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NIMH webinar "Transforming Mental Health Disability Research Through Lived Experience Leadership & Co-Production" So excited about this! nimh.nih.gov/news/events/20…

Next up at cicsi-uni.org/summer-school-… Social Prescribing, following on from great sessions on Housing First and Trieste’s community mental health program - what a fantastic 3 days!

Beautiful end to the first day of the #IALMH in Barcelona! I will be speaking on Friday about what advance consent to psychiatric treatment may and may not achieve in relation to social justice; our panel is on gaps and tensions in MH law reform with Piers Gooding Ailbhe O'Loughlin 1/2

It has been wonderful to be #IALMH Congress with Piers Gooding and other great colleagues- so many excellent presentations Tessa Zirnsak Chris Ryan Chris Maylea

New paper on recovery colleges alert

'Transinstitutionalisation' - In this post, Neil Turton-Lane writes from a personal perspective on the experience of living in transinstitutional settings powertopersuade.org.au/blog/on-being-… Neil Turton-Lane @mindaustralia Prof Lisa Brophy Lyn Morgain

I'm so humbled to have been invited to contribute to this event on Lived Experience Advisory Panels with Prof Lisa Brophy and Chris Maylea, chaired by Piers Gooding and run by the Care Economy Research Institute at La Trobe University. You can register to attend now! eventbrite.com/e/the-role-and…

This makes me so angry. I’ve known Kev since I was 18, and I’ve never seen him like this. I don’t believe in hell, but these medics and carers were in it, and the bastards who made light of this plague, denied it, called it a flu, and made it worse for everyone, you deserve it.

Essential viewing for everyone who still thinks that Australia overreacted in the first year of the COVID pandemic. What Australia did in that year saved literally many thousands of lives.

Delighted to be included among the new members of the Australian Research Council college of experts - three of us here from La Trobe University so I will appreciate the local peer support.

The largest ever study of antidepressants significantly misreported and inflated the effects of antidepressants but neither the medical community nor the media are interested madinamerica.com/2025/01/stard-…

"Ensuring compulsory treatment is used as a last resort: a narrative review of the knowledge about Community Treatment Orders." New paper from m'colleagues Chris Maylea , Tessa Zirnsak , Vrinda Edan, Paul Armitage, Dr Hannah Robert @[email protected] & Prof Lisa Brophy tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.108…

Most viewed in the last 7 days from JAMA Psychiatry: This overview of social determinants of health and suicide risk factors and outcomes can guide clinical, research, and policy directions for prevention. ja.ma/3PFxnYb

This study found that only 6.9% of people with mental and substance use disorders received effective treatment, with major barriers including low perceived need, inadequate treatment contact, and insufficient treatment quality. ja.ma/3WJZnxR

1 in 4 older adults in Australia are on antidepressants despite being less depressed than younger age groups and more susceptible to antidepressant associated harms e.g. falls, fractures and death medicalrepublic.com.au/reducing-antid…

Just launched: Our new World Health Organization (WHO) Guidance on #MentalHealth Policy & Strategic Action Plans. Access the Guidance here: who.int/publications/i… Special thanks to MOFA & Mission of Portugal in Geneva for their support! #QualityRights Soumitra 🌻 সৌমিত্র சௌமித்ரா سومترہ Professor Ahmed Hankir Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

🚨 The #APC2025 Program is LIVE! Join us in Brisbane, 29–30 July, for keynotes, lived experience stories, reform discussions & a special address by Stephen Fry. 🎟️ Early bird tickets close 31 March – don’t miss out! 🔗 tinyurl.com/7s6dudjc #APC2025 #Psychosisconference

Great to meet Anthony Albanese : the only world leader who can discuss spirituality, the global economy, Vegemite hygiene & how Go-Jo was robbed at Eurovision Song Contest in one go. With the same values & ambitions 🇨🇦 & 🇦🇺 can help shape a fairer, more prosperous world

“Towards A Social Model Of Mental Capacity In Social Work: … Implementing a social model of capacity requires social workers to shift from seeing decision-making as purely individual to understanding it as a collective, relational process.” advancedaca.co.uk/towards-a-soci…

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