2024
Articles
18 June 2024
Bringing young voices to the decision table
The Matilda Centre is proud to share their policy activities in vaping, youth co-design and mental health in the first six months of 2024.
18 June 2024
Taking the anxiety out of the 'wine mum' culture
‘Wine mum’ culture is a phenomenon rising from a growing reliance on alcohol to manage anxiety after having a child, says new Healthy Mum, Healthy Bub research project.
18 June 2024
Meet the new 2024 Matilda Centre Youth Advisory Board Members
Five new Youth Advisory Board members join the Matilda Centre from across Australia to share insight on youth mental health and substance use.
18 June 2024
Expanding horizons on mental health and substance use research
Four new researchers join the Matilda Centre to support new and innovative research in mental health and substance use.
18 June 2024
How can researchers support alcohol and other drug services to manage co-occurring mental health needs?
PhD candidate Erin Madden discusses the role of frontline workers and lived experience in the development of research tools for mental health and substance use.
25 March 2024
Breaking barriers into research on youth mental health and substance use
The Matilda Centre was proud to accept funding from several research streams to start new projects in 2024 in the areas of mental health and substance use.
We sat down with some of the researchers starting new projects and heard what they’re most excited about with their new projects.
25 March 2024
Six key ways to help young people engage in better, healthier lives
In this edition of our Project Spotlight, we chat with Dr Katrina Champion from the Health4Life project. We discuss the six modifiable risk factors that affect young people’s health, how Health4Life utilises digital wellbeing approaches, and what they want to see from the project long-term.
25 March 2024
Breaking the wheel on intimate partner violence
In this edition of Researcher Spotlight, we sit down with Dr Siobhan O’Dean, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Matilda Centre, to discuss intimate partner violence, its effects on mental health, and how she got to researching this important area of our lives.
25 March 2024
Giving rural communities a voice in suicide prevention strategies
In this edition of Student Spotlight, we sit down with PhD candidate Julia Boyle. She shares her journey to the Matilda Centre, why we need more research in rural and regional mental health, substance use and suicide prevention, and what she wants everyone to know about this space.