What actually works for depression and anxiety? Researchers from UniMelb MDHS worked with Beyond Blue to create easy-to-read and comprehensive summaries of various treatment approaches for depression or anxiety → unimelb.me/3ELVRuw #UniMelbPursuit #WMHD2022

Want to measure suicide stigma but don’t know what tools to use? Our recent review hopes to assist in better understanding the available measures and their current uses, as well as highlighting gaps in development and testing bit.ly/3NstnZ9. Well done Angela Nicholas!

Well deserved recognition today for these wonderful mental health leaders - Donna Stanley, Ian Thorpe, Dr Alan Woodward & Gary Thorpe 👏👏👏

Dear friends and colleagues, Would you please share with your networks these TWO EXCITING SCHOLARSHIP opportunities for Indigenous students honouring TWO INCREDIBLE WOMEN:   Aunty Angela Clarke (grad cert) lnkd.in/giq5rDMW…lnkd.in/gnP85RHz lnkd.in/gzXne2r9

SANE's StigmaWatch program works with media outlets to ensure portrayals of mental health and suicide aren't problematic or stigmatising. 45% of the media items reported to SW were modified👏 It has been a joy to work with SANE on this important evaluation #SANEImpact22

Media - Please remember it’s highly stigmatizing & factually incorrect to automatically link violent acts with mental illness. Review Mindframe resources for more info mindframe.org.au/mindframe-guid…

So pleased, if a little bittersweet, to see that George Patton has been recognized with an Officer of Australia (AO) award in today's Australia Awards. His research made a remarkable contribution to adolescent health and psychiatry.

In the Guardian Australia today talking about some lessons from researching my book and things I wish I'd known about schizophrenia when I was younger. theguardian.com/books/2023/feb…

Exciting news – the wonderful Karen Block has joined Melbourne Social Equity Institute as Deputy Director. socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/latest/as…

We partnered with SANE to evaluate the impact of their StigmaWatch program. Over the past 5 years, 45% of the media items reported to SW were modified. Great progress has been made, with even more to come🙌Read more about what we found: go.unimelb.edu.au/b36s UniMelb Newsroom

Ok this is big. Web of Science just removed the MDPI flagship journal IJERPH from their lists. This means IJERPH has no more an Impact Factor. Why is this big? What are the implications? 🧵

There is a youth mental health crisis but we can't just 'treat' our way out of it. It's time for the sector to unite and urge govts to fund a comprehensive national response focused on well-being & primary prevention, as well as personal support & care. theage.com.au/healthcare/som…

Join us for the 4th APMD conference focused on prevention in priority populations - 28th November 2023 - directly before the SMHR conference in Perth. ☀️ More info at apmd.org.au/events/ Nicola Reavley

Check out the 4th APMD Conference to be held 28th Nov just prior to the 2023 Society for Mental Health Research Conference in Perth, Australia. The Conference will showcase the latest Australian research on the prevention of mental health conditions. apmd.org.au/events/

Exciting PhD scholarship opportunity funded by MATESinConstruction – applications for the 2024 Allison Milner Memorial PhD Scholarship Round are now open. mates.org.au/phd

Elsevier's revenue: £2.9 billion. WTF? We scientists produce the content for manuscripts and review for free. Then we pay huge fees for open access publishing. Science should not be business. What on earth can we do to fight against this? theguardian.com/science/2023/m…

Interested in undertaking a PhD looking at mental health and social connection? Fantastic scholarship opportunity with our team at the Centre for Mental Health Melbourne School of Population and Global Health @unimelbMDHS sponsored by The Push-Up Challenge. Find more details here: go.unimelb.edu.au/w8ys

🚨 Calling all 18 to 30 year-olds! We're looking for five young people to serve on our multi-disciplinary 'Adolescent and Youth Review Group' ⚠️ To find out more (and apply) visit ➡️ adolescentsourfuture.com/2023/08/callin…

We’re talking about plant-based protein for #mentalhealth and how you can leverage the link between gut and mental #health in part 4 of our webinar series with @tetyana_rocks and Megan Pilon, feat. @FeliceJacka Tickets available at: eventbrite.com.au/e/webinar-plan…

My first time writing a blog for the The Mental Elf, on a rare evaluation of a mental health literacy campaign led by Ruth Stuart, is published!