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Dec 2023: Campus Mental Health Research Conference April 2024 - call for abstracts
06/12/2023
To celebrate World Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Day, the Campus Mental Health Strategy is hosting an exciting new research conference on Tuesday 23 April 2024. Submissions are open.
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Oct 2023: Campus mental health research funding
10/10/2023
Two new research projects have recently been awarded funding as part of the Melbourne Children's Mental Health Strategy goal to support innovative, aligned studies that complement and extend our work across the strategy.
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May 2023 (3): Infant Mental Health Awareness Week coming up in June
24/05/2023
Research shows that the experiences and relationships we have in the earliest years of our lives, impact on the development of our brains.
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May 2023 (2): Improving care for children with anxiety
24/05/2023
Anxiety is one of the most common mental health conditions. In Australia, one in 14 children and young people (4 -17 years) experience an anxiety disorder.
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May 2023 (1): RCH Foundation extends CMHS funding for 3 more years
24/05/2023
The project is funded by the Royal Childrens Hospital Foundation, and we are delighted to announce that the Foundation has recently committed to continued funding for the project over the next 3 years.
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June 2023: What is infant mental health and how do we support it?
27/06/2023
To support infant mental health, we need to be able to read the nonverbal communications that come from infants and very young children. If you're able to take time to observe and reflect, step back a bit, it's amazing how much information you can get from a baby or young child.
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