New Hope for Post-Stroke Depression Treatment: Evaluating and optimising a promising brain-based therapy
New Hope for Post-Stroke Depression Treatment: Evaluating and optimising a promising brain-based therapy University of South Australia 2021-22 Researchers: Dr Brenton Hordacre, Professor Susan Hillier, Dr Anson Chau have Post-stroke depression is a common condition that has negative consequences for stroke recovery and health outcomes in general. Approximately 50% of the 80 million stroke survivors […]
Machine learning to identify predictors of depression and structural brain changes’
Machine learning to identify predictors of depression and structural brain changes’ University of South Australia 2021 Researchers: Professor Elina Hyppönen, Dr Anwar Mulugeta, Dr Amanda Lumsden, Associate Professor Mark McDonnell This project will aim, through use of artificial intelligence – namely a novel data-driven machine learning (ML) approach – to identify new predictors for depression […]
Circadian sleep rhythms and the impact of mood disorders
Circadian sleep rhythms and the impact of mood disorders University of Sydney (Brain and Mind Centre) 2021 Researcher: Dr Jacob Crouse Breakthrough funded a multi-year research fellowship with a project aimed at examining whether factors related to sleep and circadian rhythms can predict the onset and course of mood disorders in young people. The findings […]
E.A.T (Everyone At the Table): Does social eating reduce the experience of loneliness in older Australians?
E.A.T (Everyone At the Table): Does social eating reduce the experience of loneliness in older Australians? Flinders University 2020 Researcher: Professor John Coveney With loneliness associated with psychological distress and depression, and increased morbidity and mortality in later life, Professor Coveney hopes the EAT project will provide more information on the nature and frequency of […]
Level Playing Field: Young Males, Masculinity and Mental Wellbeing through Sport
Level Playing Field: Young Males, Masculinity and Mental Wellbeing through Sport Flinders University 2020 Researcher: Professor Murray Drummond Explore the way in which sporting clubs work with young males around mental health and wellbeing. He will also investigate how these spaces can be better used to promote positive mental health and change young men’s behaviours, […]
Stepped-care for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A feasibility and open trial pilot study
Stepped-care for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A feasibility and open trial pilot study Flinders University 2020 Researcher: Professor Reg Nixon Flinders researchers will trial a more accessible and flexible treatment program for people suffering post-traumatic stress disorder. Flinders University Professor in Psychology Reg Nixon will test a ‘staged method’ of treatment by initially offering psychological […]
New mental health programs to support vulnerable youth at risk of suicide
New mental health programs to support vulnerable youth at risk of suicide Flinders University 2020 Researchers: PROFESSOR TRACEY WADE, LAURA EDNEY, NATASHA WOOD AND SUSAN NUM Breakthrough and the James and Diana Ramsay Foundation jointly funded a multi-year research project for a group therapy program aimed at young people who have engaged in self-harm and […]
Doctors’ Mental Health and Suicide Risk: Structural Risk and Resilience Factors
Doctors’ Mental Health and Suicide Risk: Structural Risk and Resilience Factors Flinders University, 2020 Researcher: Professor Paul Ward Between 2001-12, 79 doctors committed suicide in Australia. A national survey found that doctors have a higher risk of psychological distress and suicide than other professionals and the general population, with other mental health conditions such as […]
