Gulsah Kurt
gulsahkurt.bsky.social
Gulsah Kurt
@gulsahkurt.bsky.social
Postdoctoral research fellow @UNSW | Refugee Trauma & Recovery Program | forced displacement, mental health & social integration| Co-convener ECA Migrant Support Network
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The evidence is clear. Lifestyle interventions... can reduce psychiatric symptoms, improve physical health, and extend life expectancy. The task before us is no longer to prove efficacy, but to embed these interventions into the core of mental health care.

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Lifestyle interventions must become a core part of mental health care - InSight+
Australians living with severe mental illness continue to die around 15 years earlier than the general population. The majority of this gap is driven not by suicide but by preventable physical health ...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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NEW opinion in PLOS Global Public Health:

Reflections on mental health research in post-disaster settings

By Ahlke Kip, @gulsahkurt.bsky.social, Ceren Acartürk, Philip Hyland, Dana Churbaji, and @lassesander.bsky.social

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October 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Where does sport fit within mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS)?

When designed and delivered with intention, it can play a meaningful role across the entire system of support.

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@peterventevogel.bsky.social

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June 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Proud to share our new publication in BJSM, which comes just after we celebrated 2,000 exercise sessions delivered through Addi Moves—a trauma-informed, community-based physical activity program co-designed with and for people experiencing social and economic disadvantage.

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June 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Listening to @gulsahkurt.bsky.social discussing the C4C program based out of UNSW Medicine.

Very cool to hear a former college and executive committee of @astss.bsky.social talk about their hugely pivotal work in the #humanitarian space.
June 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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NEW in PLOS Global Public Health:

Exploring supportive roles for global north investigators in global health research

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April 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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A brief workshop on physical activity is acceptable, appropriate and feasible for #MHPSS workers.

Thanks to our colleagues from @unhcr.org in Bangladesh & the Olympic Refuge Foundation we were able to develop, conduct and evaluate this training program

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February 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM