Special Symposium - Youth mental health: From phenomenology to virtual reality and back again

Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health is the world’s leading research and knowledge translation organisation focusing on mental ill-health in young people.At Orygen, our leadership and staff work to deliver cutting-edge research, policy development, innovative clinical services, and evidence-based training and education to ensure that there is continuous improvement in the treatments and care provided to young people experiencing mental ill-health.

Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health

Orygen is pleased to present a special symposium on
Youth mental health: From phenomenology to virtual reality and back again 
Mental-ill health disproportionately affects young people. Despite the significant progress and outcomes achieved by the youth mental health reform, mental illness continues to be the leading cause of disability for young people worldwide. It is critical that the experience of emerging mental ill-health (its phenomenology) is well understood – this can help us better direct treatments and research studies. Novel research methodologies and approaches to early treatments are also key to advancing the field and providing young people and their families with the effective support they need. A nuanced understanding of the experience of emerging mental disorder and developing novel interventions are mutually complementary.
This special symposium brings together international experts conducting cutting edge research into understanding the experience of mental illness in young people and developing digital interventions with the potential to transform current youth mental health services.
 
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Program 
(the full program will be available shortly) 
Session 1 – Understanding the experience of mental illness in young people 
Speakers
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<LI>Professor Matthew Broome (University of Birmingham, UK)</LI>
<LI>Professor Barnaby Nelson (Orygen)</LI>
<LI>Dr Andreas Rassmusen (Copenhagen University, Denmark)</LI>
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Session 2 - Novel digital interventions for young people experiencing mental illness
Speakers
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<LI>Professor Lucia Valmaggia (King's College London, UK) </LI>
<LI>Professor Murat Yucel (Monash University)</LI>
<LI>Associate Professor Andrew Thompson (Orygen) </LI>
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Timings
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<LI>9:00 am - Registrations open (MBC Foyer)</LI>
<LI>from 9:30 am - Presentations and panel discussions</LI>
<LI>1:00 pm - Light networking lunch (MBC Foyer)</LI>
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 For any queries, please contact us at <A HREF="mailto:events@orygen.org.au" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">events@orygen.org.au</A>
 
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Presenter Biographies
Professor Matthew Broome
Professor Matthew Broome holds the Chair in Psychiatry and Youth Mental Health in the School of Psychology and is the Director of the Institute for Mental Health at the University of Birmingham, UK.  Matthew is interested in the onset of mental disorders in young people, working largely in the area of early psychosis, but also in mood instability, autism, and in suicide and self-harm. His work has utilised functional neuroimaging, cognitive neuropsychology and epidemiology in his research and he has also worked in the philosophy and ethics of mental health.
Professor Lucia Valmaggia
Professor Lucia Valmaggia is a Reader in Clinical Psychology &amp; Digital Mental Health at King’s College London, where her research focuses on early detection and prevention for individuals with emerging mental health problems and incorporates a variety of approaches including clinical phenomenology and outcome prediction, cost-effectiveness, treatment evaluation, service implementation and virtual reality.
Professor Barnaby Nelson
Professor Barnaby Nelson is a clinical psychologist with particular interest in psychotic disorders and leads the Ultra High Risk for Psychosis Research stream at Orygen. His work focuses on early identification strategies and prediction of outcome and treatments for young people identified as being at ultra high risk (UHR) for psychotic disorder.  He has a particular interest in psychopathology and phenomenology; psychotherapy for psychotic disorders; and integrating neurocognitive, neurobiological and clinical research.
Professor Murat Yucel
Professor Murat Yücel is a trained Clinical Neuropsychologist and NHMRC Principal Research Fellow within the School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University  where he is Leader of the Addiction Program within the Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences (MICCN) and Co-Director of the Brain and Mental Health (BMH) Research Hub.  Murat's research investigates substance and behavioural addictions, as well as, obsessive-compulsive disorder at the interface between clinical neuropsychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and technology  His group are also combining lifestyle, psychological and technology-based interventions (such as physical exercise, mindfulness mediation, virtual reality, and gentle brain stimulation) to enhance therapeutic outcomes and create accessible treatments that can be self-administered.
Associate Professor Andrew Thompson
Dr Andrew Thompson is an Associate Professor at Orygen and a consultant psychiatrist at Orygen Youth Health. His research interests include risk factors for developing psychotic disorders and novel interventions in people with emerging psychotic disorders. This has recently included exploring the use of new technologies to engage young people and deliver treatment.
Dr Andreas Rasmussen
Andreas Rosén Rasmussen is a resident in psychiatry and phd fellow at Psychiatric Center Glostrup, Copenhagen University, Denmark. His research is in phenomenological psychopathology on disturbances of imagination and self-disorders. His main supervisor is Prof Josef Parnas. He will be visiting Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, in October-December 2018.
 
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Getting to the Venue and Parking 
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<LI>Public Transport: Number 19 trams start in Elizabeth Street near Flinders Street and runs via Elizabeth Street (City), to Royal Parade, Stop 11, right outside the Melbourne Brain Centre (opposite Royal Melbourne Hospital).</LI>
<LI>Parking: There is limited paid parking in the Melbourne Brain Centre, with more paid parking accessed in Berkeley St (Off Grattan St).  Please note that Grattan Street is currently closed at the Royal Parade end and drivers  should ensure they allow additional time.</LI>
<LI>Download map <A HREF="https://bit.ly/2OExmGS" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</A></LI>
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Ian Potter Auditorium, Melbourne Brain Centre

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