At QBD, we understand how much mental health matters. That’s why we’ve teamed up with Australian Rotary Health (ARH) to participate in their significant “Lift The Lid Campaign”, sharing their important message with our community, and helping to raise much-needed funds for mental illness research.
Australian Rotary Health is one of Australia’s largest independent funders of mental research. ARH has a broad vision to improve the health and well-being of all Australians!
100% of your donation goes into mental health research focusing on children aged 0-12.
Alongside this, the fantastic organisation also provides funding for a broad range of general health areas and provides scholarships for rural medical and nursing students, as well as Indigenous health students. They provide funding for areas of health that do not readily attract financial support and promote findings to the community. In this blog, we will further explore some of the prominent doctors and mental health professionals who are working in partnership with research grants for the health and wellbeing of young people with a mental illness.
This October, QBD will be selling $1 “Lift The Lid” bookmarks in-stores and donating proceeds to the Australian Rotary Health.
I think my child is having panic attacks. What should we do?
– Dr Gemma Sicouri
ARH Mental Health Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient, Dr. Gemma Sicouri, is an early career researcher and clinical psychologist at the Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales. Her research explores parental and cognitive factors in children’s anxiety to improve psychological treatments. Recently, she published work on panic attack symptoms in children and how parents and caregivers can help during and after these episodes. Read more here.
The SuperLearner project
– Associate Professor Tim Slade – Mental Health Research Grant Recipient
With the increase in mental health illnesses among Australian adolescents aged 13-15 years, ARH Mental Health Grant recipient, Associate Professor Tim Slade, examines the risk and protective factors associated with mental health and substance use problems.
The aim of this project is to build a large dataset, eventually containing data from over 30,000 adolescents, to examine risk and protective factors associated with mental health and substance use problems.
Young people with a chronic condition experience higher rates of mental illness and lower well-being than their peers. Dr Amy Finlay-Jones developed an online program called Uplift to increase self-compassion in young people living with chronic medical conditions.
To read further about the ARH’s most recent research findings visit their website here.
Join us in supporting Australian Rotary Health’s ‘Lift the Lid’ campaign this October. By purchasing a $1 bookmark, you’re not only funding vital research into mental illness and chronic conditions in young children but also backing the dedicated mental health professionals leading these important studies. Together, let’s make a lasting impact!
