In December 2022, we held a successful whole-of-VU Learning and Teaching Symposium in a hybrid format of virtual and in-person live streamed presentations. Split over two half days, the event showcased our newly opened VU City Tower. The program featured a thought provoking and insightful keynote address by Professor Patrick McGorry AO on youth mental health as well as two engaging and inspiring panels and themed presentations.
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Keynote
Professor Patrick McGorry AO
Youth mental health: A global paradigm shift
Mental health is the major health issue threatening the lives and futures of young people in transition from childhood to adulthood. 75% of mental disorders emerge for the first time by the age of 25 years and around 50% of young people experience at least a period of poor mental health during the transition. There is growing evidence from the National Mental Health Survey and other data, also amplified by the pandemic that the mental health of young people around the world is getting worse.
Professor Patrick McGorry is an Australian psychiatrist known world-wide for his development and scaling up of early intervention, youth mental health services, mental health innovation, advocacy and reform. He is executive director of Orygen, Professor of Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne, and founding editor of the journal “Early Intervention in Psychiatry”.Read more
This year Victoria University and Orygen announced a partnership aimed at boosting youth mental health workforce capacity, and ultimately improving mental health outcomes in Melbourne’s northwest. Read more about the partnership.
