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Helen Christensen

UNSW picks up lion's share of Royal Society of NSW Awards

01 Dec 2023

Scientia Professor Helen Christensen has received the James Cook Medal, with academics from Medicine & Health, Science and UNSW Canberra recognised with awards for research and scholarly excellence.

Scientia Professor Helen Christensen and Professor Alta Schutte

UNSW researchers awarded $10m in health funding

23 Nov 2023

Projects that will improve hypertension treatments and use AI to personalise mental health treatments have received NHMRC funding.

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Why low-cost ketamine is still inaccessible to many with severe depression

23 Oct 2023

A case study on ketamine reveals systemic barriers that prevent repurposing existing low-cost drugs like ketamine for treatment-resistant depression.

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No worries: online course helps you stop ruminating

30 Aug 2023

People who ruminated and worried excessively were helped by an online course, a randomised controlled trial found.

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Ketamine effective for treatment-resistant depression: clinical trial

14 Jul 2023

Promising results in a trial of ketamine for severe depression could lead to treatment becoming more affordable.

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Psychedelic medicine is not ‘doing shrooms with your shrink’. Here’s what you need to know

30 Jun 2023

From July 1, authorised psychiatrists will be able to prescribe MDMA and psilocybin in some circumstances. Here’s what we’re excited and concerned about.

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Psychedelic therapies for some mental illnesses will soon be legal – but experts still have questions

15 May 2023

Australia needs to be careful when implementing MDMA and psilocybin therapy, says UNSW researcher Professor Colleen Loo.

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Children as young as 10 are repeat self-harming: study

21 Nov 2022

The risk of repeat self-harm in young people is highest in the first month after an initial self-harm hospital presentation.

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Living with a phobia? One longer session of exposure therapy could help

08 Nov 2022

Phobias are when fears become excessive and interrupt daily life. A new review shows one longer session of exposure is as effective and more time-efficient than shorter sessions.

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Artificial intelligence may improve suicide prevention in the future

06 Oct 2022

Machine learning algorithms could be more accurate and reliable than conventional methods of predicting suicide risk.

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