New Approaches to Mental Health: Depression, Anxiety, Addiction, PTSD and more

Join Mind Medicine Australia and NIIM at this public event to learn why psychedelic therapies are being hailed as potentially ground-breaking treatments for mental illness

WHEN: Tuesday 8 October 6.30pm – 8.00pm

LOCATION:
NIIM Lecture Theatre
Level 3, 21 Burwood Rd, Hawthorm, Victoria 3122

Featuring:

Professor David Castle
MBChB MSc MD DLSHTM GCUT FRCPsych FRANZCP
Professor of Psychiatry at The University of Melbourne; works clinically in both public and private mental health settings; expert on the effect of licit and illicit substances on the mind

Tania de Jong AM
LL.B (Hons) GradDipMus Co-founder Mind Medicine Australia
Tania de Jong AM is a trail-blazing Australian soprano, TED speaker, award-winning social entrepreneur and Founder of three charities; committed to creating more connected communities and reducing mental illness and loneliness

Peter Hunt AM
B.Com LL.B Co-founder Mind Medicine Australia
Engaged philanthropist involved in funding, developing and scaling social sector organisations which seek to create a better and fairer world; committed to changing the paradigm for mental health in Australia

Dr Paul Liknaitzky
BSc (Hons) PhD
Research Fellow at Deakin University and Odyssey House Victoria; works in mental health treatment development and evaluation; expertise in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies

Prof Avni Sali AM
MBBS PhD FRACS FACS FACNEM – NIIM Founder & Director
Founding Director of NIIM. Avni is the former Head of Graduate School of Integrative Medicine, Swinburne University and the University of Melbourne Dept of Surgery, Heidelberg Hospital.