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Join us to discuss the hidden challenge of youth mental health with special guest speakers Professor Patrick McGorry and Kerry Graham. Mission Australia, The Smith Family and the Social Policy Research Centre will present a special social policy seminar on Wednesday 13 August 2008 with guest speakers, Professor Patrick McGorry from the University of Melbourne and Kerry Graham, CEO of the Inspire Foundation. Click above to RSVP. Please note that places are limited. |
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| The Social Policy in the City Partners gratefully acknowledge the support of the Macquarie Group Foundation in hosting this event. |
Patrick McGorry is currently Professor of Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne, Clinical Director of ORYGEN Youth Health, and Executive Director of the ORYGEN Research Centre. ORYGEN’s 250 clinical and research staff provide leading expertise in early psychosis, mood, substance use, and personality disorders. A prolific author, Professor McGorry has published more than 250 articles in prestigious peer reviewed journals including The Lancet, The British Journal of Psychiatry, The American Journal of Psychiatry, and The Medical Journal of Australia. Professor McGorry has edited five books and written over 40 book chapters. He has presented this research at more than 300 national and international conferences, including numerous invited presentations.
Kerry is the CEO of Inspire Foundation, which she joined in April 2007. She brought with her 15 years experience working with children and young people. A lawyer by training, Kerry spent seven years working for Aboriginal Legal Services as a children’s specialist. She was the founding lawyer of the NSW Youth Drug and Alcohol Court for which she received the National Children's and Youth Law Centre award for "outstanding representation of children and young people in NSW". After leaving the law, Kerry committed herself to service delivery and systems reform. She worked for a number of leading nonprofit youth services before undertaking leadership roles for the National Aboriginal Sports Corporation Australia (NASCA) and Good Beginnings Australia. Kerry is a member of the National Social Inclusion Board and the Suicide Prevention Australia Taskforce.