
Dr Myfanwy Maple 🎗
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Dr Myfanwy Maple 🎗
@MyfMaple
Passionate about better understanding the experience of suicide and distress to better support people and inform service development. Views are my own.








Spotlight on mental health today with @LifelineAust John Brogden OAM @Manna_Inst Prof @MyfMaple @Rotary - shedding stigma and finding evidence-informed strategies to help those who find themselves in their darkest hour. @unesmartri @UniNewEngland @HealthUNE #mentalhealth




There’s hardly any advice for carers on how to do “suicide watch” at home. Partners can be left to improvise, leading to high levels of distress theconversation.com/how-do-i-do-su… via @ConversationEDU




Spent the day on the @HealthUNE stand at the @eastershow talking to people about strengthening the regional health workforce. Two big learnings 1) it was seniors day and I spoke to so many retired health workers who had great ideas about how to care for new grads and 2) cont’d…

Well done to @Manna_Inst Senior Researcher @sarahlwayland named in the top 5 most read articles by @UniNewEngland contributors for @ConversationEDU 2022 with over 50k readers #knowledgetranslation


We have seen a surge in prescription drugs used to treat anxiety in young people. @PatMcGorry spoke to @theprojecttv on how this is linked to the number one health issue facing Australia. We need to ensure this generation of young people has access to the clinical care they need.


""The voices of lived experience need to be heard, “not just as anecdotal ‘quasi-evidence’ but with the same epistemological value as the knowledge of academics and people in the mental health & suicide prevention workforce.”" - @MyfMaple Read more here: croakey.org/accreditation-…






