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News And Events

 Mental health can have 'tipping points' just like ecosystems
08 Apr 2024 - Mental health can have 'tipping points' just like ecosystems

Mental illness shares characteristics with ‘complex systems’ like climates, ecosystems or financial ma...

 Global recognition for Orygen youth leader, Ahmad Nisar
02 Apr 2024 - Global recognition for Orygen youth leader, Ahmad Nisar

Orygen’s Ahmad Nisar has received a prestigious Global Citizen Youth Leaders Award for his work supporting y...

 Orygen Global's Maddison O'Gradey-Lee the first Australian to win prestigious Diana Legacy Award
28 Mar 2024 - Orygen Global's Maddison O'Gradey-Lee the first Australian to win prestigious Diana Legacy Award

Maddison O’Gradey-Lee has become the first Australian to win the coveted Legacy Award, presented by Prince W...

 Protecting young people from harmful content online
21 Mar 2024 - Protecting young people from harmful content online

Young people and suicide prevention experts agree collaboration is the key to improving online safety in relation ...

 Young voices on neurodiversity: a personal story
19 Mar 2024 - Young voices on neurodiversity: a personal story

This Neurodiversity Celebration Week, we asked members of the YAC to write their experiences of neurodiversit...

 Study reveals missed opportunities to prevent self-harm and suicide
13 Mar 2024 - Study reveals missed opportunities to prevent self-harm and suicide

One in three adults are not provided with a psychosocial assessment following hospital treatment for self-har...

 Accelerating the revolution: Investing in women
08 Mar 2024 - Accelerating the revolution: Investing in women

This year’s International Women’s Day theme – Count her in: Invest in Women. Accelerate Progress...

 Generations in Conversation - what they said: Experts and advocates unite for youth mental health
01 Mar 2024 - Generations in Conversation - what they said: Experts and advocates unite for youth mental health

Ideas, inspiration and optimism emerged during a thought-provoking event exploring and debating the causes and sol...

 Generations agree youth mental health is declining, but disagree on why
29 Feb 2024 - Generations agree youth mental health is declining, but disagree on why

A survey of over 4500 people in the UK and Australia has found different generations – from Baby Boomers to ...

 Victoria reports record number of suicides in 2023
21 Feb 2024 - Victoria reports record number of suicides in 2023

A record number of people died by suicide in Victoria last year, with 801 deaths recorded across the state in 2023...

 Orygen launches new toolkit to address rising rates of school refusal
29 Jan 2024 - Orygen launches new toolkit to address rising rates of school refusal

As the 2024 school year begins, Orygen has teamed up with young people, families, research leaders and clinical ex...

 Study finds world-first smartphone app, Mello, reduces anxiety and depression in 8 in 10 young people
21 Dec 2023 - Study finds world-first smartphone app, Mello, reduces anxiety and depression in 8 in 10 young people

1.3 million young Australians living with anxiety or depression now have a new evidenced-backed tool called Mello ...