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Professor Patrick McGorry presented with lifetime achievement award
05 Apr 2018 - Professor Patrick McGorry presented with lifetime achievement award

Professor Patrick McGorry AO, Executive Director of Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental, and...

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Celebrating 25 years of progress in youth mental health
28 Mar 2018 - Celebrating 25 years of progress in youth mental health

Orygen is this year celebrating 25 years of progress in youth mental health.  Over the coming months we will ...

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Primary Health Networks gather for quarterly Youth Mental Health in Primary Care workshop
28 Mar 2018 - Primary Health Networks gather for quarterly Youth Mental Health in Primary Care workshop

Orygen hosted its third Youth Mental Health in Primary Care workshop in Sydney over two days in late February...

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Research participants needed!
27 Mar 2018 - Research participants needed!

Are you a young person interested in taking part in a psychology study? If you have experienced mental health diff...

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Statement regarding headspace Melton
22 Mar 2018 - Statement regarding headspace Melton

The Board and management of Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, welcomes advice from...

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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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