Experts
The Mindframe Expert Directory connects media professionals with experienced individuals, who provide commentary across topics relating to suicide, mental health concerns and alcohol and other drugs (AOD), to support safe, responsible and accurate reporting, portrayal and communication.
Kate Arndell
RAMHP Coordinator at Rural Adversity Mental Health Program
Topics: Adverse events, COVID-19, Alcohol and other drugs, Mental health and wellbeing, Mental ill-health, Depression and/or anxiety, Stigma, Trauma, Suicide
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
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
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
Heather Neil
Executive Director at TrackSAFE Foundation
Topics: Adverse events, Mental ill-health, Trauma, Suicide, Suicide prevention, Self-harm
Associate Professor Fiona Shand
Head of Suicide Prevention at Black Dog Institute
Topics: Mental ill-health, Prevention, Suicide, Intervention, 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
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
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
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
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 Aliza Werner-Seidler
Scientia Associate Professor at Black Dog Institute
Topics: Populations, Youth
Bronwen Edwards
Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Roses in the Ocean
Topics: Mental ill-health, Stigma, Suicide, Suicide prevention
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
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
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
Matthew Milne
Program Coordinator at Rural Adversity Mental Health Program
Topics: Mental ill-health, Depression and/or anxiety, Support and help-seeking, Support
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
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