🌟 MRFF Funding Success for Youth OCD Research! 🌟 Congratulations to our #GCMH Director, Prof Lara Farrell, & an incredible multidisciplinary team, who have been successful in securing an MRFF Clinical Trials Activity Grant (2026 - 2030)! 👏 Huge congrats to the research team & partner organisations!

Research reveals how parents navigate supporting a child w anxiety.Led by @griffith.edu.au’s Meri Grajdan w GCMH’s Lara Farrell & Caroline Donovan, the study highlights the emotional & practical load parents carry. 💡 Experience‑informed guidance can better support parents. 📰 doi.org/10.1007/s105...

🧠 Ending the year with innovation at the Research Spectacular! Congrats to our #GCMH members for showcasing cutting-edge #MentalHealthResearch through symposia & rapid-fire talks, w Prof Sharon Dawe, keynote at the Susan Spence Annual Lecture. 👏 Well done to all! @griffith.edu.au

🎉 Congratulations A/Prof Kerryn Pike! 🎉 Another #GCMH success to celebrate w @griffith.edu.au's A/Prof Kerryn Pike part of a collaborative team securing Department of Health & Aged Care funding for 25–26 to support the Aust'n Dementia Network (ADNeT):Supporting Health System Preparedness project.👏

⏪Friday Flashback ⏪ Last month, #GCMH’s @drdanpsychologist.bsky.social joined the inaugural Brisbane Psychoanalytic Conference 🧠exploring how psychoanalytic theory still shapes modern clinical practice. Great 2 see @griffith.edu.au alumni Dr Aimee Maxwell (left) & Dr Mikaela Grayson (mid) there too!

🎭 Can theatre interventions improve mental health? New study led by @griffith.edu.au's #AISRAP explores psychodrama’s role in reducing anxiety, depression & PTSD—advocating creative approaches beyond traditional therapy. Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1136/jech... #MentalHealth #Research

⁉️ Why Age Matters (and Sometimes Doesn’t): Unpacking the Mechanisms and Treatment of Anxiety in Older Adults Older adults face unique #mentalhealth challenges: ageism, loneliness, dementia risk & low treatment rates. CBT offers lasting benefits over meds. Great seminar w @carlyjohnco.bsky.social👏

Research drives better care yet 85% is lost in translation. How do we close the 17-yr gap from evidence 2 practice? Master protocols+ co-production w #livedexperience+ partnering w service providers=faster, real-world impact. 👉https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-025-02684-1 @justinjchapman.bsky.social

Tomorrow! Catch @griffith.edu.au's Dr Vicky Stewart presenting at the #EquallyWell 2025 conference in Adelaide. 🎙️'No mental health without oral health: addressing systemic neglect in Australian care' Equally Well for all - working together! #GCMH #OralHealth #MentalHealthResearch #HealthySmiles

🥳Congrats to @griffith.edu.au's A/Prof Jane Fowler, Dr Victoria Stewart & team! Winners of Engagement Australia's Award for Excellence in International Engagement for their impactful work in Building Counselling Capacity in Papua New Guinea! Congrats to all the winners 👏 🥇https://buff.ly/C3onBr6

📣 Report out now! Beyond the Squeaky Wheel explores the Family/Carer Lived Experience Workforce in QLD’s mental health system. Key findings + recommendations for reform. Congrats to @griffith.edu.au & #ALIVE colleagues on this report to improve #mentalhealth 4 Q'landers🙌 🔗 doi.org/10.25904/191...

Two days left to contribute to research that centres what people actually need, not what researchers assume. Anxiety doesn't follow a neat schedule, and neither does the relationship between social media and sleep.

Here’s why people with mental illness die, on average, 11 years earlier than other Australians theconversation.com/heres-why-pe... Great work from @justinjchapman.bsky.social with Russell Roberts & Victoria Erskine in @theconversation.com 👏 @griffith.edu.au

Our members have returned from #AACBT25 after sharing cutting-edge #CBT research for diverse minds 🌏🧠 🔹FAST parent training for youth OCD 🔹Online tools for anxiety & sleep 🔹Insights on perfectionism, pain & clinician training Thanks to all who made it possible !🙌 @griffith.edu.au

🪖 Understanding Suicide Risk in Military Contexts New research led by Prof Kairi Kõlves maps 97 risk & 63 protective factors using insights from lived experience, clinicians & researchers. 💡 The most actionable were workplace-related 📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

📣 New study explores Sleep Interventions for Children with FASD 💤 The pilot found: ✅Feasible trial design ✅ Melatonin potentially reduced sleep onset latency & bedtime resistance 🤝 Future trials need multi-site collaboration 👏 Congrats to #GCMH co-authors 🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.70224

🔦 Research Spotlight Dr @justinjchapman.bsky.social presented at #MSAMHS Research Symposium last wk. Presenting on a partnership initiative designed to centre people with lived experience in mental health reform and improve the use of evidence for real world impact. 👏 #QMHW Connect for Mental Health

🧠 Are you involved in suicide prevention work or research? Prof Kairi Kõlves is leading a study on Implementation Research and Practice in Suicide Prevention. If you're a: • Researcher • Lived experience advocate • Practitioner/clinician • Policymaker you’re invited to take part👇 t.co/70wIC7xy9f

🧠World Mental Health Day #WMHD2025 🗨️‘Connect with your community’ highlights the vital role of relationships & support networks. Collaboration is central to GCMH research—connecting with universities,community partners, practitioners & #livedexperience to drive impact & advocate for better #MH care!

