Experts
The Mindframe Expert Directory connects media professionals with experienced individuals, who provide commentary across topics relating to suicide, mental ill-health and Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD), to support safe, responsible and accurate reporting, portrayal and communication.
Ashley de Silva
Chief Executive Officer at ReachOut
Topics: Adverse events, COVID-19, Mental ill-health, Prevention, Populations, Parenting, Research, Support and help-seeking, Support
Dr Kairi Kolves
Principal Research fellow at Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP)
Topics: Suicide, Suicide prevention, Suicide prevention research
Associate Professor Grant Blashki
Clinical Lead Adviser at Beyond Blue
Topics: Adverse events, COVID-19, Alcohol and other drugs, Mental health and wellbeing, Mental ill-health, Depression and/or anxiety, Prevention, Support and help-seeking, Support
Brendan Maher
Global Director, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention at Movember
Topics: Mental health and wellbeing, Social connection, Health promotion, Support and help-seeking, Peer to peer support, Informal community care, Crisis support, Community outreach, Workplaces, Organisational leadership, Stakeholder engagement, Sector collaboration, Sustainability
Dr Aliza Werner-Seidler
Senior Research Fellow and Clinical Psychologist at Black Dog Institute
Topics: Populations, Youth
Associate Professor Jill Newby
Head of Clinical Research at Black Dog Institute
Topics: Adverse events, COVID-19, Mental ill-health, Depression and/or anxiety, Suicide, Intervention
Bronwen Edwards
Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Roses in the Ocean
Topics: Mental ill-health, Stigma, Suicide, Suicide prevention
Dr Sally Fitzpatrick
Program Manager at Everymind
Topics: Mental health and wellbeing, Mental ill-health, Depression and/or anxiety, Populations, Youth, Suicide, Intervention, Suicidal ideation
Dr Hazel Dalton
Research Leader and Senior Research Fellow at Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health
Topics: Adverse events, Bushfires, COVID-19, Alcohol and other drugs, Mental health and wellbeing, Mental ill-health, Trauma, Policy, Populations, Research, Suicide, Suicide prevention research
Dr Vicki Ross
Senior research Fellow at Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP)
Topics: Research, Program evaluation, Suicide, Suicide prevention, Workplaces, Workplace mental health and suicide prevention
Frances Pidcock
Clinical Operations Manager at The Buttery
Topics: Alcohol and other drugs, Alcohol and drug related harm, Drug use and mental ill-health, Mental ill-health, Depression and/or anxiety, Suicide, Suicide prevention research
Kamal Sarma
Chair at R U OK? Think Tank
Topics: Mental health and wellbeing, Mental hygiene, Mental resilience, The power of Human Connection and Resilience
Craig Martin
Head of Evidence and Innovation at Alcohol and Drug Foundation
Topics: Adverse events, COVID-19, Alcohol and other drugs, Alcohol and drug related harm, Cannabis, Drug use and mental ill-health, Methamphetamine (ICE), Opiates, Pharmacotherapy, Mental ill-health, Prevention, Stigma, Policy, Suicide, Suicide prevention
Associate Professor Fiona Shand
Head of Suicide Prevention at Black Dog Institute
Topics: Mental ill-health, Prevention, Suicide, Intervention, Suicide prevention research
Dr Erin Lalor AM
Chief Executive Officer at Alcohol and Drug Foundation
Topics: Adverse events, COVID-19, Alcohol and other drugs, Alcohol and drug related harm, Cannabis, Drug use and mental ill-health, Methamphetamine (ICE), Mental ill-health, Prevention, Stigma, Policy, Populations, Research
Georgie Harman
Chief Executive Officer at Beyond Blue
Topics: Adverse events, COVID-19, Alcohol and other drugs, Mental health and wellbeing, Mental ill-health, Depression and/or anxiety, Prevention, Stigma, Policy, Suicide, Intervention, Suicide prevention, Support and help-seeking, Support
Dr Jaelea Skehan OAM
Director at Everymind
Topics: Mental health and wellbeing, Mental ill-health, Policy, Populations, LGBTIQ+, Rural and remote communities, Lived experience, Suicide, Suicide prevention, Workplaces
Heather Neil
Executive Director at TrackSAFE Foundation
Topics: Adverse events, Mental ill-health, Trauma, Suicide, Suicide prevention, Self-harm
Jacinta Hawgood
Senior Lecturer at Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP)
Topics: Suicide, Suicide prevention research
Julie Borninkhof
Chief Executive Officer at PANDA
Topics: Alcohol and other drugs, Mental health and wellbeing, Mental ill-health, Populations, Parenting