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

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