🌟 Keeping Lived Experience at the centre 🌟 This #QMHW, let’s keep #LivedExperience central to suicide prevention. 🎤 #NSPC26 (28–30 Apr, ICC Sydney) is a vital space for connection & change. 💰 Bursaries available: tinyurl.com/454vh4f5 🗓️ Apply by 2 Nov 2025. Let’s connect for mental health! 💙

🌏 Coming up - World Mental Health Day - 10 October! #WMHD2025 🔗Theme: Connect with your community 💬 World Mental Health Day is a chance for communities & mental health professionals to highlight the importance of mental health & advocate for better global access to care. @griffith.edu.au

🎉 It’s Queensland Mental Health Week! 🧠 Connect for Mental Health 📅 4–12 October 2025 This #QMHW, let’s celebrate connection, raise awareness & take steps toward better mental wellbeing. At GCMH, connection, esp with #LivedExperience, drives our multidisciplinary research! 💚 🔎 tinyurl.com/396kxmxz

New collab in @apsad-dar.bsky.social shows people who inject steroids still lack clear guidance. Peer-led approaches could change that. doi.org/10.1111/dar.... @jasonferris22.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social @drsuzinielsen.bsky.social @uqchsr.bsky.social @griffithcmh.bsky.social

Supporting young people means understanding how they think, learn and process the world around them. These free Orygen resources are designed to help clinicians understand and support cognition in youth mental health, and you can find them here: bit.ly/48ybzs7

📢 New publication! 👏 Congrats to @griffith.edu.au's Prof Sharon Dawe & Dr Paul Harnett on their recent publication “Challenges & Solutions for Disseminating Evidence-Based Practice in Child Protection: The PuP Program” 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ps... #PuPProgram #ChildProtection #EvidenceBasedPractice

🌟 Welcome Dr Daniel Sullivan! 🌟 Dan joins @griffith.edu.au as a Lecturer in Clinical Psychology. Check out his recent publication in @theconversation.com 👇 A big, convulsive twitch while dozing off? Sleep experts explain the ‘hypnic jerk’ theconversation.com/a-big-convul... #SleepScience

🌟 Welcome Dr Eleni Kalantidou! 🌟 We’re excited to welcome Eleni to the #GCMH team. A design psychology leader & researcher, her work focuses on community-led behavioural change and climate adaptation. 🎤 Catch her @adaptationfutures.bsky.social #AF2025 in Christchurch in October!👏 @griffith.edu.au

👋Welcome Dr Levi Fox to #GCMH! Levi brings a PhD in Māori spirituality, frontline mental health experience & a passion for Indigenous youth wellbeing. He joins us to help achieve a collective vision of wellness through meaningful, robust research.👏 #YouthMentalHealth #Research @griffith.edu.au

Welcome Dr Kathy Ryan to GCMH! 👋 An existing @griffith.edu.au lecturer & researcher, Dr Ryan brings expertise in parenting, child anxiety & personalised CBT. She joins us as a research fellow across several exciting projects. We're thrilled to have her on board! 🌟 #MentalHealth #YouthMentalHealth

New paper from @griffith.edu.au's A/Prof Kerryn Pike + BRAINS team! Telehealth adaptation of LaTCH rehab shows promise for people with primary brain tumour (#PBT). A 6-wk Zoom-based prgrm improved memory ability, satisfaction & strategy use.👏 📰https://doi.org/10.1093/noajnl/vdaf182

📢#TheMHS2025 🎤GCMH-led symposiums featured research on evidence-based care, child & family support, & wellbeing in brain tumour care. Huge congrats to prog co-convenor Prof Lara Farrell+ @griffith.edu.au researchers, #livedexperience leaders, & student volunteers who made an impact.👏 #MentalHealth

📢Next Week at #BIBS25! Prof Tamara Ownsworth — Hopkins Centre Research Director and @griffith.edu.au's CMH member — has played a key role in coordinating the symposium program and will be in action on the day, chairing a session on Enriching Environments! 👇 www.hopkinscentre.edu.au/bibs25sympos...

🎤Last wk-Dr @justinjchapman.bsky.social & Dr Meg Doohan represented GCMH at the #BrisbaneMentalHealthConference. Insightful talks on building alliances between #MentalHealth researchers & service providers and whether hormones influence cognitive test reliability👏Congrats to all involved!

