A/Prof Matthew Sunderland sharing the results of a project measuring psychological distress on Australian epidemiological studies #SMHR2024

Dr Amelia Henry shares results from a study into Australian adolescents and their alcohol use and psychological distress #SMHR2024

Great to present as part of the #smhr symposium chaired by Wendy Chen on digital interventions for vulnerable populations: children and First Nations people Chloe Lim (she/her) Maddi O'Gradey-Lee Black Dog Institute SMHR

Postdoc Amelia Henry from The Matilda Centre talks about how adolescents spend their time and it’s link to psych distress and alcohol use 🍺📊#SMHR2024

How can we empower people to make decisions about their treatment? Alana Fisher presents Next Steps, a first of its kind decision aid which aims to support people's choices for stepped mental health care. A pilot study showed Next Steps was feasible and acceptable. #SMHR2024

Dr Jack Wilson presents on barriers to measuring substance use in research, including the limitations of relying on standard drinks to measure alcohol use #SMHR2024

Dr Scarlett Smout gives results into a study for lifestyle behaviour modifications and its relationship with mental health in Australian adolescents long-term. Data was from >6000 adolescents in the Health4Life study #SMHR2024

Scarlett’s (Scarlett Smout) tops off her award-winning day presenting at #smhr2024 @smhr on her PhD work. The Matilda Centre

Taylor A. Braund discusses findings of the Future Proofing study. Is mental health associated with typing behaviour? #SMHR2024 Black Dog Institute

Even small lifestyle behaviour changes (🍎 🚬 💤 🏃‍♀️) are associated with improvements in mental health over time among young people. Scarlett Smout presenting her important PhD findings at #SMHR2024 👏 The Matilda Centre

The final day of SMHR #SMHR2024 has been packed with amazing presentations!! Congrats to the presenters and organisers - we have such great mental health research happening in Australia. Highlight for me was the great ⁦Miri Forbes⁩ on reconstructing psychopathology.

Kate and The Matilda Centre Youth Advisory Board member Smrithi presenting their findings from the Youth Priorities Project - a critical blueprint for the future of youth mental health and substance use prevention research! #SMHR2024

Jack Wilson highlights the potential of ecological momentary assessment for more accurate substance use assessment #SMHR2024

Congratulations to Prof Nickie Newton and Dr Marlee Bower for receiving awards at #SMHR2024!

And that's a wrap on #SMHR2024! We're super excited to see you all at #SMHR2025 in Adelaide on 19-21 November 2025!

Out with the DSM and in with a Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) approach! This makes so 👏 much 👏 sense 👏 Miri Forbes presenting at #SMHR2024

My first #SMHR conference, & I loved it! Inspired by learning & sharing ideas with dedicated colleagues committed to mental health & #LifestyleMedicine. Highlighting loneliness as a major mental health concern reminds us of the power of connection & community. #mentalhealth

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