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Dr. David Shiers, former joint lead of England's National Early Intervention in Psychosis Program recently visited Orygen Youth Health (the service I work for) and in this video reflects on the English experience of implementing a national early psychosis reform. As Australia prepares to launch its own national early psychosis reforms through expanded access to Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centres, many of the issues raised by Dr. Shiers are directly relevant to the current Australian context.

Prof. Patrick McGorry was quoted in an article regarding the opening of a mental health service in Sunshine in The Brimbank Leader 28th April 2011.

Prof. Patrick McGorry was quoted in an article about an emerging mental health reform framework in The Sunday Age of 20th March 2011.

A report of my year as Australian of the Year is now available for download.

AT last year's federal election Julia Gillard made a clear commitment that mental health would be a key focus in the next term of a re-elected Labor government.

Mental health had been shelved yet again by the lopsided Council of Australian Governments health reform package constructed by her predecessor, prompting unprecedented nationwide disappointment and anger among the 4.4 million Australians affected by mental ill-health and the resignation of the government's chief adviser on mental health, John Mendoza. Mental health was in deep crisis.