Why are young men ‘T maxxing’ testosterone? Do they need it? And what are the risks? Read more in @theconversation.com 👉 theconversation.com/why-are-youn... Co-authored by @griffith.edu.au's @piatkowskitim.bsky.social

‍🚨 People with #psychosis are at higher risk of chronic diseases linked with low exercise, so should we be doing fitness screening in mental health services?🏃‍♀️ For an overview of some challenges and opportunities 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.ge... @justinjchapman.bsky.social

🚨Global collab out now! People with mental illness die 13–15 years earlier, mostly due to physical health conditions. Lifestyle interventions work — now it's time to focus on implementation and equity. 📰👇 doi.org/10.1016/S221... Congrats to our own co-author @justinjchapman.bsky.social 👏

📣 Out now! New publication with our partner #ECCQ highlighting the priorities & needs of multicultural leaders for serving their communities. They call for accessible culturally informed training, cross-community collabs, genuine partnerships, and fair funding.📰 Read more 👇 doi.org/10.1080/0725...

🧠 New review by Kate Freeman & @Prof Lara Farrell explores how tech & parent-led care are transforming treatment for youth #OCD! 📉 Barriers to CBT-ERP remain high—but multi-tech parent training shows 70–75% response rates with less cost, travel & time. authors.elsevier.com/a/1lYi9,4QFJ...

📢 Suicide rates in Brazil are rising—especially among Indigenous peoples & adolescents. A systematic review (2019–2024) highlights urgent gaps in care, research, & training. Collab of Luiza Wille Augustin, @griffith.edu.au's Prof Kairi Kõlves & Pamela Rinozi. 🔗 doi.org/10.3390/ijer... #AISRAP

🎉 Happening this week: Building Safer, Smarter Cities! Join @griffith.edu.au's Dr Dominique De Andrade, ARC DECRA Awardee, as she shares how linking health & crime data reveals new insights into nightlife harm 🌃 & supports smarter, place-based interventions. #SmartCities #HealthResearch #CrimeData

👏 Congrats to Prof Tamara Ownsworth for convening #NRSIG2025🧠 Researchers, clinicians & consumers came together to explore neuropsych rehab from the lab to the clinic. PhD candidate @stephreeve.bsky.social, w supervsn from A/Prof @Matthew Gullo, presented in #MentalHealth Datablitz session!👏

🚨Update from @griffith.edu.au's MRFF #MOVEMENT Study. Protocol paper led by @justinjchapman.bsky.social is out now! Exercise can boost quality of life for people with severe mental illness—but many face real barriers - this study explores how to help. Read more👇 🔗 doi.org/10.2147/NDT....

Huge congrats to @griffith.edu.au's Prof Sharon Dawe & the dedicated team on 12 more months of funding for its Child Development Clinic (Logan) and its Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (#FASD) Assessment & models of care! Vital early assessment for young kids+clinician training = powerful impact.👏

More about @griffith.edu.au's Prof Caroline Donovan & team's win in the Cogniss Priority Digital Health Challenge and the development of the Lights Out sleep app👏 @9news.bsky.social #Sleeptraining #Familysupport #LightsOut 👇 📺 Channel 9: www.facebook.com/watch/?v=279...

🥳Congrats to Prof Caroline Donovan & team, 1 of only 2 winners in the Priority Digital Health Challenge!👏Learn about their aim to build an evidence-based app targeting childhood sleep problems👇 www.healthservicesdaily.com.au/who-won-at-t... @griffith.edu.au @amazonwebservices.bsky.social #Cogniss

Read more about @griffith.edu.au's research on why people with mental illness have poorer oral health and how we can do more to address this issue! theconversation.com/gum-disease-...

🚨 New Webinar: "Tinker Tailor Scientist Practitioner: Personalising psychosocial treatment" Explore how to personalise psychosocial treatments for #addiction with the latest research and practitioner insights. 🎙️ A/Prof Matthew Gullo, @griffith.edu.au 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5MC...

🌟On next week! 🌟Catch @griffith.edu.au's A/Prof Kerryn Pike in person on the #dementia risk reduction panel at the 7th Pacific Rim Conference in Brisbane! Check out the full program👇 mers.cventevents.com/event/7th-Pa... #ASSBI #INSneuro #AustralianPsychologicalSociety

📣 Reflections from #IASPVienna2025! @griffith.edu.au researchers Prof @Kairi Kõlves, A/Prof Jacinta Hawgood & Prof Diego De Leo shared powerful insights on #SuicidePrevention - from education & curriculum, to surveillance & loneliness research. Grateful to @iaspinfo.bsky.social & sponsors! 🙌✈️

🌟On today! A/Prof Matthew Gullo presents an Insight webinar exploring how science can tailor psychosocial #addiction interventions—making them not just effective, but deeply personal & guided by unique style & experience. More details here👇 insight.qld.edu.au/training/per... #MentalHealth