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Message A Z I N E F O R M E N T A L H E A L T H R E S E A R C H T R A N S L A T I O NSummerSummer20252025Lost inLost in TRANSLATIONTRANSLATIONThis edition’s front cover is an original artwork that has been created by Murawari Gumbaynggirr Co-Design Lead, Phillip Orcher ISSN: 2982-2270

Lost in Translation ZINE Summer 2025Cover Image by Muruwori Gumbaynggirr Co-Design Lead Phillip Orcher.Title: Loneliness 2Description: Embodies the emptiness felt in a lack ofconnectedness, expressed through a striking palette ofwhite, blue and black. This piece was initially created for theA-Part of the Crowd project on loneliness during bigchanges in life when you’re 18-25 years old.EditorKate Fowler editor-alivezine@unimelb.edu.auFeature Contributors:Tanya CottrellRenee FioletInformation Sharinginfo-alivezine@unimelb.edu.auSubmissionsContact the editor to discuss editor-alivezine@unimelb.edu.auVisual AssetsPhilip OrcherDennis GoldingCaroline TjungPublished quarterly by The ALIVE National Centre for Mental Health ResearchTranslation153 Barry St, Carlton Vic 30532The ALIVE National Centre for Mental HealthResearch Translation is funded by the NationalHealth and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)Special Initiative in Mental Health GNT2002047ISSN: 2982-2270

Healing from the Ground Remastered ‘25 by Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay artist Dennis GoldingWe acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country throughoutAustralia and recognise their continuing connection to land,waters and sky. We pay our respects to Elders past and present. Healing from the ground explores the connections between land,people and wellbeing. Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay Artist Dennis Goldinghas produced a digital artwork that informs how Aboriginalstorytelling is shared from markings on Country and with Country.In this remastered ‘25 version, the additional elements are made ofIndigenous plant life which shows a number of leaves with differentpatterning to mark the many ranges of trees, plants and flowersacross the nation. These images reflect on the cultural practices ofusing plants for medicines, healing, and life sustainability.3

CONTENTS4A greeting and introduction from the threeNational Centre Co-Directors.WELCOME06Meet Tanya, a mental health nurse at St VincentHospital, who shares how the hospital is breakingdown the entry barriers to mental health care forolder adults.Meet Renee, a lived-experience researcherspecialising in trauma and violence, whointroduces us to a new network that equipsresearchers with resources to prevent andmanage secondary stress.FEATURECONTRIBUTORS0708The Co-Design, Living Labs Network unveilstheir new resource that will help you stay up-to-date with the latest research in a very accessibleand easily digestible format. INTRODUCING: QUICK GUIDES11Discover how St Vincent’s Healthy AgeingService is reducing the entry barriers to themental health system for older adults who havebeen missing out on the care they need.SPOTLIGHT ON ST VINCENT’S HEALTHYAGEING SERVICE

5IN EVERY ISSUEFeatured EventNetwork Updates 2729Roadmap Update24RESEARCHOPPORTUNITIES30Want to make adifference to mentalhealth policy andcontribute to importantresearch in the mentalhealth space? Find outabout the latestresearch opportunitieshere.Engagement Update22Scalable pathways formental health serviceorganisations wishing toimplement safe-sharinginitiatives into theirexisting stigmareduction activities formental health workers . REDUCING THEIMPACT OF MENTALHEALTH STIGMA INTHE MENTALHEALTHWORKFORCE12Calendar33Read a selected excerptfrom Johanna Lynch’sWriter in Residencepiece on connectednessand the biology ofbelonging.CONNECTING AS AWHOLE PERSON19The launch of a newnetwork and co-designed resources mayassist researchers toprevent and respond tosecondary stress in theirresearch.SUPPORTINGAUSTRALIANRESEARCHERSUNDERTAKINGSENSITIVE RESEARCH16

