BUDGET | Read our response to the Australian Government’s investment of $888.1 million into Australia’s mental health and suicide prevention system 👉 bit.ly/3R97QrJ

Orygen welcomes continued support of the research-backed MOST platform in the Victorian state budget.

More details: bit.ly/4bkKE1m

Orygen will lead research exploring how new technology can achieve more personalised diagnoses and treatments for youth mental ill-health, via $2.2m in funding from the Medical Research Future Fund.

Read more: bit.ly/3WIkkdt

Such great enthusiasm in the room at yesterday's Home in Mind: Youth Mental Health and Homelessness Sector Forum, hosted with Melbourne City Mission (MCM).

A valuable chance to hear insights from sector experts, which will inform upcoming policy work and collaboration. Watch this space!

It’s generally accepted that mental ill-health is at least twice as prevalent among homeless young people compared to the general population.

In search of solutions, join us for this webinar hosted by Homelessness Australia in partnership with Melbourne City Mission (MCM): bit.ly/4aNJTOb

Mental ill-health affects 1.3 million young Australians each year and research shows rumination is a major driver: particularly of anxiety and depression symptoms.

New from Orygen Digital, Mello is a free app designed to help relieve stuck thinking.
🔗 mello.org.au

The Victorian Government has announced a new youth mental health service for Melbourne's west and north-west that will be operated in partnership with Orygen.

Read more 👉 bit.ly/4aCwpot

It's World Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Day.

Early intervention is one of the best approaches for optimal mental health – across the lifespan. That's why everything we do at Orygen is about treating early and focusing on recovery. #WICAMHD2024

ICYMI: Mental health can have 'tipping points' like climates, ecosystems or financial markets, a new study suggests.

Published in JAMA Psychiatry, the theory comes from a global collab of experts, incl. Orygen's Prof. Patrick McGorry and Prof. Barnaby Nelson.
👉 bit.ly/3VWxpz4

Our report with Orygen found young ppl are experiencing 'profound & distressing' extreme weather impacts & 6 in 10 worry about climate change #YouthSurvey2023 . On #EarthDay we call for urgent climate change action & for Aus to mitigate these impacts.
missionaustralia.com.au/media-centre/m…

Proud to see Prof. Dr Jo Robinson AM (she/her), our Head of Suicide Research, receiving her AM for “significant service to community health through suicide prevention awareness and support” at Government House.

Congrats on this well-deserved recognition, Jo!