The new ‘Beyond urgent’ report presents key opportunities & actions from Prevention in Practice Summit 2025. Thank you to all who participated & our event partners. 📄 Read the report: everymind.org.au/prevention-in-practice-summit-2025 📽️ Watch the session recordings: vimeo.com/showcase/11960100

Reflecting on @anabaumann.bsky.social’s key note Andile Madowela of the Pan African Collective: “It requires of us to let go of hierarchies of evidence. . . to be responsive to the needs of people on the ground.” #EIS2025 #ISHCA @eisummit.org

“Sometime we all need a reminder of why we do the work.” “We will get a different story depending on who we ask.” @jaeleaskehan.bsky.social reflecting on @anabaumann.bsky.social’s key note challenge to consider: “How are we conceptualising impact and for whom?” #EIS2025 #ISHCA @eisummit.org

“To do this work you need deep connections to community.” Prof Sandra Eades on partnering with #Aboriginal Controlled Community Health Orgs to #codesign & implement a service navigation model to support the #mentalhealth of young people in Noongar Boodjar project. #EIS2025 #ISCHA @eisummit.org

We have arrived at the Evidence & Implementation Summit #EIS2025. Tina and I are looking forward to sharing and learning with others - representing @everymindau.bsky.social

Join us and help contribute to the national discussion and practical suggestions at the Prevention in Practice Summit on Wednesday, 24 September in Sydney. Register: everymind.org.au/prevention-in-practice-summit-2025 #PreventioninPractice2025

'Lessons From the Field: Implementation across systems' Early bird closing 21 September register www.eisummit.org #EIS2025 #ImpSci #families #media #prevention #mentalhealth @everymindau.bsky.social @jaeleaskehan.bsky.social @minderoo.bsky.social

We’re pleased to share our most recent impact summaries for the six-month period, January to June 2025. Access the full reports: everymind.org.au/institute/reports

💚 We are proud to partner with the ACT Government and local suicide prevention and carer services to provide essential support to families, friends and carers across the ACT. Read the Minister's release: bit.ly/4lL5pYT

Everymind is currently recruiting for several positions, including Senior Project Officer and Project Officer. Applications for Senior Project Officer close on Monday, 21 July 2025. Applications for Project Officer close on Tuesday, 22 July 2025. Learn more and apply: everymind.org.au/careers

#Ausmedia professionals now have access to a new quick reference guide featuring advice to support sensitive, respectful and safe communication about #suicide and mental health concerns in #LGBTIQA+ communities. Access this free new resource here: bit.ly/3ZCxucr

The Hon Dan Repacholi is the Federal Member for Hunter in New South Wales and was recently appointed as Australia’s first Special Envoy for Men’s Health. In this Q&A, Dan shares what he believes are the key priorities to support men’s mental health and prevent suicide. Read more: bit.ly/4mU0bf3

#Ausmedia professionals now have access to a new quick reference guide featuring advice to support sensitive, respectful and safe communication about #suicide and mental health concerns in #LGBTIQA+ communities. Access this free new resource here: bit.ly/3ZCxucr

Save the date for the Prevention in Practice Summit 2025! We’ll be announcing partners, keynote speakers, program overview, and opening ticket sales in the coming weeks. Sign up for our mailing list to keep updated: everymind.org.au/prevention-in-practice-summit-2025

With various conferences and events approaching (including #NSPC25), presenters are urged to check out Mindframe's quick reference guide designed to assist safe, sensitive communication about suicide & mental health concerns. Access it free: bit.ly/4fZDamS

Pop in and say hello to the team if you are at the National Suicide Prevention Conference this week.

Affordable, effective and feasible strategies exist to promote, protect and restore #mentalhealth and we want to hear about them! Abstracts are closing 18 May for #EIS2025 www.eisummit.org #research #policy #practice @thementalelf.bsky.social

For the next 2 days I’m at the Lived Experience of Suicide Summit in Brisbane. Listening, learning and facilitating two workshops tomorrow. There have already been some profound, truthful and hopeful discussions.