Dear Readers, Welcome to the summer edition of Lost in Translation, thedigital magazine exploring new directions in mental healthresearch nationally and internationally and their potentialimpact on our lives and communities. To quote a bit of popular music culture, there is a bit of‘summer time, summer time sadness’ that comes as thewarmer days shorten in different landscapes and we welcomein autumn. Having had the end of year break and the slowerJanuary period that is characteristic of Australian universities,there is much that has happened in the Centre. We are now heading into the final weeks of preparation for the4th Annual Symposium, Holistic Transitions, in Mparntwe (AliceSprings) at the end of March. New publications have beenreleased, workshops have been held for research flagships andwe are about to release planned short courses for 2025. We areexcited to share, ready for the time of change and renewal thatautumn signals, Healing from the Ground Remastered ‘25 byKamilaroi/Gamilaraay artist Dennis Golding. You can also seeinside this issue, the combined Pocket Map outlining thepriority topics identified by people since 2022!.Just before we went to press with this issue, the Federalgovernment announced its review of the National MentalHealth and Suicide Prevention Agreement and submissionswill be due 11th March 2025. We aim to invite our members andnetworks to contribute to one directed from the NationalCentre for Mental Health Research Translation. In the interim,read with purpose and take a leaf from our Call to Action --everything YOU do matters.Victoria J Palmer -- Michelle Banfield --- Sandra Eades (Noongar)6WELCOME

Tanya is a Mental Health Nurse,specialising on Older AdultMental Health for over 10 years.Initiating the Healthy AgeingService, Tanya is passionate aboutmaintaining emotional well-beinginto older adulthood. Prior tomanaging the Healthy AgeingService, Tanya worked in acutecommunity and inpatientsettings. Tanya is currently aNurse Practitioner candidate andis interested in research. RENEE FIOLETResearch Fellow in KnowledgeTranslation, Deakin University.Honorary Fellow, The University ofMelbourne.FEATURE CONTRIBUTORS7TANYA COTTRELLRenee is an early-career, lived-experience researcher working intrauma and violence. She hasworked extensively with survivorsof abuse, primarily using co-design methods of research. Renee is a Chief Investigator onmultiple MRFF grants but is mostproud of the Preventing andREsponding to Secondary TraumAin Researchers AddressingSensitive IssueS (PRESTARSS)study she led following the awardof a seed grant by the ALIVENational Centre.Service Manager Healthy AgeingService. St Vincent’s HospitalMelbourne.

8St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Healthy Ageing Service(HAS) is a free community mental health service for olderadults who have been missing out on mental health care.It has developed in response to the National MentalHealth Commission’s Contributing Lives Report, alongsideVictoria’s Mental Health Royal Commission and theCommonwealth Aged Care Royal Commission.The service is funded by the Eastern Melbourne PrimaryHealth Network (EMPHN) and aims to provide preventionand early intervention services to improve the quality oflife and mental health of persons aged over 65 (or over SPOTLIGHT ON: ST VINCENT’SHEALTHY AGEING SERVICETANYA COTTRELL, TERENCE CHONGReducing entry barriers to the mental health system132

50 years old for Aboriginal and orTorres Strait Islander people) withmental health concerns and socialand emotional wellbeing needs. Inmid-2020 HAS commencedservicing the Northern and Easternsuburbs of Melbourne (EMPHNcatchment area). In line with the Stepped-Care modelof mental health care, HAS aims tocare for older adults with whoexperience what may be called ‘mildto moderate mental healthsymptoms’, a cohort who havepreviously missed out on services.This group of consumers havesometimes been referred to as the“missing middle” – consumers whoneeds more support than primarycare and do not meet referralcriteria for specialist mental healthservices and often miss out on care. HAS aims to reduce the barriers toentry to the mental health systemby offering self-referral. Consumersand carers can refer themselvesdirectly, or though theCommonwealth scheme Head toHealth. Primary and Specialisthealthcare professionals andcommunity health teams are alsocommon referrers. HAS offersoutreach to consumers livingindependently as well as residentsliving in Aged Care, a cohort who have not had much access topsychological services. The multidisciplinary team,including allied health clinicians,psychiatrists, mental health nurses,peer support workers, and even atherapy dog (featured above!), haveco-designed a brief interventionmodel of care. Care is person-centred, andincorporates mental healthassessment and diagnosis,psychological therapy, includingCBT, ACT, behavioural activation,sensory modulation, reminiscencetherapy, dog therapy, and otherpsycho-social approaches. Care isoffered for three months and thereis no-barrier to re-referral. HAS offers capacity buildingeducation sessions and secondaryconsultations to General 2194

