📢Calling all those working in #MentalHealth !

🗓️ Join the discussion about practice developments and future directions for early psychosis services at our virtual EIP conference on Tuesday 19 March.

✍️Register here: forms.office.com/e/GhtBcVamsA

This will be awesome and highly recommended to all EI people! IEPA IAYMH Early Intervention in Psychosis NCP Ireland

That was the premise of the Early Intervention in Psychosis paradigm shift over 30 years ago. Resisted by traditional psychiatry for many years until the evidence was overwhelming. Neokraepelinian mindset dues hard IEPA

Great to see Patrick McGorry continuing to lead Orygen internationally this work is recognized by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) & Wellcome as global leader; focus on early intervention puts OZ ahead of many others Mark Butler MP NHMRC IEPA SMHR Emma McBride MP RANZCP headspace

'When YP are diagnosed with early psychosis it often feels like a death sentence ~ When we focus research on what treatments would create the best long-term outcomes, we are telling them there is hope. We r ensuring they r being given the best chance of not needing to come back.”

We're proud to have published a world-first article in English and Arrernte, an Indigenous Australian language.

Read the #OpenAccess research in Early Intervention in Psychiatry: ow.ly/e4yC50QfrN0

IEPA Patrick McGorry Orygen UniMelbPoche Melbourne School of Population and Global Health @jasonmgib

Wiley Psychology IEPA Orygen UniMelbPoche Melbourne School of Population and Global Health Jason M. Gibson (find me on bluesky) This is just a wonderful groundbreaking step of which I as Editor in Chief of Early Intervention in Psychiatry and the whole editorial team are incredibly pleased and proud. A unique achievement of the author Joel Liddle IEPA

Excellent morning at EIP Network Webinar. 151 clinicians attended to hear the superb Mark Smyth speak about potentially transformative Ymh service developments being proposed and 6 presentations from Irish Psychosis Research Network. Mary Cannon Gary Donohoe Megan Cowman

Another productive day in São Paulo, Brazil - where early intervention for common mood disorders and digital transformation of health care to connect with those most in need is on the agenda! Mark Butler MP IEPA Frank Iorfino Patrick McGorry IAYMH Emma McBride MP Kathy Belov

Inspiring day in San Paulo with Pedro Pan and Rodrigo Bressen and team on Youth Mental Health, Early I/v and using Tech to drive best care; much innovation will come from developing countries Wellcome Prof Miranda Wolpert Niall Boyce Brain & Mind Centre Frank Iorfino IEPA

So; we are now up and running - with the clear goal of answering questions that matter; many thanks to Monica Moniz and Research Directions #Depression for the opportunity IEPA Niall Boyce Prof Miranda Wolpert Wellcome Joshua A. Gordon SMHR The Mental Elf @RethinkDep

Today we launch a call for papers for a special issue of the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine exploring how recovery values/principles can be best implemented. while addressing the deficits of the recovery approach.

Please consider submitting and circulate widely.

irishpsychiatry.ie/blog/call-for-…

We would like your help in selecting the next topic for our webinar series developed for persons with lived experience and their families. ⬇️

Polygenic risk scores and the prediction of onset of mood and psychotic disorders pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37787636/ this is an important research track: can we use PRS to improve prediction of who is at risk of transition to major disorders? Niall Boyce Naomi Wray Patrick McGorry IEPA

Emergency department presentations for a youth mental health cohort: data-linkage study pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37706294/ Despite development of youth mental health services, many young people still present to Emergency Departments; Patrick McGorry headspace Mark Butler MP IEPA

Developing digital tools to lift the standard of clinical care in our youth services Patrick McGorry Mark Butler MP headspace @JasonTrethowan IEPA Brain & Mind Centre Emma McBride MP Leadership of Frank Iorfino a key factor Liz Scott

IASP The Institute for Mental Health (IMH) IEPA National Suicide Prevention Office (NSPO)

National Eating Disorders Strategy is launched today. This neglected area needs a “moonshot” approach to prevention & treatment innovation. Research is the top priority since no new treatments have been developed for decades. Early intervention is key ⁦Mark Butler MP⁩

There wasn't room in the comment piece for a diagram, but here is a visual representation of the concept (thanks Caroline X. Gao for help with this)

Something new I wrote which I hope will foster better discussion, inclusion and ultimately better research Orygen IEPA SMHR Patrick McGorry
Lived, loved, laboured, and learned: experience in youth mental health research - The Lancet Psychiatry thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/…