A New Treatment Paradigm for Mental Illness: Medicine-Assisted Therapies

Name: A New Treatment Paradigm for Mental Illness: Medicine-Assisted Therapies
Start: 2021-12-22T00:00:00+11:00
End: 2021-12-22T23:59:59+11:00

Mental illness in Australia is now at alarming levels, and is getting worse. Environmental influences such as COVID-19 and extreme weather events contribute to a sudden rise in mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression.

1 in 5 Australian adults had a chronic mental illness pre-COVID-19*, following the pandemic 4 in 5 Australians now report poor mental health and 34% of Australians said their mental health had declined in the pandemic.¹

The consequences of exposure to such extreme or prolonged events can also be delayed, increasing the risk of posttraumatic stress disorder, or transmission to later generations.^2,3

We urgently need a new treatment paradigm for mental illness which can address this growing public health crisis.

Join one of Australia’s most successful female entrepreneurs and co-founder of Mind Medicine Australia, Tania de Jong AM, in this on-demand webinar which will cover:

The Scale of the Mental Health Problem in Australia
Mind Medicine Australia: Purpose and People Involved
Turning the Tide with “New” Breakthrough Therapies
Historical Context and Future Potential
The Strategy of Mind Medicine Australia

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¹Smiling Mind state of mind report 2021 *Impact before recent bushfires and current COVID-19 pandemic

²COVID-19 Mental Disorders Collaborators. Global prevalence and burden of depressive and anxiety disorders in 204 countries and territories in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lancet. 2021 Nov 6;398(10312):1700-1712. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02143-7. Epub 2021 Oct 8. PMID: 34634250; PMCID: PMC8500697.

³Cianconi P, Betrò S, Janiri L. The Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health: A Systematic Descriptive Review. Front Psychiatry. 2020 Mar 6;11:74. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00074. PMID: 32210846; PMCID: PMC7068211

Event Date

22nd, December 2021

Speakers

Tania de Jong

AM, Co-Founder & Executive Director

Acclaimed Australian soprano, global speaker, award-winning social entrepreneur, creative alchemist, spiritual journeywoman Founder Creative Universe, Creativity Australia, Umbrella Productions and Events, Dimension5, Music Theatre Australia, Pot-Pourri, The Song Room and Founder and Executive Producer of Creative Innovation Global and co-founder of Mind Medicine Australia Tania de Jong (pronounced Yong) AM…

Tania de Jong

AM, Co-Founder & Executive Director

Acclaimed Australian soprano, global speaker, award-winning social entrepreneur, creative alchemist, spiritual journeywoman

Founder Creative Universe, Creativity Australia, Umbrella Productions and Events, Dimension5, Music Theatre Australia, Pot-Pourri, The Song Room and Founder and Executive Producer of Creative Innovation Global and co-founder of Mind Medicine Australia

Tania de Jong (pronounced Yong) AM is one of Australia’s most successful female entrepreneurs and innovators having developed 6 businesses and 4 charities. Tania works across the public, private, creative and social sectors. She founded Creativity Australia, Creative Universe, MTA Entertainment & Events and The Song Room and works with disadvantaged communities through Creativity Australia’s ‘With One Voice’ choir social inclusion programs. She has recently co-founded Mind Medicine Australia whose objective is for psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies to play a major role in improving the treatments available for Australians suffering from mental illness.

Tania presents keynote speeches and leadership programs and performs internationally as a soloist and with her group Pot-Pourri. She has released twelve albums including her new solo releases Flying Free and The Breezes at Dawn have Secrets to Tell.Tania’s TED Talk How Singing Together Changes The Brain has sparked international interest.

She is Founder and Executive Producer of Creative Innovation Global winning national and international awards. Creative Universe and Creative Innovation Global were ranked among the top 20 event organizers and agencies from around the world as part of the Eventex All-Stars Index.

Tania’s latest charity is Umbrella Productions and Events which is committed to telling stories that matter through the innovative use of music, theatre and other artforms, raising consciousness and inspiring generosity, diversity, inclusion, harmony and compassion.  Umbrella Productions presented the world premiere of Driftwood-The Musical recently and will present further season in 2023 and beyond.

Tania’s awards include Ernst and Young Australian Social Entrepreneur of the Year. She was inducted into the AGSE Entrepreneurs Hall of Fame at Swinburne University and named Brainlink Woman of Achievement. Tania was named in the 100 Women of Influence and the 100 Australian Most Influential Entrepreneurs and named as one of the 100 most influential people in psychedelics globally in 2021. In 2019 she was honoured with the Award for Meritorious Service to the Community in the Victorian Multicultural Awards for Excellence.

She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in June 2008 for service to the Arts as a performer and entrepreneur and through the establishment and development of music and arts enrichment programs for schools and communities.  

Tania’s mission is to change the world, one voice at a time!

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