Practitioners (GPs), staff of AgedCare Facilities and otherclinicians, aiming to provideeducation regarding mentalhealth needs in older adults,some recommendations forgeneral care and referralpathways, as well as advice aboutpsychotropic medications. Theservice model has also beenpublished in greater detail inAustralasian Psychiatry. The program gains a high level ofpositive feedback fromconsumers, carers and referrers.The services also received the2023 Royal Australian and NewZealand College of PsychiatristsFaculty of Psychiatry of Old AgeBest Mental Health ServiceImprovement Award.It was independently evaluated in2023, resulting in the 10recommendation to continuefunding the service. With futurefunding currently confirmed untilthe end of June 2026, HAS aims tocontinue to provide the much-needed person-centred care forolder adults who otherwise mightmiss out on support. Australian Government Response toCommonwealth of Australia 2015: ContributingLives, Thriving Communities – Review of MentalHealth Programmes and Service.1.National Mental Health Commission, 2018:Monitoring mental health and suicideprevention reform: National Report 2018.Published by: National Mental HealthCommission, Sydney. 2.Commonwealth of Australia, 2019: RoyalCommission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.Interim Report: Neglect. 3.Service Model For Head To Health Adult MentalHealth Centres And Satellites 2021. https://consultations.health.gov.au/mental-health-services/adult-mental-health-centres/results/revisedheadtohealthcentresandsatellitesservicemodeljune2021.pdf4.2023 Larter Consulting Evaluation of theHealthy Ageing Service Response ProgramFinal Report5.5REFERENCESPerson-centred mode ofservice deliveryEase of referral andavailability of high-qualityspecialist adviceWorkforce consistencysupports care continuityWe can’t drive so it was really goodthey came to meet us at home. Theprogram was very helpful andsupportive and the people whoworked with us really listed to us. Iwould not have discussed ourdifficulties with [the GP]but thepeople from the program made uscomfortable.Carer of HASR consumerThe HASR team had good reportwith staff with family beingincluded as needed orappropriate. Communication fromHASR is very good withdocumentation and reportsprovided and prompt follow up.Wecan call them whenever we wantsomething with the confidencethat they can help.RACF staff member - TarrallaThe good thing is continuity. Thesame person comes to see thepatient, which contributes to agood experience, especially forpatients in the community.GP - Viewbank

QUICKGUIDESBrought to you by the co-leads and co-designer traineesfrom the Co-Design Living Labs Network, Quick Guides area fantastic new resource that will help you stay up-to-datewith the latest research without keeping you up late. The short two-page guides break the information downinto its key components: Why does the research matter? For whom is it relevant? What was the focus and who participated? Whose perspectives were shared? What are the key findings? What matters for us as co-designers?The first guide looks at the support programs currentlyavailable to young carers in Australia, the UK, Denmark,France and Germany. The second guide looks at thePhilosophy of Practice that guides how we work in our co-design program. Check it out here:11JULIA, SAM, ELISE, GREGOR, ALI, AMIT, BRENTON,NARGIS, TRICIA, KRIS and SARAH.INTRODUCING QUICK GUIDESShort, digestible research stories translating complexfindings into bite-sized insights.

