9 Oct public lecture: Women's mental health - it's getting tougher

Women's mental health is worsening, and is not a national health priority. Professor Jayashri Kulkarni & Dame Quentin Bryce talk about it on 9 October 2015 at a public lecture hosted by Central Clinical School. RSVP here.

Dame Quentin Bryce,
former Governor-
General of Australia

You are invited to Central Clinical School's annual public lecture on 9 October 2015, on the topic of 'Women's mental health: It's getting tougher'.

This year, mental health is in the news almost every day, and we are fortunate to have one of Australia's premier clinician-researchers and advocates of women's mental health, Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, to present on the topic of how women's mental health in particular is of concern.

The public lecture will be chaired by former Governor-General, Dame Quentin Bryce, who has had a life-long interest in the subject. The event will have refreshments before and after the lecture, and there will be a Q&A session after the lecture.

To RSVP, please click here.

To find out more, see: http://med.monash.edu.au/cecs/events/2015-public-lecture-kulkarni.html

Prof Jayashri Kulkarni: Psychiatry in the 21st century. Find out more on 30 Sep 2015

Professor Jayashri Kulkarni is a Professor of Psychiatry and the director of Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc) – one Australia’s largest and most innovative centres for clinical mental health research.

She is internationally recognised for her expertise in the treatment of mental illness, particularly in women’s mental health. She has pioneered the use of estrogen as a treatment in schizophrenia and has developed many other innovative treatments for mental illnesses.

Jayashri will be speaking at the forthcoming 30 Sept Translational Research symposium hosted by Central Clinical School. See detail below.

Prof Kulkarni graduated from Monash Medical School and became a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 1989.

She is a passionate advocate of patient-focused mental health research. With more than a third of mental illness sufferers not responsive to current treatments, she believes there is an urgent need for investment in clinical psychiatry research so as new and effective treatments for mental illness can be developed. She is a regular media commentator on mental health related issues.