This is the 1st in a series of studies examining the steps platforms & policymakers can take to improve online safety. Full study here: frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
eSafety Commissioner Mark Butler MP Antigone Davis International Association for Suicide Prevention #chatsafe

It’s not everyday your research is featured in the New York Times 😱

This was based on our new study published in JAMA Pediatrics today looking at screen time & early language opportunities in toddlers. Telethon Kids Institute Uni of Adelaide dandarahaag

These are real experiences in our Australian medical profession. We need change 🙏🏼 #ilooklikeasurgeon #womeninmedicine Rhea Liang Simon Fleming 🛠 RACSurgeons Dr Neela Janakiramanan Dr Jill Tomlinson

Mental health care is “stage struck” Underfunding means people with stage 2-3 level illness are getting at best only stage 1 treatments. Imagine if people with diagnosed cancer were given half baked treatment? Care should be proportional and preemptively oriented Mark Butler MP

Everyone should be able to go to work and be safe.

This gofundme is for the doctor who was stabbed at work in Emergency in Tasmania in April. As a locum he’s not covered by Workcover.

If you can assist with support please help. gofundme.com/f/practical-su…

Actually it’s 2 in 5 now up from 1 in 4 in 2007. A youth MH crisis sweeping Australia & the world. Flagged as the next major health focus for the Albanese government later this year ⁦Orygen⁩ headspace⁩ ⁦IAYMH⁩ ⁦Mark Butler MP⁩ ⁦Jim Chalmers MP⁩

📢 Our team Telethon Kids Institute has started recruiting for a pilot of our online program aiming to support families with their child's screen time. Parents/carers need to be living in WA & have a child under 2yrs. Please share w/ your networks. 😊 Telethon #screentime

So pleased that the protocol for the #chatsafe RCT has now been published. This study will tell us if the #chatsafe guidelines & social media campaign are effective among young people: researchprotocols.org/2023/1/e44300 #SuicidePrevention #TechForGood Orygen

Do you know a young person aged 18-25 who is interested in pursuing a career in mental health or research?

Our Youth Advisory Council members shape the way Orygen is leading a revolution in young people’s minds.

Share the details today: orygen.org.au/About/Our-Lead…

Ten psych sessions is not enough after the years we’ve had theage.com.au/national/ten-p… while targeted use of extra 10 sessions makes sense, dramatic growth in MH care crucial via salaried team based care is more urgent esp for young people. Tamara Cavenett plan also key Mark Butler MP

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When I saw you on rounds that morning you were quiet. Your eyes looked in my direction but were otherwise vacant.

This was a change.

Me: 'You okay?'
You: 'Yup.'

There was coolness in the way you spoke. After that, you turned away from me and faced the wall.

Ooph.

Whatever you choose to do for a job after training, as a consultant, locally employed or SAS doctor, work with a team that have your back.

If you are sick, make a mistake, have questions, or just need a hand to be your best self, working with friends makes a world of difference.

I was a paediatric doctor.

I got sick.
Burnout and mental illness.

Labelled as a 'trainee in difficulty', I broke.

Educators & supervisors, this thread will change your practice:
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#MedTwitter #MedEd

I said goodbye to a patient a few years ago. She didn’t die, she just got old. I treat patients to age 21 and they move on. When they do, I joke, “well, I did my job! I kept you alive until adulthood!”

With this kid, it was not a joke. 1/

We're developing new best practice guidelines for suicide prevention researchers to partner with young people safely + effectively. Now looking for researchers + young people with lived experience to refine the guidelines: ow.ly/J53f50KIFlf
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Things I learned from studying patient complaints for twenty years (a thread) …

Y’all. This is it.

This week Orygen released a new policy brief calling for a new Youth Suicide Prevention Plan co-designed and delivered with young people.
Read the brief here: bit.ly/3Q1suaF Mark Butler MP Patrick McGorry YOUTHe Croakey News Suicide Prevention Australia