12Many Australian researchers undertaking research intosensitive topics – such as mental health, end of life care,addiction, violence and trauma – are carrying out essentialresearch for the benefit of the Australian population, butare exposed to the risk of secondary stress (SS) and/orvicarious trauma (VT) in the process. Australian researchers often feel isolated in their attemptsto prevent and respond to SS and VT, frequently having torely on their own self-care measures because support fromsupervisors, managers, schools, faculties, ethical reviewcommittees and funding bodies is lacking or completelyabsent (Fiolet et al. 2024a; 2024b under review). Thisproblem is particularly worrisome given the large numbersof early career and lived-experience researchers enteringacademia who need to be well-supported in the importantcontribution they are making to knowledge generation.The launch of a new network and co-designedresources may assist researchers to prevent andrespond to secondary stress in their research.RENEE FIOLETSUPPORTING AUSTRALIANRESEARCHERS UNDERTAKINGSENSITIVE RESEARCH

13Determine which stakeholdergroups could work withresearchers to support them inthe prevention and response toSS and VT. Identify the roles eachstakeholder group could play.With the support of a seed grant fromThe ALIVE National Centre for MentalHealth Translation, Dr Renee Fiolet(Deakin University), Dr Patricia Cullen(University of New South Wales),Professor Kelsey Hegarty (Universityof Melbourne) and Professor AlisonHutchinson (Deakin University) hadan opportunity to work withAustralian researchers to co-designresources aimed at enhancingsupport for researchers working onsensitive issues. This study, named the Preventingand REsponding to SecondaryTraumA in Researchers addressingSensitive issueS (PRESTARSS) studyutilised the $19,984.70 awarded toundertake three phases of co-designworkshops with researchers fromacross the country.There were three phases ofworkshops used in the co-designprocess, each with different aims:Phase OneIdentify the types of resourcesstakeholder groups wouldneed to be able to supportresearchers in preventing andresponding to SS and VT.Determine the key messagingrequired for co-designedresources.Phase TwoRefine the language, look andfeel of the resources to bedevelopedPhase ThreeThe result of this work includes thedevelopment of nine co-designedresources for use by the followingstakeholder groups; theseresources were launched on the

1 Researcher3 Supervisors & Managers1 School /Faculty2 EthicalReviewCommittees1 GraduateResearchSchool1 FundingBody3717th of December, 2024 at DeakinDowntown on Collins Street,Melbourne. Australian researchers identified thatone of the most important sources ofsupport they were looking for was aNational Network of Researcherswho could come together to shareinformation, experiences, resources,and support each other. Although the development andongoing sustainment of the networkwould not be able to be locatedwithin the PRESTARSS project, theresearch team were keen to getensure that this resource wasinitiated. Therefore, in the last monthsof 2024, a new network wasestablished on LinkedIn, called TheAustralian Advocacy for Safe andEthical Research in SensitiveConTexts Network (AASERT Network)Stakeholder groupsOver thirty academics, managersand supervisors, representativesfrom ethical review committeemembers and funding bodiesattended the launch online and in-person. Encouragingly, there arealso over 200 followers on LinkedIn. With support from the Institute ofHealth Transformation at DeakinUniversity, the AASERT Networkoffers a space for Australianresearchers to share their storiesand advice, ask for guidance, learnabout existing resources, and signup to webinars and debriefingopportunities. The first AASERT webinar will beheld in the second quarter of 2025and will feature academics fromfour countries discussing thechanges research institutions canimplement to better support theirresearchers.For more information about futureplans to prevent and respond tosecondary stress and vicarioustrauma, please contact ReneeFiolet using the link below.Stay upto dateAccessResourcesMoreInformation14

Search NowLost in Translation Zine is now an OFFICIALONLINE PUBLICATION with our very ownISSN! Guess what? All editions are now available in theeResources section in the NationalLibrary of Australia online catalogue.This means that whenyou publish an articlein our zine, it nowcounts as an onlineelectronic publication. Have an idea for an article?Contact the editor to discuss. Please include a brief summary ofyour proposed topic and how itrelates to the translation of mentalhealth research in Australia.15

