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19Mar

Testing times: finding new ways of identifying those at risk of severe mental illness

Mental illness is the number one challenge facing Australia’s young people, with one in four experiencing mental ill-health each year. One of the urgent challenges is to create a simpler and more effective approach to early identification and treatment of emerging mental disorders in young people in order to improve their mental health outcomes.
13Mar

Professor Patrick McGorry receives research excellence award

Orygen’s executive director, Professor Patrick McGorry, was last night awarded one of the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia’s highest honours, receiving a Research Excellence Award as the top-ranked Research Fellowship applicant for 2018.
04Mar

Call for Expressions of Interest: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists

Orygen is currently calling for expressions of interest from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists to create two distinct pieces of art for our new facility in Parkville, Victoria.
01Mar

Statement regarding re-tendering of headspace Melton

Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, welcomes advice received from the Department of Health today that the tender for the commissioning of headspace Melton will be reopened, following an independent forensic review by Deloitte into the North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network’s (NWMPHN) original tender process.
24Feb

Study to develop online support for international university students

The mental health and wellbeing of international students will be the focus of a new study that will develop an online platform to better understand how to support international students studying in Melbourne.
22Feb

Orygen partners with World Economic Forum to improve youth mental health globally

Orgyen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, is partnering with the World Economic Forum (WEF) as part of a concerted and coordinated effort to improve global mental health.
22Feb

Using computer simulation to develop the resilience of young Victorians

Orygen researchers are leading a collaborative project that will use computer simulation to examine better approaches to building the resilience of young people in Victoria.
22Feb

Orygen proud co-hosts of international youth mental health conference

Orygen is delighted to be co-hosting the International Association for Youth Mental Health’s 5^th International Conference on Youth Mental Health to be held in Brisbane from 26-28 October. The theme of this year’s conference is United for Global Change.
29Jan

Course gives teachers skills to manage suicide and self-harm in students

Teachers Australia-wide are now able to learn the skills necessary to detect, prevent and manage self-harm and suicide-related behaviours in young people, through a new graduate education program developed by Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health in collaboration with the University of Melbourne.
15Jan

B-group vitamins can improve concentration among people experiencing first episode psychosis

B-group vitamins may be beneficial for maintaining concentration skills among people experiencing a first episode of psychosis, a study by researchers from Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, has found.

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