Australian Academy of the Humanities in honour of her work which has reshaped psychology and profoundly impacted Indigenous health and social and emotional wellbeing. Congratulations Pat! uwa.edu.au/news/article/2…

""Teenagers and young adults carry the main burden and yet, paradoxically, have the least access to mental health care." Australia's Mental Health Think Tank member Patrick McGorry discusses the current crisis in youth mental health on ABC Melbourne. Listen here: abc.net.au/listen/program…

Australia's first Indigenous-edited psychology textbook, led by executive editor and Australia's Mental Health Think Tank member Prof Pat Dudgeon, marks a new era in psychology education centring Indigenous knowledges, authorship and cultural perspectives. Learn more here: uwa.edu.au/news/article/2…

Australia's Mental Health Think Tank Academic Lead Dr Marlee Bower presents evidence at the 'Standing Committee on Social Issues: Inquiry into the prevalence, causes and impacts of loneliness in New South Wales', representing the work of the The Mentally Healthy Future Project project and The Matilda Centre


Australia's Mental Health Think Tank members Patrick McGorry and Ian Hickie have penned an open letter to Premier Chris Minns, urgently calling for immediate and long-term structural reforms to address the "severe and enduring crisis" of the NSW mental health system. Read more: theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

New paper led by Australia's Mental Health Think Tank member Prof Pat Dudgeon reviews the Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) model of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing and its applications across research, policy & community practice. Access here: lowitja.org.au/wp-content/upl…