RESEARCH | A new Orygen study has found that of young people who attend headspace centres and use substances, as many as 65% also meet the criteria for substance use disorder – with important implications for early intervention. More: bit.ly/45vTEQv
Roos
@roospotkolder.bsky.social
Dr Roos Pot-Kolder is a psychologist and research fellow specialised in Virtual Reality therapies. Dutch & Aussie.
In case you need a positive reminder: How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
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LGBTQIA+ people continue to experience significantly higher levels of mental ill-health than heterosexual people, and new research from Orygen and La Trobe University has shown why addressing stigma from every level matters. Details: bit.ly/4pP6MIy
Over 1.1 million Australians live with an eating disorder – and almost 1 in 3 are under 19. Early intervention saves lives, yet treatments have not improved in decades. These holidays, you can help change that: bit.ly/4pOSAPi
NEWS | $14m in funding from Wellcome will enable Orygen Digital and @unimelb.bsky.social to create MOST-Nexus, a world-first digital platform combining AI, clinical care, and peer support. Details: bit.ly/4pII38X
Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
A Global Telehealth First: Women Help Women Begins Producing Abortion Pill Combipack
The feminist telehealth provider Women Help Women cuts out pharma middlemen to make its new mifepristone-misprostol abortion pill combo pack.
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RESEARCH | The advice young men receive after a breakup is often the opposite of what they actually want and need, a new study led by Orygen Research Fellow @michaelwilson1.bsky.social has found. More: bit.ly/3KK6eob
The U.S. is mirroring a pattern that has happened in authoritarian regimes around the world. When a government erects barriers to reproductive care, it doesn’t just cause death and suffering for women and their families. Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies.
Opinion | Banning Abortion a Hallmark of Authoritarian Regimes
Seda Saluk writes about how U.S. policy on abortion rights has started to mirror patterns seen in authoritarian regimes around the world.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
forever-wars.com
We were also pleased to host the inaugural Orygen Early- to Mid-Career Awards Showcase last week, with presentations from Orygen researchers including Dr @roospotkolder.bsky.social, Dr @stephmiles.bsky.social, Dr @scotttags.bsky.social, Dr Eleanor Bailey, Dr Shayden Bryce and Dr Elise Carrotte.
A consortium of 13 expert organisations, led by Orygen, has handed down advice on models of youth mental health care in Australia. It's a significant piece of work that we hope sets a clear path forward. Summary + full reports: bit.ly/3LPI6Rd
As the most effective evidence-based supported employment program used in mental health services worldwide, IPS is all about supporting young people into meaningful work and study – and so is Orygen's Youth IPS Centre of Excellence 🧵 #InclusionAtWorkWeek
3 days left to apply for the ASEAN-Pacific Youth Mental Health Fellowship! This innovative program supports Fellows to develop a youth mental health advocacy project plan, designed around the needs of their communities in the ASEAN-Pacific region: bit.ly/4hDNWRt
Orygen@orygen.org.au · 11mo agoApplications are open for the ASEAN-Pacific Youth Mental Health Fellowship! This opportunity is open to people aged 18 to 30, from Australia or the ASEAN-Pacific region, who are passionate about creating positive change in youth mental health: bit.ly/3LcnAGH
Opinion | Right-wing populism will always and inevitably target women, because male anger — especially white male anger — is what fuels it. Bernard Keane writes.
Male resentment is driving right-wing populism. It will always default to a war on women
crikey.com.au
It’s clear who the aggressors are. Keep remaining nonviolent, and record EVERYTHING. All of these masked ICE thugs will be held accountable.
RESOURCE | Used to treat psychotic spectrum disorders including schizophrenia, clozapine is a medication that comes with specific requirements such as regular physical health tests. Explaining this and similar FAQs is the focus of a new guide, co-designed with lived experience: bit.ly/3L2Z3r0
Retired intelligence analysts confirm what the political scientists are telling us — and what the world outside is telling us — the goal of these people is the end of law, the end of democracy, and the end of a recognizable republic. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US ‘on a trajectory’ toward authoritarian rule, ex-officials warn
A network of former intelligence and security officers says democratic decline is accelerating under Trump’s rule
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RESOURCES | Schools and other educational settings are increasingly being recognised for the meaningful role they can play in supporting young people's mental health and wellbeing. These free resources are designed to help schools, teachers + clinicians: bit.ly/4oaY99W
Applications are open for the ASEAN-Pacific Youth Mental Health Fellowship! This opportunity is open to people aged 18 to 30, from Australia or the ASEAN-Pacific region, who are passionate about creating positive change in youth mental health: bit.ly/3LcnAGH
This is absolutely right on every point and everyone who sits on a governing board or serves as president or provost or similar should please make the time to read it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
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Jane Goodall understood better than most the impact humans have had on the planet. Having witnessed so much environmental deterioration during her lifetime, she was as much an activist as a scientist. Read our piece from 2024 on the legendary primatologist. 💚
Jane Goodall Thinks It’s Not Too Late to Save the World
The world, the famed primatologist says, isn’t what it used to be—but there’s still time to save it, if we treat crises like climate change, biodiversity loss, and poverty as one.
wired.com
There is no clear evidence that paracetamol has any harmful effects on an unborn baby.
It’s OK to use paracetamol in pregnancy. Here’s what the science says about the link with autism
It’s safe for pregnant women to take paracetamol at any stage of pregnancy. Here’s what the research says about the risk of autism.
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RESEARCH | The challenges faced by families caring for a young person with mental ill-health can be significantly eased with the support of family peer workers, a new paper led by Orygen has argued – and more can be done to strengthen the field. More: bit.ly/3JfsuoT
Young people in Queensland are set to benefit from increased access to Orygen Digital's cutting-edge virtual reality tool, Mind VR, thanks to a $250k funding boost from the Queensland Mental Health Commission's Better Futures grant program. More: bit.ly/3HdjYWO
"On Tyranny" free resources to use and to share, now or any time snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...
On Tyranny free resources
To use and to share, now or any time
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