A Better Future for All - Youth in crisis: Building resilience | Kerry O'Brien in conversation with Hugh van Cuylenburg and Professor Patrick McGorry AO

A Better Future for All - Youth in crisis: Building resilience | Kerry O'Brien in conversation with Hugh van Cuylenburg and Professor Patrick McGorry AO
A Better Future for All - Youth in crisis: Building resilience | Kerry O'Brien in conversation with Hugh van Cuylenburg and Professor Patrick McGorry AO

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Kerry O'Brien

Other speakers

Hugh van Cuylenburg and Professor Patrick McGorry AO


Join Kerry O'Brien in conversation with two outstanding leaders in the field of mental health education and treatment: Hugh van Cuylenburg and Professor Patrick McGorry AO.

Australia is in the grip of an epidemic of anxiety, particularly affecting children and young adults. According to government health figures, 3.3 million Australians suffer from anxiety disorders. An estimated 500,000 children and adolescents have experienced mental illness in the past year.

Precise causes are still an educated guess but the uncertainties of the digital age, the pressures of social media, early exposure to a world of problems headlined by climate change, and most recently the global pandemic have obviously contributed. The question is: how should we respond?

Both Hugh and Patrick are experts in the field and have skills and insights that are invaluable. The help they have provided families to support young ones in crisis is internationally recognised.

This conversation will focus on deepening our understanding and embolden our confidence in dealing with a health problem affecting the entire community. For anyone concerned with how we address one of the most significant public policy issues of the present time, the event is not to be missed.


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