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#HIRING Interested in learning how #hangxiety, #alcohol use and #mentalhealth? The Inroads Program and the Matilda Centre are looking for you! Apply by 28 Jan to be our new Postdoctoral Research Fellow: usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNAL_…

#Young people are our #future, but must have a say in our future. We are so proud of the work of our Youth Advisory Board, including our key achievements below. Learn more: sydney.edu.au/matilda-centre…

Does the relationship between #anxiety and #alcohol use change developmentally? Our new Journal of Adolescent Health paper finds that teen #anxiety is linked to lower #alcohol use.. but this pattern is no longer evident by young #adulthood sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Ever wondered whether #anxiety a risk or protective factor for #alcohol use over time from adolescence to young adulthood? Our new Journal of Adolescent Health paper reveals that teen anxiety is linked to lower alcohol use but this r'ship disappears by young adulthood jahonline.org/article/S1054-…

The Wellbeing and Prevention Coalition in Mental Health is excited to launch its latest #Mentalhealthprevention policy brief! The brief provides an overview of school-based mental wellbeing promotion and preventative MH initiatives. To read the brief visit bit.ly/4bO7gIl

RECRUITING NOW! Researchers at the University of Sydney are looking for secondary schools to deliver our award-winning, evidence-based mental health and substance use prevention programs, Preventure & OurFutures. For more info, contact [email protected]

NEW PAPER: Our recent paper revealed that #anxiety severity, coping-with-anxiety drinking motives & low social support were predictive of #alcoholmisuse in postpartum women. Yet, evidence-based support programs for new mums are lacking. We will fix that! jsad.com/doi/abs/10.152…

#RESEARCH CONTINUED MENTAL HEALTH PREVENTION NEEDED TO BUILD LONG-TERM MENTAL HEALTH says new research from the Matilda Centre, published in The Lancet Digital Health today. Full paper: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 1/4

#RESEARCH NEW DATA ON MOTHERS POSTPARTUM ALCOHOL USE, ANXIETY, COPING & SOCIAL SUPPORT. Led by Dr Dr Katrina Prior & published in Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, the study examined the mental health & drinking patterns of 319 mothers who gave birth in the last 12mths. Full paper: jsad.com/doi/abs/10.152…

In our #ProjectProfile, Dr Dr Katrina Prior shares how risky alcohol affects new mothers and how the new Healthy Mum, Healthy Bub program will support new mothers to ease anxiety and stress so they can reduce or eliminate alcohol use. Full story: sydney.edu.au/matilda-centre…

Excited that our book chapter 'Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder' is now available as part of the Treating Comorbid Substance Use and Emotional Disorders book! Lexine Stapinski @DrErinKelly Dr Katrina Prior doi.org/10.1007/978-3-…

Motherhood and Drinking: The Relative Importance of Mental Health and Psychosocial Factors on Maternal Alcohol Misuse During the Postpartum Period (new in Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 85/4) The Matilda Centre Prof Maree Teesson AC Dr Louise Thornton Dr Louise Birrell (she/her) Lexine Stapinski Dr Katrina Prior jsad.com/doi/full/10.15…

Presented by Lexine Stapinski at the Imax theatre, work led by Dr Katrina Prior aims to urgently address post-partum maternal alcohol misuse The Matilda Centre #ISBRA

There are a number of things that could help reduce these delays, so that people can get the help they need sooner. Cath Chapman Dr Katrina Prior @Lou_Birrell University of Sydney theconversation.com/australians-ar…

Australians are waiting 12 years on average before seeking help for a mental health problem – new research theconversation.com/australians-ar… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand Dr Katrina Prior Cath Chapman Prof Tim Slade Matt Sunderland & Josh Vescovi

#RESEARCH AUSTRALIANS WAITING ON AVERAGE 12 YEARS TO SEEK SUPPORT FOR MENTAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS says new research from the Dr @Lou_Birrell, Dr @Katprior1 & the Matilda Centre. Full story The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand: theconversation.com/australians-ar… Full paper: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

👏 Congratulations to our University of Sydney #medicine and #health researchers who have received a combined $1.4 million in Australian Dept of Health, Disability and Ageing Medical Research Future Fund (#MRFF) Childhood Mental Health Research grant funding. #LeadershipForGood

Dr Dr Katrina Prior has been awarded over $696,000 in #MRFF Childhood Mental Health Research grant funding to develop and trial a targeted treatment aimed at boosting child and caregiver mental health by reducing maternal drinking in the first 1000 days postpartum.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Matilda Centre Awards! These awards, held annually at the Centre, look to recognise our research and professional staff and students in activities that promote the values and aims of the Centre.