REDUCING THE IMPACT OFMENTAL HEALTH STIGMA INTHE MENTAL HEALTHWORKPLACE16Part four of a five part series on stigmaDespite significant progress in raising awareness aboutmental health, discrimination and stigma still persist formany people in the workplace. Outdated stigma beliefsprevent people with lived-experience from sharing theirstories and knowledge with their co-workers, whichcould lead to them not seeking support oraccommodations when needed.Workplaces that actively support the lived-experienceworkforce by introducing flexibility, reasonableadjustments and supportive supervision benefiteveryone. The latest stigma brief provides an overview ofpathways to scalability for mental health serviceorganisations wishing to implement initiatives to supportsafe sharing for mental health workers with lived-experience into their existing stigma reduction activities. THE IMPLEMENTATION AND TRANSLATION NETWORKRead the lateststigma brief in full

TheIndividuallevelUse inclusive and recovery-focused languageBe open to lived-experienceexpertiseEngage in mutual sharing andsupportTheManagerlevelCultivate psychological safety inteamsProvide accommodations in theworkplaceCreate support spaces for staff Support opportunities forreflectionTheOrganisationallevelPrioritise inclusive recruitmentand retention strategiesSupport from leaders withconsistent, clear messagingInclude ‘story telling’ and ‘listenand learn’ opportunitiesOngoing stigma reductiontrainingIncorporate National Lived-Experience WorkplaceGuidelines into policy andpracticeSupport the NationalRepresentative Body for Lived-Experience workersPrioritise diversity and inclusionTheSystemlevelCreate incentives for changeand accountabilitySupport disclosure of mental ill-healthOffer centralised training andresourcesPathways to reduce stigma in the workplace17Develop lived-experienceworkforceInclude lived-experienceperspectives in planning andreflection

Pathways to reduce stigma in the workplace18TheIndividuallevelUse inclusive and recovery-focused languageBe open to lived-experienceexpertiseEngage in mutual sharing andsupportTheManagerlevelCultivate psychological safety inteamsProvide accommodations in theworkplaceCreate support spaces for staff Support opportunities forreflectionTheOrganisationallevelPrioritise inclusive recruitmentand retention strategiesSupport from leaders withconsistent, clear messagingInclude ‘story telling’ and ‘listenand learn’ opportunitiesOngoing stigma reductiontrainingIncorporate National Lived-Experience WorkplaceGuidelines into policy andpracticeSupport the NationalRepresentative Body for Lived-Experience workersTheSystemlevelCreate incentives for changeand accountabilityPrioritise diversity and inclusionSupport disclosure of mental ill-healthOffer centralised training andresources

This is a selected excerpt. Please follow the link at the endof page 15 to continue reading the whole article.Perhaps you remember the feeling of joy at being ‘found’and ‘seen’ when playing ‘peek a boo’ with a child? Thismoment epitomises the physical delight of being sociallyconnected. This is a biology of belonging – a complex wholeperson experience.Our relationships with other people are so important thatwe have refined sensory systems and meaning-makingprocesses designed to monitor and protect our connectionto other people. Human beings are social mammals – weneed each other and we have complex ways of sensing if aperson is safe to interact with that includes gaze, touch,tone of voice (prosody), proximity and cultural ways ofknowing. We tune in moment by moment to people around us and 19What do loneliness and shame have in common?JOHANNA LYNCHCONNECTING AS A WHOLEPERSON WRITER IN RESIDENCE

