MISRA News
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Now on ABC Radio Big Ideas - MISRA October 10 World Mental Health Day Language and Stigma Event
😃 The Mental Ill-Health Stigma Researchers Australia (MISRA) team were thrilled to collaborate with the University of Melbourne to deliver our first major public event - a special MISRA #PsychTalks panel discussion on language and stigma to mark World Mental Health Day. If you missed out, fear not! The event was published by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Big Ideas program here: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/mental-ill-health-and-the-power-of-words/105183874.
From the MISRA convening team, buckets of gratitude go to Nick Haslam, Nicola Reavley, Michelle Blanchard, Sandy Jeffs, and Fay Jackson, for driving such a thought provoking discussion. Thanks also to all who attended 🙏.
Thanks also to the University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, Melbourne School of Global and Population Health, and SANE's StigmaWatch program for their instrumental support of this event!
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MISRA Symposium 2024 was a resounding success!
MISRA's second annual research symposium was held on Friday, November 15, 2024. The symposium was hosted in the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne. The program showcased current research on stigma about mental ill-health from across Australia. You can see the program and presentation recordings on our 2024 symposium page.
Want to see where things began? You can also stop by the 2023 symposium page to peruse the presentation recordings.
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MISRA is now on LinkedIn!
Have you joined the MISRA LinkedIn community? Be sure to join the group to stay up to date with the latest MISRA news and events.