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Orygen welcomes interim report of Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System
28 Nov 2019 - Orygen welcomes interim report of Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System

Orygen welcomes the interim report from the Victorian Royal Commission into Mental Health, and strongly supports t...

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Evaluation strengthens case for Individual Placement and Support in youth mental health
27 Nov 2019 - Evaluation strengthens case for Individual Placement and Support in youth mental health

An independent evaluation of the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) trials in headspace centres has strengthen...

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Fellowship awarded to improve treatments for methamphetamine abuse
26 Nov 2019 - Fellowship awarded to improve treatments for methamphetamine abuse

Orygen’s Dr Eddie Mullen has been awarded a fellowship grant from the National Centre for Clinical Research ...

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Young people blame themselves for cognitive deficits linked to depression
25 Nov 2019 - Young people blame themselves for cognitive deficits linked to depression

An Orygen study has found that young people with major depression often blame themselves for being “lazy&rdq...

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Measure of social inclusion wins Kate Filia mental health research award
21 Nov 2019 - Measure of social inclusion wins Kate Filia mental health research award

Orygen Postdoctoral Research Fellow Kate Filia has been awarded the Society for Mental Health Research’s Ear...

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Global conference inspires global change in youth mental health
15 Nov 2019 - Global conference inspires global change in youth mental health

Orygen was a proud co-host of the 5th International Conference on Youth Mental Health held in Brisbane ...

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Young Australian women dying by suicide at increasing rate
13 Nov 2019 - Young Australian women dying by suicide at increasing rate

The rate of young Australian women dying by suicide is growing year on year; increasing by 38 per cent between 200...

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PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION HIGHLIGHTS VITAL NEED FOR EARLY INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION IN MENTAL HEALTH
02 Nov 2019 - PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION HIGHLIGHTS VITAL NEED FOR EARLY INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION IN MENTAL HEALTH

The Productivity Commission’s interim report on its inquiry into mental health has been broadly welcomed by ...

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PHILANTHROPY VITAL FOR TACKLING AUSTRALIA’S MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
29 Oct 2019 - PHILANTHROPY VITAL FOR TACKLING AUSTRALIA’S MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS

A report developed by EY and commissioned by Future Generation has found the mental health sector needs to provid...

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Mental Health Week unifies young people, families and staff
21 Oct 2019 - Mental Health Week unifies young people, families and staff

Orgyen marked this year’s Mental Health Week with activities aimed at bringing staff, young people and famil...

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A community focus on talking safely online about suicide
21 Oct 2019 - A community focus on talking safely online about suicide

Orygen’s suicide prevention research team partnered with communities in the north-west of Melbourne earlier ...

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CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE TALK SAFELY ONLINE ABOUT SUICIDE
16 Oct 2019 - CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE TALK SAFELY ONLINE ABOUT SUICIDE

Young people are being supported to talk safely online about suicide with a 12-week campaign by Orygen, Australia...

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