our bodies run a backgroundcheck in our memories for anyalarming shapes, colours,movements, sounds, smells, wordsand so much more.Connectedness is so hard wiredinto us that early infant reflexes tohold onto a finger, reach out, orturn to nurse are all designed toreconnect us with our caregiver.Donald Winnicott even went sofar as to describe an early child-parent bond as an essential dyadwhere the parent’s brain is atuned-in adapting and nurturing‘scaffold’ for normalneurodevelopment and socialgrowth. Stephen Porgessummarises this in his phrase: “thegoal of civilisation is to be safe inanother’s arms”. Those who have a whole person(not a narrow psychiatric)understanding of trauma as arelational wound, describe traumaas “repeatedly being leftpsychologically alone inunbearable emotional pain”or a“violation of an expectancy to besafe with another”. This kind ofterrible aloneness can alsohappen in the presence of people.20Feeling alone in the world ishighly threatening for humans.Social rejection has some sharedneural pathways to physical pain.Loneliness has well documentedimpacts on health includingincreased mortality and higherrisk of cardiovascular, metabolicand neurological disorders.Emotional neglect – althoughrarely studied alone and still notwell understood - has been linkedto decreased physical and mentalhealth. Those who study socialbelonging link loneliness, maritaldistress and lack of perceivedsocial support, as blocks to the...Click to continuereading...

PROGRAM REVIEWAs an Australian GP, it is rare for mycommunity based practiceexpertise, experience and wisdomto be given a platform – so I amdeeply grateful to ALIVE fornoticing my clinical and researchwork, and for entrusting these eightessays to me. During these months of writing Ilearnt so much – I learnt a disciplineof writing, I discovered the joy ofwriting a series around a theme, Ifound my voice in a non-academicspace where I could tell stories andexpress things as wholes notacademic parts, and I experiencedthe ALIVE community’s warmresponse to my ideas and words. AsI complete my task of writing aboutthe “interconnected wonderfulnessof being a whole complex person”,can I call on our research funders,academic thinkers, policy writers,and service providers to considerthe whole person at every step ofyour work. Do not accept frameworks thatseparate mind and body fromcommunity, country and spirit.Do not allow traditional sources ofknowledge on mental health tocontinue to guide practice if theycontinue to use old science that JOHANNA LYNCH21 separates the ‘mental’ from the restof life, especially if there is noevidence they are making a practicaldifference to our communitywellbeing. Do not be tricked into findingdisorder in an individual where it isactually about injustice in acommunity or disconnection inrelationships. Do not be blind to thefake news driven by thepharmaceutical industry motives forprofit – instead champion FirstNations approaches to listening andbeing with whole people, and livedexperience calls for hope, connection,and meaning. Do not use insurance and legalframeworks to define distress fromthe outside – instead be healers whonotice anything that causes distress.Do not label and categorise ourcommunity as though we are insome kind of massive scientificexperiment.INSTEAD, come alongside thepeople you care for with your wholeheart, notice their strengths andtheir dreams, notice what they havealready overcome, advocate forjustice and opportunity, care foryour own whole self, and at everystage – build sense of safety acrossthe whole person in theircommunity. Thank you again for thisopportunity to write.

ALIVE NATIONAL QUARTERLY FORUM THE WRAP ENGAGEMENT22UPDATEThe final ALIVE National Centre Research Forum was heldon the 4th of December. Co-Directors, Victoria J Palmer andMichelle Banfield shared updates on the Centre Roadmapand invited participants to reflect on the journey so far,revisiting the progress that has made over the years and themilestones achieved through consistent collaboration. Caroline Walters and Alyssa Morse facilitated the event withMatthew Lewis, Jennifer Bibb, Wendy Hermeston andPhillip Orcher providing updates on the Spring intoSummer activities.The research forum focused on several key areas: aframework designed to ensure that the priorities of thosemost impacted are always at the centre of our work; whyembedding this roadmap nationally is essential; andaligning our goals and objectives to create a meaningfuland lasting impact.Flagship projects were reviewed to illustrate areas werethese are meeting their priorities and advancing thetranslational objectives that have been set for the upcomingAnnual Symposium in March 2025.

