Incredible effort on this seminal piece by Heidi Staudacher PhD AdvAPD and Chris Black Antonina Mikocka-Walus Laurie Keefer, PhD trailblazers in best practice management of IBS with comorbid mental illness.

Oliver Ardill-Young presenting on IPS (ED) at iFEVR symposium #IEPA2023 - great ambassador for #headspace Bondi Junction in Sydney!

The mouth matters! 🦷 Oral health is key to improving physical health disparities in people living with psychosis Scott Teasdale iphYs IEPA

New clinical algorithms developed for positive cardiometabolic health in youth with psychosis in Australia & UK. Well done Jackie Curtis David_Shiers Patrick Gould, access at iphys.org.au

Bridging public & private health services to best meet the cardiometabolic needs of people with severe mental illness: a retrospective cohort study - interesting work. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117… iphYs Equally Well Au

The Thai Health Improvement Profile intervention was effective at preventing weight gain in people with early stage psychosis at one year, though attrition was relatively high. iphYs sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

SEPTEMBER ISSUE | REVIEW #IBS and mental health comorbidity — approach to multidisciplinary management By Heidi Staudacher PhD AdvAPD Chris Black Scott Teasdale Antonina Mikocka-Walus Laurie Keefer, PhD nature.com/articles/s4157… Figure shows key targets to improve IBS & #depression via #gutbrainaxis

Our paper is officially out. We hope it helps to advance care of people with IBS. So lucky to work with this great team 🙌🏻 Chris Black Scott Teasdale Antonina Mikocka-Walus Laurie Keefer, PhD

Great work on this important topic Jo-Anne Smith. Here’s to many more and importantly improved health & well-being for ppl w SMI in northern England & beyond!

Day 2 of #AUSPC2023 down, ready for Jackie Curtis to present a huge amount of Mindgardens Neuroscience Network work on Day 3!

Lester positive cardiometabolic resource update: improving cardiometabolic outcomes in ppl w severe mental illness bjgp.org/content/73/736… great work Benjamin Perry David_Shiers & team. iphYs

PhD opportunity with UNSW Medicine & Health! Help improve the food security & nutrition status of ppl in our mental health service. Top up on offer. EOI due: 14th Dec Scholarship app due: 25th Jan unsw.edu.au/research/hdr/o… Phil Ward iphYs ISNPR A/Prof Sara Grafenauer Dietitians Australia

The first paper from our #FoodInsecurity and #SMI study is now published. This reports on the interview phase of the study. The survey paper is currently undergoing peer review and will (hopefully) follow soon. Professor Emma L Giles Prof Amelia A Lake Steph Scott Grant McGeechan Fatemeh

📣Our new paper➡️prevent’n of substantial weight & waist gain from initial #KBIM pilot study was replicated as part of routine clinical care for FEP youth SESLHD ⭐️DONT JUST SCREEN, INTERVENE!! Mindgardens Neuroscience Network UNSW Medicine & Health doi.org/10.1111/eip.13… #keepingthebodyinmind

Amazing work led by Heidi Staudacher PhD AdvAPD, could have positive impacts for so many with comorbid IBS and depression.

Metabolic syndrome risk prediction in an Australian sample with first-episode psychosis using the psychosis metabolic risk calculator: A validation study [OPEN ACCESS] * A recalibrated PsyMetRiC model, PsyMetRiC-Australia, shows promise Teasdale et al. ow.ly/UzYT50SY8wj

⚡️⚡️ Just published in Australasian Psychiatry Journal ⚡️⚡️ Scott Teasdale led on an exploratory validation of PsyMetRiC in Sydney. Results show promise for PsyMetRiC in the Australian population, and we hope this will be a flag in the ground for further work locally 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 Watch this space!

Join us for a fantastic line up of Australian experts on diet, physical activity and mental health- Brisbane TRI or on line: The Mind and Body Balance conference. Scott Teasdale Grace McKeon Megan Teychenne Donni Johnston Simon Rosenbaum pafoundation.org.au/MBB2024