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Pioneering women’s mental healthcare
4 December 2024
As our Women’s Recovery Network (Wren) celebrates its first birthday, the team behind it remains more focused than ever on increasing access to the pioneering mental health service.
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New children’s resource at Wren
17 October 2024
Children with a person staying at the Women’s Recovery Network (Wren) now have access to an activity book designed to help them feel oriented and safe while their person is away from home. 
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Why lived experience matters
11 September 2024
Today we celebrated the invaluable contributions, innovations, creativity and collective achievements of the lived experience workforce at the Alfred Mental and Addiction Health Lived Experience Symposium.  
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Carnegie mum Kristen stands after a swim in preparation for her English Channel attempt
Mammoth swim for mental health
22 August 2024
Carnegie mum Kristen is just days away from taking on the mammoth challenge of swimming the English Channel to help raise funds for youth mental health.
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Is your depression linked with your cycle? Understanding Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
20 June 2024
For the up to 20 per cent of women suffering from a condition known as Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), the days leading up to their period can often feel like an almost insurmountable challenge.
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Research fellow Dr Eveline Mu is helping to lead new trials offering hope for sufferers of the mental health condition known as Borderline Personality Disorder.
New trials tackle the Borderline Personality Disorder riddle
14 May 2024
Much-needed treatment options for individuals diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) could be on the horizon, with researchers from the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc) positive about early results shown in two studies.
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Introducing Wren: the Women’s Recovery Network
1 December 2023
Wren – the Women’s Recovery Network – is set to open its doors next week, ushering in a new era of compassionate and tailored mental health support exclusively for women.
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A Youth Advisory Committee member hard at work preparing youth mental health gift bags
Young voices shaping youth mental health care
30 October 2023
While headspace is a familiar name in youth mental health care for Australians, the vital role that unique young volunteers are playing to help shape the care and services of headspace is perhaps less widely known. 
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Specialist Women’s Mental Health Service opens in Shepparton
15 February 2023
The first milestone in the establishment of a unique Victorian women's mental health service has been reached with the opening of in-patient and at-home support for women and those who identify as women in the Goulburn Valley area.
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patients
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Alice (Alfred Health) and Natalie (Monash Health) with their book.
‘One of a Kind’ the first of its kind for young people
8 December 2022
A story book written and beautifully illustrated to help children whose parents are living with a mental illness was launched in Melbourne today.
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