30ALIVE Co-Director, Victoria Palmer with Murawari |Gumbaynggirr co-lead Phillip Orcher and Wiradjuriresearcher Wendy Hermeston delivered a workshop at theBaker Heart and Diabetes Symposium in Mwpartne, AliceSprings last year. The team also heard about importantpriorities for the Aboriginal designed and led Bigaagarri toolto support holistic health conversations which will useaugmented reality and interactive media. You can read about the BIGAAGARRI Cultural Protocol forBIGAAGARRI published in Jan HERE Written by Phillip Orcher, Victoria Palmer and TysonYunkaporta for a special issue.BAKER HEART & DIABETES INSTITUTE ANUAL RESEARCHSYMPOSIUM - MPARNTWE (ALICE SPRINGS)Online attendees at the December ALIVE Quarterly Forum. 23

ROADMAPALIVE National Centre Roadmap Update26UPDATEAfter a few years of pocket map updates, we have nowcombined The ALIVE National Centre Pocket Map ofpriority topics for Mental Health Research Translationinto one Pocket Map edition. This combined Pocket Maphighlights different priority topics from different groupsof contributors and includes ones shared by people aged16-25 bringing their lived-experience as consumersand/or as carers, families and kinship groups from the2024 ANU-ALIVE lived-experience priorities study. The blue colours represent the family pathways, thebrown reflects the original priority topics and the orangecaptures the emergent priorities from the mob pathwaysin the 2024 Symposium - Casting the Net on WhatMatters and for Whom. Younger people 16-25 years oldpriority topics are represented by the yellow.The consolidation of all the pocket map iterations into asingle pocket map of priority topics helps gather theinsights over the years from different groups. Itacknowledges that these priority topics reflect theperspectives of consumers, carers and those whonavigate both experiences.

Over summer our Co-Designnetwork co-leads released aQuick Guide of the Co-DesignLiving Labs philosophy ofpractice paper. The guidehighlights the key messagesand the importance of having aphilosophy of practice to helpensure the actions of thenetwork match our intentions. The philosophy of practice actsas a compass that guides ouractions in co-design. The QuickGuide is a more reader-friendlyversion for practitioners andthose interested in thenetwork. We also hosted an onlinecelebratory end of year eventfor members reflecting on theyear’s activities.27The first stage of work from theNeami-National and ALIVENational Centre service-researcher co-partnership hasnow been completed, resultingin a Co-Evaluation Frameworkfor studying implementation inmental health services. This wasdeveloped with new adultMedicare Mental Health Centresin QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS, and theUrgent Mental Health CareCentre in SA. In 2025, this framework andpartnering model will beintroduced into the ITN toexplore opportunities foradaption and application.Next Meet & Greet Session:11:00am June 2025 Registration opens soon for ourtwo-day, short course onImplementation in MentalHealth Research andTranslation. Stay tuned.Read the GuideView the SlidesNETWORK Read theNewsletterView the Co-EvaluationFramework

28UPDATEWork has begun for a new guide:“Co-Creating Knowledge: AGuide to Mental Health Lived-Experience Research”, to bereleased in 2025. The guide willsynthesise topics from theCollective’s gatherings and serveas a resource for members andthe broader community. The Collective held its firstgathering of 2025 in February,working on emotion mappingstatements about lived-experience effectiveness. Thiswill help to identify areas thatmembers feel most stronglyabout in what makes livedexperience research effective.Findings will direct furtherresearch and evaluationactivities. We are looking forward to aproductive year ahead withplans for another i-Learn virtualstudio (Integrating Lived-Experience Applied ResearchNationally) and draft work to bereleased for the NationalStrategy for Lived-Experience inMental Health Research. Congratulations to the 2024NGRN funding schemerecipients: Seed FundingElizabeth Straton, from TheUniversity of Sydney for herproject “READY-YOU: Co-Adapting a Mental HealthDisclosure Tool for YoungEmployees”. Professional Advancementand Career Expansion AwardLong Li from Monash University 2025 Annual e-NetworkingEventDate: Wednesday 19th MarchTime: 1pm (AEDT)Theme: “Driving meaningfulchange in mental healthsystems”. Connect with like-mindedpeople from across the country.Collaborate and work togetherto form a statement for yourvision of how our networks canimplement meaningfulchange. Register here

