{"id":13533,"date":"2021-10-23T00:53:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T00:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=13533"},"modified":"2021-10-23T00:53:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T00:53:35","slug":"call-for-new-advisers-on-mental-health-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/10\/23\/call-for-new-advisers-on-mental-health-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for new advisers on mental health research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian Government is calling on the nation\u2019s best and brightest mental health researchers, clinicians, implementation experts, and consumer and carer representatives to help inform the future of research in this vital area.<br \/>\nExpressions of interest are invited for the next Expert Advisory Panel (EAP) for the Medical Research Future Fund\u2019s Million Minds Mental Health Research Mission.<br \/>\nThe Government is seeking a diverse panel with a range of skills and backgrounds to meet the objectives of the Million Minds Mission.<br \/>\nThe Mission\u2019s aim is to identify \u2013 through research \u2013 new approaches to prevent, detect, diagnose, treat, and recover from mental ill health.<br \/>\nMental health issues take a huge toll, individually and collectively, across the country. Almost half of all Australian adults will face mental ill health at some point, and the estimated cost to Australia\u2019s economy is up to $220 billion each year.<br \/>\nThe Million Minds Mission is a $125 million 10-year initiative which has already provided almost $65 million for a diverse range of mental health research projects, including eating disorders, suicide prevention and the impact of COVID-19.<br \/>\nThe EAP will advise how the remaining $60 million will be focused on research that can address gaps in knowledge to support mental health care to provide better outcomes for individuals and communities, taking into account the outcomes already delivered.<br \/>\nThe panel will refresh the Mission\u2019s existing Roadmap and develop an Implementation Plan to clearly identify priorities for research investment.<br \/>\nThe Government is seeking Australian applicants from a variety of backgrounds including mental health researchers, mental health clinicians, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with mental health expertise, rural and remote mental health researchers and clinicians, consumer representatives with lived experience of mental ill-health and those involved in translating mental health research into practice or policy.<br \/>\nExpressions of interest open on 22 October and close on 26 November. The EAP will be appointed from 2022. Instructions on how to apply are available at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/health.gov.au\/resources\/publications\/expression-of-interest-mrff-million-minds-mental-health-research-mission-expert-advisory-panel\">https:\/\/health.gov.au\/resources\/publications\/expression-of-interest-mrff-million-minds-mental-health-research-mission-expert-advisory-panel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian Government is calling on the nation\u2019s best and brightest mental health researchers, clinicians, implementation experts, and consumer and carer representatives to help inform the future of research in this vital area. Expressions of interest are invited for the next Expert Advisory Panel (EAP) for the Medical Research Future Fund\u2019s Million Minds Mental Health &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/10\/23\/call-for-new-advisers-on-mental-health-research\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Call for new advisers on mental health research&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}