The Mental Health Show – Anxiety and Mindfulness
The Mental Health Space with Alan Hickey airs fortnightly on FIVEaa Adelaide. On April 2, 2019 Alan discusses ‘anxiety and mindfulness’ with mental health advocate Matt Curnow and mindfulness expert, Flinders University’s Dr Catherine Johnson – both of whom have some amazing stories to tell about their own experiences. We are striving to make mental […]
HEAD ON – Breakthrough Autumn Newsletter 2019
HEAD ON is our donor newsletter and focuses on ways your support has helped make possible. In our inaugural issue you can read about the fantastic work researchers are doing, thanks to your generous support. You can learn how cutting edge gene analysis is helping to predict who is most at risk of developing an […]
The Mental Health Show – Mental Health in the Workplace
The Mental Health Space with Alan Hickey airs fortnightly on FIVEaa Adelaide. On March 19, 2019 Alan discusses ‘Mental Health in the Workplace’ and was joined by: Chris Burns – South Australian Mental Health Commission , Alan Suridge & Amanda Braddock – MATES in Construction and John Mannion, Breakthrough Executive Director. We are striving to make mental health an every […]
The Mental Health Space – School Bullying
The Mental Health Space with Alan Hickey airs fortnightly on FIVEaa Adelaide. On March 5, 2019 Alan discusses ‘The Impacts of School Bullying on Mental Health and Wellbeing’ and was joined by: Professor Professor Philip Slee – Human Development, Orama Institute for Mental Health, Wellbeing and Neuroscience, Flinders University, Michael Skouroumounis, Amanda Batten – Deputy […]
Lauren’s Legacy
Lauren Corena lost her life. But her legacy is now paving the way for the development of new and effective treatments for eating disorders. Her family have generously donated to Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation to establish a PhD top up scholarship in Lauren’s name. It was recently awarded to Flinders University’s Joanne Zhou to […]
The Mental Health Space – Eating Disorders
The Mental Health Space with Alan Hickey airs fortnightly on FIVEaa Adelaide. This show Alan Hickey discusses eating disorders, joined by Flinders University’s Professor Tracey Wade, Breakthrough Ambassador Elise Thompson and John Mannion. Elise talks about her own lived-experience with an eating disorder and her own mental health whilst Professor Tracey Wade discusses some important […]
The Mental Health Space – Doctors Mental Health & Suicide
The Mental Health Space with Alan Hickey aired for the first time on FIVEaa Adelaide on the 5th of February. Joining Alan Hickey was Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation’s Executive Director John Mannion and Professor Paul Ward, head of public health at Flinders University. Paul talked about his work to protect one of the groups […]
Announcing our new patron, His Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le AC, Governor of South Australia
Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation is pleased to announce His Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le AC, Governor of South Australia, as patron. Growing up in a war-torn country, witnessing the mental struggles of some new migrants settling in Australia, and seeing friends lose their children to suicide has made it clear to His Excellency […]
Elise Thompson – Fighting the Killer Inside
The Advertiser’s SA Weekend magazine (12 January, 2019) featured a story written by Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation ambassador Elise Thompson about her battle with anorexia, in her own words. Read Elise’s story below or at this link. To find out more about Breakthrough’s plans here for a new world-class centre for excellence for eating […]
Breakthrough to partner with SANFL
Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation is pleased to announce a new partnership with the SANFL to tackle mental health head on. The strategic partnership will centre around the need for research breakthroughs to better understand what causes mental illness, how to treat it, and how to prevent it from happening. Breakthrough Foundation Executive Director John […]
