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Dr Miranda Van Hoof previews her talk on "Working with Military and First Responders in Research and Clinical Practice" from the Society for Mental Health Research conference in Hobart.Dr Van Hooff is the Director of Military and Emergency Services Health Australia and an experienced research scientist specialising in the mental health impacts of bushfires, adverse childhood adversity and occupational trauma. Completing her Bachelor of Arts (Hons Psych) in 1998 she was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Medicine at The University of Adelaide in 2010 for her research examining the adult mental and physical health outcomes of childhood exposure to the 1983 Ash Wednesday Bushfires. Since 1999 she has held various academic appointments at the University of Adelaide under the direction of International PTSD Specialist Professor Alexander McFarlane and was formally the Director of Research at the University of Adelaide Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies. Dr Van Hooff has authored 57 journal articles, 1 book chapter and 31 commissioned reports for the Australian Departments of Defence and Veterans’ Affairs and the South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service. Over the course of her career, she has conducted several large-scale longitudinal studies of childhood survivors of the 1983 Ash Wednesday Bushfires, children hospitalised for a significant burn injury, children exposed to the neurotoxic effects of lead in childhood and adults exposed to the 2006 Black Tuesday Bushfires on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. Since 2009, her research has focused on the mental health and wellbeing of current and ex-serving Australian military and emergency service personnel, as the lead researcher on three landmark studies: Transition and Wellbeing Research Programme, The Military Health Outcomes Programme and the South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service Health and Wellbeing Study. These studies were the first in Australia to ascertain the prevalence of ICD-10 Mental Disorder in current and ex-serving ADF members and South Australian Firefighters and have been strong drivers of change in relation to policy and service provision. Over the last 10 years, Dr Van Hooff has received over $10M in competitive and commonwealth grant funding, with most of this funding invested in research designed to enhance the mental health and wellbeing of current and former Australian servicemen, servicewomen, and their families. Currently she is a chief investigator on two studies examining the health and wellbeing of emergency service personnel following the 2019/2020 bushfires.

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Speaking before their Mental Health Research Architecture and Policy Panel discussion at the Society for Mental Health Research conference in Hobart, Prof Michael Berk and Prof Susan Rossell talk about the new Mental Health Australia General Clinical Trials Network (MAGNET).#SMHR22 conference website: www.smhrconference.com.au

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All Together Now Panel - Eating Disorders as a specialisation or generalist responsibility.With Deborah Mitchison, Laura Hart, AJ Williams-Tchen, Tracey Wade & Phillippa Hay.This plenary will provide an update on eating disorders epidemiology and burden, and an examination of the historical deprioritisation of these illnesses in mental health treatment, research and funding. A panel of four speakers and a Chair will take questions from the audience with the aim to discuss how eating disorders can be integrated into the field of mental health and become everybody’s responsibility.Deb Mitchison is an NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow at the Translational Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, and a clinical psychologist specialising in the treatment of eating disorders. Her research focuses on eating disorder epidemiology, risk, prevalence, distribution, burden and treatment-seeking and she has published > 90 highly cited papers.Dr. Laura Hart is a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Mental Health at the University of Melbourne, and a Director of the not-for-profit health promotion organisation Body Confident Collective. Laura’s research focuses on developing and evaluating programs for the public to improve prevention, awareness and help-seeking for mental illness, with a special focus on eating disorders prevention. She has published 50 peer reviewed papers and three books.AJ is of Wiradjuri / Wotjobulak Aboriginal background. He is Founder, Director & Lead Consultant of Girraway Ganyi Consultancy since 2007. AJ holds qualifications in Social Work (BSW & MSW), Education (Med), Nursing (specialising in maternal health & mental health), Youth Work (Indigenous adolescence & mental health), Aboriginal Health Work, Community Development, Leadership & Management & Aboriginal Leadership. He is a Principal Master MHFA Instructor, who has provided over 600 Mental Health First Aid courses nationally. AJ has over 30-years experience in the health & community service sector, Aboriginal organisations & communities, TAFEs and universities. From 2010-2015, AJ was the National Program Manager of the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander MHFA training program. He is a Cultural Advisor for Independent Schools Victoria, Association of Graduates in Early Childhood Education, Beyondblue, Australian Association of Social Workers, ANZEAD and NDEC. He has been involved in research around Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander MHFA, National Quitline Guidelines & Clinical Guidelines for Eating Disorders in larger bodies. AJ was awarded the 2021 NSW Mental Health Matters Award for ‘Indigenous social & emotional well-being’, the 2016 Emerging Victorian Indigenous Leader Award, the 2019 Frankston Mornington Peninsula NAIDOC ‘Community Award’, 2021 HESTA Awards ‘Diversity & Inclusion’ Finalist and the 2021 Reconciliation Victoria HART Award ‘Highly Commended’ for the Girraway Ganyi Consultancy YouTube channel. AJ was recently awarded the 2021 AASW Aboriginal Social Worker of the Year.Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor Tracey Wade is a Clinical Psychologist and director of the Flinders University Services for Eating Disorders. She conducts research across a range of clinical settings as well as in schools. She has over 200 peer-reviewed publications and has co-authored three books describing evidence-based therapy approaches for perfectionism and eating disorders.Professor Hay is an academic psychiatrist and leading mental health researcher. She is the Foundation Chair of Mental Health and academic lead of the Eating Disorders and Body Image (EDBI) group at the Translational Health Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney. Her research focuses on eating disorder epidemiology, burden, treatment and recovery. Prof Hay has published > 330 Scopus indexed scientific papers and 5 books.SMHR Conference: www.smhrconference.com.au

