Helping People Recover from Common Mental Health Problems

Depression is a common mental disorder that can be difficult to treat and is a major cause of disability. Hear the latest research on how diet can help people recover from depression.

Hear how brain stress pathways might play a role in depression and bipolar disorder and how this might hold the key to developing new treatments.

Prof Berk is an NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow and Alfred Deakin Chair of Psychiatry at Deakin University and Barwon Health, where he leads IMPACT, the Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation. He was listed by Thompson Reuters as amongst the world’s most influential scientific minds (2015- 2019). He holds grants from the National Institutes of Health (US), Simon Autism Foundation

Hear how brain stress pathways might play a role in depression and bipolar disorder and how this might hold the key to developing new treatments.

Join us to hear how research at Deakin University is investigating if a commonly used antidepressant tablet can help people come off methamphetamine (‘crystal meth’, ‘ice’).

Join us to hear how research at Deakin University is investigating if a commonly used antidepressant tablet can help people come off methamphetamine (‘crystal meth’, ‘ice’).

Robert is a psychiatry registrar in Psychiatry and an advanced trainee in addiction psychiatry at Barwon Health Drug and Alcohol Services. He is also involved in a range of research projects through the IMPACT team at Deakin University, such as the TINA trial.