Cracking session coming up

'Questions from the Field'

2022 & 2023 ESSA Medal Winners 🤩

Dr Grace McKeon
Dr Stephanie Frade

Law Edwards on physical activity programming in a forensic inpatient unit & much more

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Incredible impact and vision Clare Minahan blending sports pathways, social justice and sports diplomacy across Oceania

See more here: griffith.edu.au/partnerships/s…

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HT Australian Sports Commission 🤩

Great to have the brilliant Lindsey Reece 🇬🇧 from Sport Australia talking about Play Well, Win Well strategy (playwell.gov.au), from high performance to participation and relevance for all ESSA members

Grace McKeon

One of the most important pieces of work we have on sport promotion and mental health being presented now but the author himself Justin Richards

Challenging the blanket statement that physical activity is good for mental health with data from post-conflict Uganda

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Next up Prof Adrienne Oneil -

RANZCP guidelines on mood disorders Recommending lifestyle based health care as 'non-negotiable, foundational treatment for depression'

Increíble work leading MRFF funded CALM Trial
Food & Mood Centre
ESSA

Ready to roll!

Clare Minahan
ESSA
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Kudos Rebecca Martland who finds that physical activity interventions are feasible & can help improve wellbeing of healthcare staff

sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Lucia Valmaggia Physical-Mental Health Manchester

Our colleagues from Institute for Musculoskeletal Health are recruiting women over 50 to participate in a brilliant physical activity trial led by Prof Anne Tiedemann

activewomenover50.org.au

It is a sad reality that military personnel who have transitioned from service often face significant mental health challenges with 1 in 2 meeting criteria for a mental disorder within the past 12 months and 1 in 3 being diagnosed with PTSD within their lifetimes

'exercise therapy should be implemented in outpatient mental health care as an adjunctive transdiagnostic treatment for mental disorders such as depression, insomnia, panic disorder, agoraphobia, and PTSD.'

New free research Article
thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

Wow! New large RCT published in The Lancet Psychiatry finds 'exercise therapy should be implemented in outpatient mental health care as an adjunctive
transdiagnostic treatment'

Huge congrats Sebastian Wolf et al, look forward to reading this!

thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

Even in the hardest of times, and harshest of environments, #physicalactivity plays a foundational role in maintaining both mental health & overall well-being #Refugeecamp #MentalHealthMatters

doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2…

Currently 🆓 to read

A privilege to share this with research and experiences of autistic people. Lots of room for trauma informed research, especially in spaces of sport, physical activity and health. Dept of Sport & Exercise Sciences, Durham Uni. Durham University Durham_NeuroDev

❗️Call for papers for Mental Health & Psychological First Aid special issue

We are all vulnerable to challenges with our mental health, and all experience it differently. However, humanitarian crises such as conflict, exposure to traumatic events, socio-economic deprivation,…

Trauma-Informed Research in Sport, Exercise, and Health Qualitative Methods

New book now out edited by Jenny McMahon & Kerry R. McGannon

See our chapter led by Patrick Jachyra titled: Interview and Arts-Based Approaches for Research with Autistic Adults

routledge.com/Trauma-Informe…