Register in-personRegister onlineFEATURED EVENT292025 ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM:HOLISTIC TRANSITIONS26-28 March 2025Location: Araluen Arts Centre61 Larapinta Drive Araluen, NT 0870Day 1:9:30am - 4:00pm (ACST)11:00 - 5:30pm (AEST)Day 2: Invited Interactive Workshop& “Whose Care?” Project Launch9:30am - 4:00pm (ACST)Day 3:10:30am - 3:00pm (ACST)ALIVE National Centre is honoured to co-host the fourth AnnualSymposium with Children’s Ground in Mparntwe, NT, Arrernte Country.This event will explore collective strategies and actions for HolisticTransitions - moving from the current state into a regenerated ecosystemof care. Day 1 will share learnings from various models and the latest research. Day 2 is an interactive workshop for the Whose Care project launch and willsee invited staff, researchers, partners and collaborators develop new ways forunderstanding what matters for people accessing new service models.Day 3 will be dedicated to discovering the role of Preventative,Experiential, Arts and Cultural Evidence in holistic wellbeing.In-personOnlineKey:

30OPPORTUNITYRESEARCH The ALIVE National Centre for Mental Health Research Translation is holdingyarning sessions with Mob from around Australia for co-designing priorities inmental health and social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) support. As part ofthis, we want to include the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderhealth practitioners and workers, since you work with Mob around SEWBevery day.Your ideas are important and need to be heard to ensure mental health andSEWB research supports work Mob are already doing in community and thatresearch reflects the priorities of those most impacted. You are invited toparticipate in a co-design yarn with fellow workers and health practitionerswho work with Mob in the SEWB field. Sessions will run for 2.5 hours max andwe will feed back the findings to those who take part. Co-designed resourceswill also come from this project that support Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander practitioners and Mob programmes and services.For more information or to register your interest, please scan the QR code orcontact us at The ALIVE National Centre.P: 1800 721 513 E: alive-mobcodesign@unimelb.edu.auOr you can register directly via https://go.unimelb.edu.au/p4q8

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31The A-Part of the Crowd project is funded by the Medibank Better HealthFoundation and has human research ethics approval from The Universityof Melbourne (Ethics ID: 28499). Thank you to the Lived-ExperienceAdvisory Group for shaping this project.OPPORTUNITYRESEARCH What to expect Small workshops of 5-10 people like you2 hours of guided activities: Cut, paste, draw, buildNo big presentations, but a little bit of sharingAre you 18-25 and have felt lonelyduring big life changes like movingout, starting work, or uni?We want to hear your stories & ideasWhy attend? Contribute to national mental health supportsGet a reimbursement voucher for your timeHow to take partCheck the website for available session timesRegister to attend32

READY... SET... TRANSLATEMAY 29Prestenter: Prof James SmithLocation: Hosted by: TBC Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm (AEST)In-personOnlineKey:CALENDAR332025Theme: Holistic TransitionsLocation: Araluen Arts Centre 61 Larapinta Drive, Araluen. NT Times:Day 19:30am - 4:00pm (ACST) 11:00 - 5:30pm (AEST) Day 2: Invited InteractiveWorkshop & “Whose Care?”Project Launch 9:30am - 4:00pm (ACST) Day 310:30am - 3:00pm (ACST) ANNUAL SYMPOSIUMMARCH 26-28As part of embeddingimplementation and translationways of thinking and doing intoresearch, an Implementation andTranslation Panel will soon beformed to support the work of thenew RESTORE Centre for ResearchExcellence, led by Prof Laura Tarzia. The panel will be Co-Chaired by ProfKelsey Hegarty and Prof VictoriaPalmer with members from the ITN. Read more about the CRE HERE. INVITATION TO JOIN NEWIMPLEMENTATION PANELITN OPPORTUNITIESREADY... SET... TRANSLATEAPRIL 23Prestenter: Prof Mark GabbayLocation: Hosted by: TBCTime: 6:00pm - 7:00pm (AEST)