Meron Looney from NAPCAN shares information about Safer Communities for Children #camh23 Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association

Kathleen Davey from Social Science Translated provides an update of the Secret Agent Society program - for neurodivergent children as well as kids with anxiety and general needs related to social skills. Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association #camh23

Rebecca Goodhue ARACY - Every Child Thriving provides an overview of the Common Approach with a special focus on the concept and practical implementation of empowerment. It will outline how children and young people’s voices informed the development of the approach. #CAMH23

Financial stress, debt, & poverty are bad for our mental health. Yet on average in 2019-20, 1 in 8 people (including 1 in 6 children) lived below the poverty line. If we care about child mental health and women's mental health, we need to tackle poverty. #raiseTheRate

🥳Mission Australia's #YouthSurvey2023 is open! Everyone aged 15-19 in Australia is encouraged to participate. It provides valuable insights into what young people are thinking and feeling + helps decision-makers understand the best ways to support them. 💻missionaustralia.com.au/youthsurvey

The link b/w child maltreatment & mental ill-health is well established. This report acms.au shows just how widespread the problem is in Aus. The prevention of child maltreatment & other ACEs must be central to our mental health policy Emma McBride MP Mark Butler MP

We call on Pauline Hanson 🇦🇺 One Nation Australia to immediately remove the deeply offensive & discriminatory material posted this morning regarding the NDIS & people with #Disability youtu.be/MTyvqfGyTnA @billshortenmp Australian Human Rights Commission Mark Dreyfus

Today sees the publication of the final evaluation report for HeadStart – a six-year #MentalHealth and wellbeing programme funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and delivered across six areas in England. Read more about the findings: bit.ly/3BWaJ6R #HeadStartLearning Evidence Based Practice Unit

To my fellow suicide researchers: Heads up! This article about machine learning and suicidality, cited 240+ times per Google Scholar, has been retracted. nature.com/articles/s4156…)

We’re excited to launch our #YouthMentalHealth Discussion Paper! We look at the potential causes of the increased rates of youth mental health conditions and what we need to do about it. Read the full paper bit.ly/42TnfPS or Summary version bit.ly/43VxhkD

Have your say. We’ve had some great feedback on our Reimagining Youth Mental Health discussion paper. We don’t have all the answers and we’d love to hear your views on our two key questions, and others in the paper. To read the Discussion Paper visit bit.ly/42TnfPS.

Please consider signing this petition to save the Masters of Community Psychology course at Victoria University. As the only comm psych course in Australia it’s critical for the future of Community Psychology. change.org/p/stop-closure…

Are you joining us on the Gold Coast for the #CAMH event of the year? Full program: hubs.li/Q02m0Hs80 Day one's morning sessions feature an incredible array of speakers from Orygen, AIFS, batyr, Stride Mental Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), Griffith University, and so many more!

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Unlock your mind with the Psychology Plus More book sale from Australian Academic Press. For a limited time only.

🌟 Big News! 🌟 #StateOfMind2024 provides timely insights into the mental wellbeing of Australian children and their parents and caregivers. Dive into the data, and join us in championing kids' mental wellness! 🧠 📥 hubs.la/Q02YRFRQ0 #MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealth