Mathew Varidel

2 weeks ago | journals.sagepub.com | William Capon |Mathew Varidel |Ian B Hickie |Jacob J. Crouse

IntroductionIn the last 20 years, the global landscape of mental health care has benefitted from a transformative shift towards early intervention provided by national access programmes and primary mental health services. These significant investments, exemplified by Australia’s headspace programme (McGorry et al., 2007), are committed to improving access to evidence-based care for those experiencing mental ill health.

Nov 25, 2024 | medrxiv.org | Victor AN |Ian B Hickie |Sally Cripps |Mathew Varidel

I.B.H. is the Co-Director, Health and Policy at the Brain and Mind Centre (BMC) University of Sydney, Australia. The BMC operates an early-intervention youth service at Camperdown under contract to headspace. I.B.H. has previously led community-based and pharmaceutical industry-supported (Wyeth, Eli Lily, Servier, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Janssen Cilag) projects focused on the identification and better management of anxiety and depression.