Youth Mental Health ECHO
Resource Library
What is Youth Mental Health ECHO?
This community of practice has been established to invest in and support our child and youth mental health workforce to expand the capacity to care for our most vulnerable members of our community. It is facilitated by Dr Tejas Golhar (Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist) and Ms Sally Thomas (Manager, Child and Adolescent Mental Health).
For more information on previous or upcoming ECHO sessions, or to request a copy of a session’s PowerPoint presentation, please contact Lisa.Pearson@gvhealth.org.au
CASE PRESENTATIONS
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2025 Curriculum and Resources
1st December 2025
Topic: Tuning Into Teens
Presenter: Professor Sophie Havighurst, PhD, Leader, Tuning in to Kids, Mindful: Centre for Training and Research in Developmental Health
Additional Resources
6th October 2025
Topic: Collaborative and proactive solutions
Presenter: Dr Tejas Golhar, Child and Youth Psychiatrist, CAMHS & Headspace, GV Health Shepparton/Seymour
Additional Resources
1st September 2025
Topic: First Episode Psychosis
Presenter: Professor Andrew Thompson, Head of Psychosis Research/ Head of Virtual Reality, Orygen
Additional Resources
4th August 2025
Topic: Engaging difficult to engage young people – AMBIT
Presenter: Ms Nicole Ryan, Clinical Nurse Educator- Mental Health, GV Health
Additional Resources
2nd June 2025
Topic: Good Psychiatric Management working with Young People with BPD/cPTSD
Presenter: Professor Sathya Rao (OAM) Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Executive Clinical Director, Spectrum
Additional Resources
5th May 2025
Topic: Engaging difficult to engage young people – Open Dialogue
Presenter: Ms Sally Thomas, Manager – Infant, Child & Youth Mental Health, GV Health
Additional Resources
3rd March 2025
Topic: Youth Addiction, Mental Health and BPD
Resources: Dr Eddie Mullens, Director Orygen HYPE Spectrum
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3rd February 2025
Topic: The Australian Child Maltreatment Study
Presenter: James Scott, Professor of Child & Youth Psychiatry, The University of Queensland and Children’s Health Queensland
Additional Resources
17 December 2024
Topic: Tools for reflective insights into how we are doing at work.
Presenter: Ms Nicole Ryan, Clinical Nurse Educator – Mental Health, Goulburn Valley Health
Resources:
2024 Curriculum and Resources
A New Program has been launched March 2024
Specialist Outreach Consultation Services – SOCS
Referral and Resources
2nd December 2024
Topic: At Risk Mental State
Presenter: Professor Andrew Thompson, Professor of Youth Mental Health and a Consultant Psychiatrist, Orygen
Additional Resources
4th November 2024
Topic: Paediatric Behaviours of Concern
Presenter: Ms Chrystie Mitchell, Senior Mental Health Clinician, Royal Childrens’ Hospital, In2Schools Program
Additional Resources
7th October 2024
Topic: Empowering Parents to Respond to School Refusal
Presenter: Professor Marie Yap, Professor of Psychology and Psychologist, Head, Parenting and Youth Mental Health Research Group, Monash University School of Psychological Sciences and Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health
Additional Resources
2nd September 2024
Topic: Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Trauma in Young People
Presenter: Associate Professor Soumya Basu, Monash University and Monash Health
Additional Resources
5th August 2024
Topic: Neurodiversity and Personality Disorders in Youth
Presenter: Dr Lukas Cheney, Deputy Clinical Director, Spectrum
Additional Resources
15th July 2024
Topic: Navigating the Complexity of Borderline Personality Disorder in Young People
Presenter: Dr Samantha Tabak, Clinical Psychologist, Spectrum Senior Clinician, Spectrum
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3rd June 2024
Topic: School Refusal – Supporting those with undiagnosed mental health issues
Presenter: Ms Chrystie Mitchell, Senior Mental Health Clinician, Royal Childrens Hospital, In2Schools Program
Additional Resources
6th May 2024
Topic: Providing Developmentally Appropriate Youth AOD Services
Presenter: Mr Andrew Bruun, CEO, YSAS
Additional Resources
15th April 2024
Topic: ACES in Youth
Presenter: Dr Tejas Golhar – Goulburn Valley Health
Additional Resources – School Refusal
4 December 2023
Topic: Neurodevelopmental aspects of ADHD
Presenter: Dr Tejas Golhar – Goulburn Valley Health
Focus Area – Personality Disorders
13 November 2023
Topic: Relational Approaches to Clinical Care
Presenter: Dr Louise McCutcheon – Orygen Youth Health
9 October 2023
Topic: Early Intervention for Personality Disorder – Clinical Presentations, Screening, & Assessment of Personality Disorder
Presenter: Dr Louise McCutcheon – Orygen Youth Health
Resources
9 September 2023
Topic: Early Intervention and controversies about diagnosis of personality disorders
Presenter: Dr Louise McCutcheon – Orygen Youth Health
Resources
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