"Typically in psychiatry, people have only spent money when they have been forced to do it - in other words when people become quite disabled or quite acutely disturbed. We are trying to shift the focus to a more preventive model of care." - Professor Patrick McGorry
 Professor Patrick McGorry Professor Patrick McGorry is the Chair in Youth Mental Health, at the University of Melbourne, and is Executive Director of ORYGEN Youth Health. Patrick has an international reputation for developing systems for the early treatment of mental disorders in adolescents and young people. His interests also include the homeless, refugees and torture survivors, youth suicide and youth substance use. |
USEFUL LINKS
Publications
- Jovev, M., Garner, B., Phillips, L., Velakoulis, D., Wood, S., Jackson, C., Pantelis, C., McGorry, P., Chanen, A. An MRI study of pituitary volume and parasuicidal behavior in teenagers with first-presentation borderline personality disorder. Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging, 2008, Vol 162, pp 237-277
- McGorry, P., Yung, A., Bechdolf, A., Amminger, G. Back to the future - predicting and reshaping the course of psychotic disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 2008, Vol 65, pp 25-27
- Chanen, A., Jovev, M., McCutcheon, L., Jackson, H., McGorry, P. Borderline personality disorder in young people and the prospects for prevention and early intervetion. Current Psychiatry Reviews, 2008, Vol 4, pp 48-57
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Host: Jacky Angus
Producers: Kelvin Param and Eric van Bemmel
Audio Engineer: Craig McArthur
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Series Creators: Eric van Bemmel and Kelvin Param
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Producers: Kelvin Param and Eric van Bemmel
Audio Engineer: Craig McArthur
Theme Music performed by Sergio Ercole. Mr Ercole is represented by the Musicians' Agency, Faculty of Music
Voiceover: Paul Richiardi
Series Creators: Eric van Bemmel and Kelvin Param
Melbourne University Up Close is brought to you by the Marketing and Communications Division in association with Asia Institute.
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A great and helpful
A great and helpful interview, I will bookmark this site, It's really informative.
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ORYGEN Youth Mental Health
This is a very helpful and informative interview, and the site most helpful for a parent trying to co-ordinate the various services around teenagers involved in high-risk behaviours which impact on all aspects of their health. The links to further information from this site are both practical and investigative for future reading.
much thanks, and I will be accessing again for other interviews.
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