Opinion | Professor Julaine Allan (@PandaAllan) explores what ketamine is, its role in the treatment of depression, and whether a recent comment made by X owner @elonmusk, can help reduce the stigma around depression and mental-health conditions.
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🧠 The Rural Health Research Institute (RHRI) has received $4.3 million from the @AustGovernment Medical Research Future Fund to delve into a specific therapy pathway that could revolutionize the lives of individuals grappling with schizophrenia.
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🏆 Congratulations! Professor Juliane Allan (@PandaAllan) has been named Research Academic Leader of the Year at the recent 2023 Western NSW Health Researcher of the Year Awards.
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📰 Opinion | Herbal formulation Kamini, AKA Indian Viagra, has led to serious dependency issues across the country.
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In this opinion piece, RHRI’s Associate Professor of Mental Health and Addiction, Dr Julaine Allan (@PandaAllan), explains Kamini contains opium and many users don’t understand the risks of regular use.
After partnering with Aboriginal Medical Services and holding our first workshop late last year, we were able to present alarming statistics on health inequalities across five NSW Central West communities.
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The first phase of our research work is to undertake detailed health disparities research within five focus communities - Orange, Dubbo, Gilgandra, Coonamble and Nyngan.
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Our researchers will work with Aboriginal Medical Services staff to review and guide practice improvements and build workforce skills for better patient outcomes.
👨🏾⚕️ At the Rural Health Research Institute, we’re demonstrating @CharlesSturtUni’s commitment to First Nations people by ensuring that all the research conducted in First Nations communities has been designed with and for these communities.
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First Nations health is one of our four main research focus areas. Our objectives are to:
👨🏾⚕️ Work with Indigenous-controlled health services to improve care and access to care in communities
👨🏾⚕️ Explore the First Nations health gap through a data-driven public health approach.
Rural health is one of our four research project areas. Our current projects in this area include:
🩺 Professor Allen Ross is assessing rural health disparities in the lowest socioeconomic neighbourhoods of representative towns of regional NSW
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🩺 Associate Professor Juliane Allan is investigating the effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability of an innovative family-focused intervention for people with mental health conditions and substance dependence