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Lived Experience Australia @livedexperienceaus.bsky.social · 5d

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.

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Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · 8d

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

Here’s why people with mental illness die, on average, 11 years earlier than other Australians

The life expectancy gap is due largely to preventable health issues, not suicide.

theconversation.com

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Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · 8d

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

Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · 14d

🪖 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...

Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · 16d

📣 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

Image of a published journal article titled "A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial of Sublingual Melatonin for Sleep Onset Insomnia in Children With Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)" in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. Authors include Ned Chandler-Mather and colleagues from Griffith University and Gold Coast Hospital. The article explores melatonin treatment for sleep issues in children with FASD and is supported by Gold Coast Health and the Australian Government.

Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · 22d

🔦 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

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Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · Oct 11

🧠 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

Flyer for a study titled "Capacity Building Needs for Implementation Research and Practice in Suicide Prevention", led by Griffith University and the University of Melbourne. It invites researchers, clinicians, lived experience advocates, and policymakers to participate in two short online activities (approx. 60 minutes total). The study aims to identify training needs for applying implementation science in suicide prevention. Participation is voluntary and anonymous. QR codes are included for more info and to join. Logos of Griffith University, LIFEWAYS Project, and the Australian Institute for Suicide Research appear at the bottom. QR code links to: https://t.co/70wIC7xy9f

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Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · Oct 9

🧠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!

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Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · Oct 6

🌟 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! 💙

Bursaries - National Suicide Prevention Conference 2026

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Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · Oct 5

🌏 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

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Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · Oct 4

🎉 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

Poster for Queensland Mental Health Week (4–12 Oct 2025) with the theme “Connect for mental health” and icons for self, community, others, and nature.

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Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · Oct 3

Well done!

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Tim Piatkowski @piatkowskitim.bsky.social · Sep 30

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
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Creating Safer Injecting Practices Through Community‐Led Harm Reduction: Lessons From People Who Use Steroids for the Alcohol and Other Drug Sector

Introduction Research on anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS) use has addressed health outcomes, social dynamics, service access and risk management strategies. Yet little work has examined how these d...

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Orygen @orygen.org.au · Sep 30

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

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Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · Sep 28

📢 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

Top of the article on the Parents Under Pressure program, exploring evidence-based support for families in child protection.

Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · Sep 23

🌟 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

A big, convulsive twitch while dozing off? Sleep experts explain the ‘hypnic jerk’

As we transition from wakefulness to sleep, the nervous system winds down and muscles relax. Sometimes, the brain misinterprets what’s happening.

theconversation.com

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Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · Sep 17

🌟 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

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Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · Sep 16

👋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

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Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · Sep 15

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

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Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · Sep 12

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

Screenshot of the top of the article reading: Journal Article Accepted manuscript
A randomised controlled trial of a telehealth group cognitive intervention (LaTCH-BRAINS) to improve cognition after primary brain tumour diagnosis
Open Access
Kerryn E Pike BRAINS program, Sian E B Virtue-Griffiths BRAINS program, Rachel Campbell BRAINS program, Dianne M Legge BRAINS program, Katarzyna Lion BRAINS program, Carl I Moller BRAINS program, Tamara Ownsworth BRAINS program, Mark B Pinkham BRAINS program, Louise SalibaBRAINS program, Ursula M Sansom-Daly BRAINS program, Dean Vuksanovic BRAINS program, Joanne Shaw BRAINS program, Haryana M Dhillon BRAINS program
Neuro-Oncology Advances, vdaf182, https://doi.org/10.1093/noajnl/vdaf182

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Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · Sep 8

📢#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

Group shot Griffith Uni presenters in front of TheMHS green signage. L-R: Katarzyna Lion, Kerryn Pike, Amanda Wheeler, Erinn Hawkins, Justin Chapman, Allison Waters & Matthew Gullo

Vicky Stewart & Helena Roennfeldt presenting on a stage. On the stage above their heads is a large screen with a Griffith University branded slide on display.

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Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · Aug 28

📢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...

Bold ideas, better solutions 2025 - The Hopkins Centre Symposium. "Identity & Participation" Tues 2 Sep 9am - 5pm. Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital. Headshots of Prof Louise, Gustafsson, Prof Tamara Ownsworth & Prof Tim Geraghty.

Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · Aug 25

🎤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!

Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · Aug 19

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

Why are young men ‘T maxxing’ testosterone? Do they need it? And what are the risks?

T maxxing offers a compelling narrative: raise your testosterone, upgrade your life. But if you don’t have clinically low testosterone, there are health risks.

theconversation.com

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Griffith Centre for Mental Health @griffithcmh.bsky.social · Aug 18

‍🚨 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

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