
Iain Perkes
@iain_perkes
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11-07-2017 01:54:48
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Ian Hickie Ryan Park MP In MH funding not much to hide, 90% of budget =wages, could trim management, limit wasteful meetings (of 20 staff deciding who isn’t to be seen). The real issue is redesign to stop duplication, waste, focus on access, access, access

OCD is a misunderstood mental illness despite affecting about 1 in 50 people. That's around half a million Australians! Lizzie Manning, with Griffith University and UNSW experts, explains how long and fraught the path to diagnosis and treatment can be 👇 bit.ly/3nnA2e5

New The Conversation piece by GCMH member Lara Farrell has received over 1300 reads in just half a day! Follow the link to read about OCD & the long & fraught pathway to diagnosis & treatment. Iain Perkes Lizzie Manning theconversation.com/obsessive-comp…

#Research involving clinicians at our Network has shown it takes an average of almost nine years for an Australian to receive a diagnosis of OCD. ➡️Read more about #OCD and the study via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand. theconversation.com/obsessive-comp…

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a misunderstood mental illness despite affecting ~1/50 people. Research from Prof Jessicag, Dr Iain Perkes, Dr Katelyn Dyason and David Cooper from UNSW, + others, shows the difficult path to diagnosis: newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/ob…

4/8 Could we build an online directory of 🇦🇺clinicians with a special interest in treating OCD? The goal was just to shorten these help-seeking journeys. Great ppl supported the project, inc: Jessicag Iain Perkes, Dr John Lam-Po-Tang, Lara Farrell and Vlasios Brakoulias

Our last researcher highlight for this week is Professor Lara Farrell. Professor Lara Farrell conducts clinical research in the field of childhood anxiety and obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders - read more below! australianrotaryhealth.org.au/professor-lara…


Are other researchers having this issue with mTurk? A few months ago Amazon MTurk suspended our account "due to inactivity". No warning. We had pre-loaded lab $ for studies. After a month of daily emails: No access, no refund. How to escalate? Advice or RT would help! AWS Support



What a week! Very honoured to be awarded the #RANZCP2023 RANZCP Margaret Tobin Award & to deliver the Oration. Tackling premature mortality in people living with mental ill health is everybody's business. Thanks Melissa Sweet Croakey News for sharing my oration @mindgardensau


Congratulations to Claire O'Callaghan on receiving a Robinson fellowship. 📖📢Read online now-> bit.ly/RobinsonFellow Sydney Dementia Network, University of Sydney, Sydney Health



📢 Our Webinar with Dr Rob Willson and Catherine Benfield, Beyond the Myths: Exploring the Reality of OCD, is now available to watch on our website! Catch up here ➡️ ocdaction.org.uk/webinars
