New Study Validates Psychosis Metabolic Risk Calculator for Australian Youth
August 21, 2024Researchers have found preliminary evidence of effectiveness of a new way of calculating the Metabolic Syndrome risk of young Australians with first-episode psychosis, with important implications for preventive treatment.
Supported education success for youth with mental health challenges
May 7, 2024Young people who experience serious mental health challenges can successfully continue or re-engage with education if they receive the right support, a new study shows, with almost half of participants returning to education following the program.
Mindgardens introduces the Lived Experience Framework
May 7, 2024Mindgardens, a leading translational research organisation specialising in disorders related to the brain, emotions, nervous system and cognitive processes, is proud to announce the launch of the Lived Experience Engagement Framework.
Youth self-harm program reduces hospitalisations, self-harm and suicide ideation
May 1, 2024A pilot program to reduce rates of self-harm and suicide in young people, the Youth Brief Intervention Service (YBIS), has resulted in significantly fewer hospitalisations for self-harm and reduced suicide ideation amongst youths aged 12- 25 years.
Promising results for smoking cessation program as one in nine participants quit the habit
April 4, 2024A smoking cessation program, Keep Quitting in Mind (KQIM), for people living with mental illness has resulted in one in nine participants quitting the habit and many others reducing their daily smoking by half.
Major research grant to extend physical health care for people living with mental illness
September 28, 2023Mindgardens Neuroscience Network, and its Executive Director Professor Jackie Curtis, will lead a world-first research program to develop personalised physical health care for people living with severe mental illness, following the award of a prestigious grant from the National Health & Medical Research Council.
Prof Jackie Curtis describes her mental health reform career in Margaret Tobin Oration
June 6, 2023The Executive Director of Mindgardens Neuroscience Network, A/Prof Jackie Curtis, is included in a new book that describes the contribution of female leaders in mental health reform in NSW.
Global Call to Action to improve vaccine access for people with mental illness
February 17, 2023During Australia’s national mental health month, an international alliance of people living with mental illness, scientists, public health experts and community leaders, is calling for urgent action towards vaccine equity for people living with mental illness.
Campaign for better oral health care in severe mental ill health
February 17, 2023People who experience severe mental ill health urgently need improved access to high quality dentistry and oral health services that respond to their particular needs, according to an international consensus statement.
A/Prof Jackie Curtis recognised for role in mental health reform
February 1, 2023The Executive Director of Mindgardens Neuroscience Network, A/Prof Jackie Curtis, is included in a new book that describes the contribution of female leaders in mental health reform in NSW.
A new approach to physical health care for people who experience mental illness
January 16, 2023A new approach to physical health care for people who experience mental illness
Leadership grant for Mindgardens nutrition researcher Dr Scott Teasdale
December 2, 2022Mindgardens Neuroscience Network congratulates Dr Scott Teasdale on his award of a five-year NHMRC Investigator Grant in the Emerging Leadership category,
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We acknowledge the voices of people with lived experience, their carers, families and kinship groups. We recognise the expertise acquired through living with a mental health, drug and alcohol or neurological disorder and acknowledge those who care for people on their recovery journey. We place lived experience at the heart of all that we do.
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