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Dr Tom Freeman talks to us before his plenary talk at the Society of Mental Health Research conference in Hobart on "The role of cannabinoids in the development and treatment of addiction and mental health disorders".Dr Tom Freeman is Senior Lecturer and Director of the Addiction and Mental Health Group in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath, United Kingdom. He is a member of Council for the British Association for Psychopharmacology and was supported by the Society for the Study of Addiction as a Senior Academic Fellow. He has contributed clinical guideline development for the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and international projects for the European Union drugs agency. In his talk “The role of cannabinoids in the development and treatment of addiction and mental health disorders” he will firstly outline the effects of THC and CBD, which are distinct cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant. Next, he will present data on how levels of cannabinoids have changed in cannabis over time, and the health impact of these changes. Finally, he will present new trial data investigating cannabinoids as treatments for addiction and mental health disorders.

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Professor Kim Felmingham speaks to us before her plenary talk at the Society of Mental Health Research conference in Hobart, Australia. Professor Kim Felmingham is the Chair of Clinical Psychology in the School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne. She is recognized for her research investigating the neurobiology of PTSD and the neurobiological mechanisms underlying exposure therapy, with over 150 publications in this field. Her research has been continuously funded by the ARC and NHMRC over the past 15 years. She has expertise in neuroimaging, psychophysiological, stress, hormonal and memory research. She is a clinical psychologist with over 20 years experience working with traumatized clients and patients with PTSD. She is currently conducting clinical trials to identify ways to augment exposure therapy for PTSD.#SMHR22 conference website: https://www.smhrconference.com.au

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Gill Smith from Kaizen Kata, Northern Ireland and Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) (Ireland) and Elaine Mead from Improvement Care and Compassion (Scotland) preview their workshop at the Gothenburg Quality Forum: "Saving the planet - reducing healthcare waste to improve environmental impact".

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Professor Helen Herrman is is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Orygen and the Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, and Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre in Mental Health, Melbourne. She is former president of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA – 2017-2020) and the International Association of Women’s Mental Health. She is appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia, included in the Victorian Honour Roll of Women and awarded an honorary Doctor of Medical Science degree from The University of Melbourne, for ‘outstanding contributions to international and community mental health’.Her research and development interests as psychiatrist and public health physician include promoting mental health, community mental health care, and women’s mental health. Previously she was Professor and Director of Psychiatry in St. Vincent’s Health Melbourne, and for a year acted as regional advisor in mental health for the WHO’s Western Pacific Region. She led the WPA’s action plan 2017-2020, concerned with supporting the contribution of psychiatrists to global mental health. Publications and lectures include The Lancet-Academy of Medical Sciences International Health Lecture 2021 and “The Lancet-WPA Commission: time for united action on depression” report in 2022.SMHR Conference: https://www.smhrconference.com.auThe Lancet Depression Commission: https://www.thelancet.com/commissions/united-action-on-depression

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Amanda Neil and Fiona Cocker introduce the Society for Mental Health Research podcast, which will accompany the #SMHR22 conference taking place in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia on 24-26 March 2022.Conference website: https://www.smhrconference.com.auConference programme: https://www.waldronsmith.com.au/wp-content/uploads/SMHR2022_Program_V6.1-with-session-chairs.pdf

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The 50th Annual BABCP Conference will take place in London on 20-23 July 2022: https://babcp2022.org/In this podcast, Prof Shirley Reynolds and Dr Jo Daniels talk about the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, and preview the programme for the conference which will include talks and sessions on Adult Mental Health, Children and Young People, Basic Processes and Experimental Psychopathology, Bipolar Disorder, Enduring Personality Issues and Psychosis, Older Adults, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Behavioural Medicine, IAPT and PWPs, Therapeutic Techniques and Innovations in CBT, and Training, Supervision, and Professional Issues.

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