Mental Wellth

1: Our Mental Health System


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Our Mental Health System

Join us for an in-depth discussion on the challenges, opportunities and gaps in our mental health system with three experts including-


  • Professor Patrick McGorry AO, Executive Director of Orygen
  • Professor Ian Hickie, Co-Director, Health and Policy at The University of Sydney's Brain and Mind Centre.
  • Professor Con Stough, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology at Swinburne University of Technology


Mental Wellth

Mental Wellth is a 10-part podcast series exploring the Australian mental health system, its funding and design needs, challenges and opportunities. It is a partnership between Purposeful and Cooper Investors and is hosted by Mike Davis.


Wellth. noun | \welth\ A new and more valuable life currency. a life exemplified by abundance, happiness, purpose, health and joy.


We talk to leading mental health academics, professionals, practitioners, philanthropists and people with lived experience and try to learn how we can improve our mental health system and improve our own mental health and wellbeing too.


Our goals in releasing the series are:

  • To encourage further investment into mental health programs, resources and solutions for the benefit of our community
  • To encourage greater awareness and understanding of mental health issues that are negatively impacting on our community


Join us for conversations with leaders from Beyond Blue, Movember, Orygen, SANE, Launch Housing, Philanthropy Australia, MaiTri Foundation, Cooper Investors and more as we uncover key systems challenges and opportunities as well as insights on how we can live a life of meaning and purpose. To learn more visit our website.



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