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Mental health services present opportunity for supporting young people to reduce smoking: study
06 Jun 2022 - Mental health services present opportunity for supporting young people to reduce smoking: study

Almost a quarter of young people accessing primary mental healthcare settings smoke tobacco daily, an Orygen/heads...

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Eating disorder research program to improve lives of young Victorians
06 Jun 2022 - Eating disorder research program to improve lives of young Victorians

Young Victorians experiencing eating disorders will soon benefit from a new research program funded by the...

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Orygen Institute launch | highlights video
06 Jun 2022 - Orygen Institute launch | highlights video

Watch a highlights video from the launch of the Orygen Institute on Wednesday 4 May. Hear our expert panel discuss...

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Expressions of interest: youth steering group for suicide prevention study
02 Jun 2022 - Expressions of interest: youth steering group for suicide prevention study

Recent suicide prevention research has shown that young people often feel they don’t belong, or that they ar...

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Point and Be Proud: marking National Reconciliation Week 2022
27 May 2022 - Point and Be Proud: marking National Reconciliation Week 2022

A special guest shared his story and the success of a unique anti-racism program for young people with Orygen staf...

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Gender diverse, Victorian and NSW young people and students most severely impacted by pandemic
25 May 2022 - Gender diverse, Victorian and NSW young people and students most severely impacted by pandemic

Gender diverse young people, those living in Victoria and NSW, and students have reported higher proportions of ne...

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Time for politicians to put the money where their mouths are
19 May 2022 - Time for politicians to put the money where their mouths are

As we count down to the federal election, Alex Dalton demands more than words in the face of Australia’s gro...

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Study will examine the efficiency of home-based psychiatric care for young people
17 May 2022 - Study will examine the efficiency of home-based psychiatric care for young people

Orygen researchers have received AUD $300,000 from the HCF Research Foundation to better understand the impacts an...

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“Be staunch about your identity, and don’t conform to what people expect of you”
17 May 2022 - “Be staunch about your identity, and don’t conform to what people expect of you”

Today is IDAHOBIT - the international day against LGBTQIA+ discrimination. S.E., a young person connec...

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Applications open for Australia’s only graduate courses dedicated to youth mental health
16 May 2022 - Applications open for Australia’s only graduate courses dedicated to youth mental health

“We need to build the next generation of the mental health workforce and provide urgent care to the youn...

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Statement from Professor Patrick McGorry, Orygen executive director
11 May 2022 - Statement from Professor Patrick McGorry, Orygen executive director

It has been brought to my attention today that MP Dr Fiona Martin has paid for social media advertising featuring ...

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Orygen expert joins government mission to support a million Australians with mental ill-health
10 May 2022 - Orygen expert joins government mission to support a million Australians with mental ill-health

Professor Sue Cotton, head of Orygen’s health services and outcomes research, is among a team of eight menta...

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