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How can parents support young people to safely navigate social media?
16 Mar 2018 - How can parents support young people to safely navigate social media?

Parents often report difficulties balancing respect for their teenager’s independence with wanting to superv...

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Childhood trauma link offers treatment hope for people with schizophrenia
13 Mar 2018 - Childhood trauma link offers treatment hope for people with schizophrenia

People with schizophrenia may now benefit from more effective, tailored treatments and greater self-empowerment, t...

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Orygen’s Capital Project fundraising campaign receives top honours
09 Mar 2018 - Orygen’s Capital Project fundraising campaign receives top honours

Orygen’s Fundraising team was last night presented with the 2018 Fundraising Institute of Australia’s ...

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Guidelines needed for use of therapy animals in mental health treatment
06 Mar 2018 - Guidelines needed for use of therapy animals in mental health treatment

The increasing use of therapy animals in Australia  has prompted researchers from Orygen, the National Centre...

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Low rates of engagement in school and work not limited to young people with psychosis
12 Feb 2018 - Low rates of engagement in school and work not limited to young people with psychosis

Young people with depression and borderline personality disorder (BPD) have equally low levels of engagement in em...

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Computerised speech analysis successfully predicts psychosis in at-risk patients
31 Jan 2018 - Computerised speech analysis successfully predicts psychosis in at-risk patients

A computer-based program that analyses speech has successfully predicted, with 83% accuracy, which young people at...

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Orygen researchers secure more than $750,000 to advance treatment of mood disorders
19 Jan 2018 - Orygen researchers secure more than $750,000 to advance treatment of mood disorders

Research into new and improved treatments for mood disorders, including severe depression, in young people has rec...

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Global research collaboration to predict those at greatest risk of suicide
17 Jan 2018 - Global research collaboration to predict those at greatest risk of suicide

Researchers from Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, are part of an international te...

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Government extends its support of Orygen’s mental health leadership
08 Jan 2018 - Government extends its support of Orygen’s mental health leadership

The Australian Government has today announced a three-year extension of funding for Orygen, the National Centre of...

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Response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
15 Dec 2017 - Response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

The staff of Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, today acknowledges the grace and co...

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Autism traits increase thoughts of suicide in people with psychosis
14 Dec 2017 - Autism traits increase thoughts of suicide in people with psychosis

People with autism traits who have psychosis are at a greater risk of depression and thoughts of suicide, new rese...

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Professor Stephen Wood presented with 2017 Society for Mental Health Research Oration Award
08 Dec 2017 - Professor Stephen Wood presented with 2017 Society for Mental Health Research Oration Award

Professor Stephen Wood was today presented with the 2017 Society for Mental Health Research Oration Award. The awa...

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