Even small lifestyle behaviour changes (🍎 🚬 💤 🏃‍♀️) are associated with improvements in mental health over time among young people. Scarlett Smout presenting her important PhD findings at #SMHR2024 👏 The Matilda Centre

Out with the DSM and in with a Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) approach! This makes so 👏 much 👏 sense 👏 Miri Forbes presenting at #SMHR2024

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…

NEW | We are proud to share a new report to prioritise social connection in UK and Australian policy. Together, UCL Policy Lab and @TheMatilda_USYD reflected on the best available academic and community evidence. Our findings: bit.ly/40NICop

This new report by UCL Policy Lab and @TheMatilda_USYD has lots to say about loneliness and social connection. Our Warm Welcome Campaign is a case study on page 23. Read the report here: bit.ly/40NICop

Great to be involved in this exciting new report which brings together leading experts across research, policy and practice to understand the key drivers of loneliness + propose innovative solutions to build a more socially connected world The Matilda Centre Marlee Bower

An incredible day at USD meeting new friends and research collaborators across the mental health and substance use space. Grateful to be in sunny California as part of the USYD-UCSD Priority Partnership! The Matilda Centre 🧠

Learning all about the longitudinal ABCD, NCANDA and HBCD studies at USD yesterday. The future is bright for child and adolescent brain development research! The Matilda Centre

Were you at the @AAAH Youth Health Conference last week? Matilda Centre Youth Advisory Board (YAB) members Heidi Berry and Thomas Wedding presented on the YAB’s Youth Priorities Project and what young people want to see in mental health research.

🚨🧠 New Nature Mental Health 📰 led by Omnia El Omrani highlights the impacts of climate change on mental health, and the relevance for international climate governance. Published today at #COP29 #Healthday 🌍! Have a read ⤵️ nature.com/articles/s4422…

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

We're proud to share a new report on the Future of Social Connection in UK & Australian Policy. The report ties together current evidence & outcomes of a Roundtable led by Australia's Mental Health Think Tank Chair Prof Maree Teesson AC, Member Marc Stears & Academic Lead Marlee Bower. doi.org/10.25910/3eb2-….

Pinching myself that I’ve submitted my PhD! 😱 Thanks so much my amazing supervisors @K_Champion1 Nickie Newton and Lauren Gardner and everyone that stood by me and supported me. It really takes a village to complete a PhD!

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Lyra Egan for submitting her PhD thesis, Understanding and preventing poor diet, alcohol use, tobacco smoking and vaping among adolescents from low socioeconomic and remoteness areas through eHealth interventions’! Please join us in congratulating Lyra!

Ding ding ding 🔔 Huge congrats to (almost) Dr Lyra Egan for submitting her PhD! Feels like only yesterday that we first started at The Matilda Centre. You’ve worked incredibly hard and achieved so much in the last few years. Can’t wait to see what you do next 🥳

Great work by Rebecca Raeside in Croakey News, championing the call for youth voices to shape better health policy. It's time to incl young voices in #CVD prevention-key risk factors start during #adolescence NSW CVRN Heart Foundation Health Consumers NSW PHAA is on Bluesky ACvA tinyurl.com/yraadcsy

Very excited to share our new pub where we ran 7,680 unique models exploring associations between adolescent alcohol use and emotional problems! bit.ly/4gGIP1o The Matilda Centre Peter Boris Centre McMaster School of Nursing Prof Tim Slade @DrMSunderland

The recently awarded DR.@LyEgan 🎉presenting on her exciting PhD work exploring the adaptation of The Matilda Centre’s OurFutures alcohol prevention eHealth programme for Colombian adolescents at #ASBHM2025 Australasian Society for Behavioural Health & Med - read more here! academic.oup.com/heapro/article…

Australia's Mental Health Think Tank have released an urgent call to action for the upcoming election. The elected government must put mounting evidence into action by addressing the social & economic drivers of youth mental health in Australia. Access the full report here: mentalhealththinktank.org.au/policy-documen…