Prof Tony Jorm, University of Melbourne to Speak at Mental Health Conference

The 16th International Mental Health Conference will be held at the QT Hotel, Surfers Paradise from 12 – 14 August 2015. The conference theme “Mental Health Future For All” will address the broad spectrum of mental disorders including Anxiety, Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Bipolar, Dementia and Suicide.

The Organising Committee is excited to announce Prof Tony Jorm, Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne as a Keynote Speaker for this years conference.

Prof Tony Jorm is a Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne and an NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow.

His research focuses on building the community’s capacity for prevention and early intervention with mental disorders.

Prof Jorm is the author of 27 books or monographs, over 500 journal articles and over 30 chapters in edited volumes.

He has been awarded a Doctor of Science for his research and elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and is a member of the Research Committee of Australian Rotary Health.

Prof Jorm is a past President of the Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research and has been listed in ISI HighlyCited.com as one of the most cited researchers in Psychology/Psychiatry of the past 20 years.

To register for the conference, please visit www.anzmh.asn.au/conference.