Places remain available in next week's free Mindframe online training session. Reserve yours now and learn how you can help reduce stigma around mental health concerns and suicide through more thoughtful communication. Just one hour of your day can make a real difference. Register: bit.ly/3Qe0MsN

Are you interested in learning about implementation strategies that help put suicide prevention approaches into practice? The Hub provides helpful information & resources including a strategy guide & decision support tool to help you choose a theory, model or framework. Learn more: bit.ly/43lEehH

The Life in Mind portal houses an extensive range of suicide prevention-related information including a summary of the different layers of national policy, strategy, plans and frameworks. Visit the page for more: bit.ly/3Xa1XNQ

Today our Director, @jaeleaskehan.bsky.social is at a national Summit that addresses psychosocial safety in health settings, building on the Every Doctor Every Setting Framework. The focus is taking words on a page and creating coordinated action.

This morning I joined the NSPO, lived experience advisors and suicide prevention colleagues as the National Suicide Prevention Strategy was launched. This is the culmination of significant work by many. Alex, Jo & Alan spoke so eloquently about our collective hope for the future.

The way we communicate about alcohol and other drug (AOD) has the power to reduce stigma & encourage help-seeking and help offering. Learn more and access free guidelines and advice (like the language tips below) to aid safer communication: bit.ly/3Q1L30P

We’re pleased to share our most recent impact summaries for the six-month period, July to December 2024. Access the full reports: bit.ly/3ADzSWN

There are currently over 117M forcibly displaced people worldwide, and circa 45M of these are refugees and asylum-seekers. Here we discuss factors associated with good mental health to inform policy-makers and practitioners. There are 174 articles in this review. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Have you recently accessed the 'Our stories matter' resources? We'd love to hear your feedback. This short survey will help us continue to improve the suite: redcap.link/bm70e5p7 Anyone seeking guidance to share their personal stories about suicide can start here: bit.ly/4efPL4q

I have seen some social media posts in the past week with inaccurate or outdated statistics related to suicide. Just a reminder that if you need to find information quickly, then the Life in Mind portal has you covered! There are even graphs and infographics you can use. Go here - lnkd.in/gSgyYQEu

I can often struggle to find the time to move research outcomes to publication outcomes - especially when we prioritise the application of research into our programs at @everymindau.bsky.social rather than prioritising publication. But it feels great to already have two papers published in 2025!

And so it starts. Day one of 2025 at @everymindau.bsky.social

Thanks to all who attended Mindframe online training this year. If you missed out, would like a refresher in the new year, or it will be useful to a new role, registrations are already open for our first free online training session of 2025. Sign up: bit.ly/3ZZOfPx

Using images that model hope or support when illustrating mental health concerns, suicide, eating disorders and alcohol and other drug use, can help reduce stigma and encourage help-seeking. Learn more: mindframeimages.org.au

Please RT 🙏: my student is currently recruiting participants for his Psychology Honours research study, investigating men's suicidality after a relationship breakdown ping @jaeleaskehan.bsky.social @zacseidler.bsky.social @nicholasprocter.bsky.social federation.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Some common terms & language around mental health concerns, suicide & self-harm, alcohol & other drugs, and disordered eating can cause shame & stigma, reinforce myths, and lessen the likelihood of help-seeking and support. Our words matter. More free tips resources: tinyurl.com/ourwordsmatter

Thanks to Ben Crothers for making sense of my keynote with his fabulous drawings at the Manna Institute Symposium last week.

Yesterday I spent the day at Manna Institute ‘s Symposium, showcasing partnerships between rural researchers & communities to find new solutions in mental health. Congrats to Manna on what they have achieved in just 2 years. We need more of these multi university, industry & community partnerships.

The practical insights and pearls of wisdom flowed from experts Joe Elias and Jimmy McLauchlan in the latest #EIS2025 Virtual webinar, “Scaling what works to improve childhood outcomes”. All past EIS Virtual webinars are available for free, on-demand viewing: www.eisummit.org/events

This is the moment Carlos broke the world record…and he is still mowing. Let’s get him to $24,000 for 24 hours mowing! au.movember.com/mospace/1359...

Wake up #Newy and get down to Empire park and support Carlos. Coffee van is here!

Trying to get big policy & system changes that will fundamentally protect & promote people’s mental health is so important & usually takes coalitions of organisation, a lot of evidence, community mobilisation, and a lot of time ….except of course when it is popular & just gets rushed through 🤯

The last free Mindframe online training session for 2024 is fast approaching and places are limited. Reserve your spot now and learn how you can help reduce stigma around mental health concerns and suicide through more thoughtful communication. Register: bit.ly/3Z220v4

In less than 4 days Carlos Duque will be starting his 24-hour world record attempt to raise awareness and funds for Movember. This weekend I will be supporting Carlos and hope that you will too! Donate here - lnkd.in/g97vZ72A