BETTER CRE

📅 Date: Wednesday 1st October, 2025
📍 Location: Doherty Institute Auditorium, 792 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne 3000
🕓 Time: 2.30pm - 6.00pm

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The Alice Barber Public Lecture is jointly presented by the Department of Psychiatry (Melbourne Medical School) and the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences. The 2025 lecture will be presented by Professor Bronwyn Graham.

This year marks the 30th Anniversary of the Alice Barber Lecture, held annually at the University of Melbourne in honour of Dr. Alice Barber, a pioneer in psychotherapy and a medical graduate of the University of Melbourne in 1906.

📅 Date: Wednesday 13th August, 2025
🕓 Time: 5:00pm - 6:00pm (followed by a cocktail function from 6.00pm)
📍 Location: University House at the Woodward, Law Building, 10th floor, 185 Pelham St, Carlton VIC 3053

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Overview:
Hear from one of Australia's leading child psychiatrists as Professor Milroy discusses the role of constant stress and how this can impact child development.

Register now: 100th Anniversary of the Beattie Smith Public Lecture
With limited tickets remaining, secure your place and join us next week at the 2025 Beattie Smith Public Lecture, presented by Professor Helen Milroy.

Lecture Topic:
Permacrisis and Child Mental Health and Wellbeing

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In this study, you will receive therapy free of change, will be reimbursed $100 for each MRI scan ($200 total) and a maximum of $40 for the daily surveys. In addition, you wish you may receive a copy of the pictures of your brain and a report of your sleep.

We will measure your sleep on 3 occasions (before, during and after the therapy) using a small wearable device attached to your forehead and a smartphone app.

You will be asked to complete 3 assessments (pre, post and follow up), complete 2 sessions in an MRI scanner, and complete 5 group exposure therapy sessions (1.5h a week across 5 weeks). You will also be asked to complete several short surveys, and provide saliva samples to measure your hormones.

If this is you, we are looking for you! We invite individuals from the Melbourne (Australia) area with a diagnosis of social anxiety or panic disorder aged 18-55 to participate in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and group exposure therapy study looking at predictors of exposure therapy response.

Do you have intense fear of being judged by others, are self-conscious in everyday social situations? Or do you worry that you will have sudden attacks of overwhelming fear that last for several minutes with pounding heart, feel like you can’t breathe or think clearly?

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Developing an Extended Process Model of Emotion Regulation in PTSD Emotion regulation is a topic of growing interest in the field of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Despite the field’s concentrated efforts in t…

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Dr Hope O'Brien's lastes research, 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘛𝘚𝘋, in collaboration with the CRE's Prof. Kim Felmingham and Prof. Meaghan O'Donell, has officially been accepted for publication in 𝘉𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺! 👏

Sleep’s Role in PTSD Talking Sleep · Episode

Can't believe my voice is on spotify🎙! Absolutely humbeled to chat about my research (sleep😴 & PTSD💥) with the brilliant Dr Seema Khosla @sleepdoc5.bsky.social 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/3FIZ... #SleepPeeps

Facing your fears is a key to beating anxiety. Here's how to do it - ABC listen When it comes to anxiety, experts say the best way to tame it is to face it. Exposure therapy puts patients in situations that they feel anxious about to show that what they fear isn't as scary as it...

When it comes to anxiety, experts say the best way to tame it is to face it😵‍💫 @drkimfelm.bsky.social was guest on ABC Radio National where she talked about #anxiety treatments and #exposure therapy.
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Anxiety-related disorders are the most prevalent mental health disorder, and one of the leading causes of disease burden worldwide.😨🤯 (2/2) #anxiety #anxietydisorder #mentalhealth #exposure #exposuretherapy #science #BETTERCRE #CRE

About us: The BETTER CRE aims to generate new knowledge and treatment innovations to optimise exposure therapy for anxiety disorders through basic science, neuroimaging, clinical and translational research. 🔍🧠 (1/2)