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11Sep

Guidelines to talking safely online about suicide now available to Facebook’s 2.4 billion users

Guidelines developed by Orygen to support young people in communicating safely online about suicide have been made available this week to Facebook’s 2.41 billion users.
29Aug

Orygen researchers receive more than $1.8M to expand youth mental health research

Research into suicide prevention and online interventions for mental ill-health has received more than $1.8 million in funding through the National Health and Medical Research Council, the federal health minister Greg Hunt announced today.
15Aug

Government’s long-term plan for mental health welcomed

Orygen welcomes yesterday’s announcement by federal health minister Greg Hunt that mental health will be one of four pillars in the Australian Government’s Long Term National Health Plan.
14Aug

Coping with self-harm – a guide for parents and carers

Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, has developed a practical guide for parents and carers to cope with loved ones’ self-harm.
12Aug

Orygen leads ‘document of global influence’ on youth mental health

Orygen researchers have been commissioned to produce a Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Youth Mental Health.
08Aug

Casting call: Young people for photo shoot

Orygen is seeking young people aged between 18 and 25 years to participate in photo shoots in Melbourne and regional Victoria. The photos will be used in many ways, including on our social media channels, the resources we produce (e.g. factsheets and clinical practice points), newsletters and on our website.
07Aug

The incomparable Alastair Campbell

Orygen, in partnership with the UNSW Centre for Ideas, recently hosted a whirlwind visit from the incomparable Alastair Campbell, former director of strategy and communications to former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair. For many years Alastair has spoken publicly of his own experience with mental illness and has supported numerous mental health charities and campaigns as well as fighting for mental health service reform in the United Kingdom.
06Aug

A model for predicting onset of psychotic disorders

About 50% of people who develop a psychotic disorder will do so by the time they are in their early 20s. However the ability to predict which high-risk patients will progress to a psychotic disorder is limited, said Professor Barnaby Nelson, head of Orygen’s ultra-high risk for psychosis research program.
06Aug

Understanding symptoms of childhood trauma could help treat psychosis

There is growing evidence of a link between childhood trauma and first-episode psychosis. Research led by Orygen’s Dr Sarah Bendall has added to that body of evidence with a study showing that 53% of young people with psychosis had experienced childhood trauma.
01Aug

Psychotherapy should be first-line treatment for depression in young people, trial finds

Young people seeking support for depression should be offered psychotherapy as the first line of treatment, a clinical trial by researchers at Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, has found.

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