Sport plays a part in helping youth mental health
Sports-based interventions show great promise in supporting positive change in mental health outcomes – but few mental health interventions have specifically targeted young males in sport […]
New research lab tackles body image with Australian of the Year
Flinders University is now the home of The Embrace Impact Lab, a new health and wellbeing research initiative to help young Australians and their parents tackle […]
School bullying program expands
An anti-bullying classroom resource developed in South Australia is being adapted overseas to help children cope with trauma and anxiety. Talks have started with key child […]
Wisdom Club at Noarlunga Downs Primary School builds connections
A new six-week pilot program at Noarlunga Downs Primary School has sought to promote a new way of engaging with the community among older South Australians, […]
$1.2m of heroic help for youth mental health
In collaboration with Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation and Little Heroes Foundation, Flinders University has announced the creation of the Little Heroes Professor of Child and […]
Trauma survivors can seek help in PTSD trial
Flinders University psychology is running an online stepped-care therapy trial to help people who have experienced violence or other traumatic events. The ongoing trial, which coincides […]
New home for eating disorder services
World-leading eating disorders research led by Flinders University will operate in a new $7.1 million purpose-built building at the Repat health precinct at Daw Park. The […]
Flinders joins Digital Health CRC
Flinders University digital psychiatry experts are part the national $200 million Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre which will deliver cutting-edge, high-tech solutions to Australia’s rising health […]
Tackling mental health ‘head on’
A new approach to solve the big health challenge of mental illness is rolling out under the Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation. Flinders University and the […]