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Frank Iorfino

@frankiorfino.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at the University of Sydney. Interested in youth mental health, complex systems, digital health, personalised care. frankiorfino.substack.com

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Frank Iorfino @frankiorfino.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The challenges we face in society today demand us to build a more robust mental health system that responds to peoples needs. We think that this should be centred on digital innovations to respond to demand and reach the scale needed. Read more in my recent @croakeynews.bsky.social piece.
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Croakey Health Media @croakeynews.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Five priorities for the Albanese Government to transform Australia’s mental health system www.croakey.org/five-priorit... #publichealth
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Five priorities for the Albanese Government to transform Australia’s mental health system
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Frank Iorfino @frankiorfino.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
A recent study by our team (lnkd.in/gCtkbweT) challenges the status quo about how best to allocate our resources to deliver mental health care to young people. 📖 Read more about it in my recent substack post.
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Rethinking how we deliver mental health care
Enhanced access to specialised care leads to better outcomes, but its realisation in practice requires us to challenge traditional notions of how mental health care is delivered.
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Frank Iorfino @frankiorfino.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I wrote a new substack post about the work we are doing with AI and scaling expertise for better mental health care. I presented this work recently at the ViVE 2025 conference in Nashville. open.substack.com/pub/frankior...
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AI and scaling expertise for better mental health care
Showcasing the Mental health Intelligence Agent (Mia) at ViVE 2025
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Croakey Health Media @croakeynews.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Mental healthcare needs structural reform, not Band-Aid solutions www.croakey.org/mental-healthcare-n… #publichealth
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Mental healthcare needs structural reform, not Band-Aid solutions
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Frank Iorfino @frankiorfino.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
NSW’s public mental health system is in crisis—psychiatrists are resigning, and hospitals are overwhelmed. This isn't just about pay. It’s about the system’s failure to innovate and use smart tech for reform. Read more in our piece for @croakeynews.bsky.social www.croakey.org/mental-healt...
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Mental healthcare needs structural reform, not Band-Aid solutions
Introduction by Croakey: Researchers have cautioned against the use of "Band-Aid solutions" to the current crisis in public psychiatry in
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
In light of Australia’s social media ban, here a brief reminder why bans do not address the core issues they are meant to solve, w @margaritap.bsky.social. eiko-fried.com/social-media...
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Social media bans don't address youth mental health problems » Eiko Fried
I co-wrote this piece with the fantastic Margarita Panayiotou, Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester who’s work focuses on psychometrics, measurement, social media & adolescent mental health...
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Brain and Mind Centre @brainandmindcentre.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Are you a Brain and Mind Centre member/researcher, or one of our collaborators/stakeholders? #MultidisciplinaryResearch #USYD Here's a list to get you started - we will add to it down the track! go.bsky.app/JmWpAw7
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Frank Iorfino @frankiorfino.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Celebrating another big year with the team that make it all possible. I’m so grateful to have the support of so many talented people who make it a joy to come to work every day.
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Courtney Walton @ccwalton.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Hello! It looks better here so I think I'll stay - I'm a Psychologist (Sports Reg) and Senior Lecturer at Uni Melbourne. My research is mostly focused on supporting mental health in high performance environments (elite & youth sport; performing arts), with an emphasis on compassion-based approaches
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Ola Demkowicz @olademk.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Our child and adolescent mental health starter pack is full! Click through to find 149 great accounts, plus me. Want to join? Think I’ve missed someone? Let me know and I’ll get going on a start a second pack! go.bsky.app/KSGUBYg
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Dr Kate Womersley @katewomersley.com · 08/11/2024
For all things psychiatry, psychology and mental health. Message below if you’d like to be added to the starter pack! go.bsky.app/C36fgiD
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Dr Lucy Foulkes @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
This was a bit of a surprise, since I wasn't asked or told (I don't mind though!): my article about teenage love is read out in this Guardian podcast so if you like listening to things rather than reading them, you can hear the article starting at 44m 44s www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Tim Kaiser @tkaiser.science · 23/11/2024
More evidence that "therapists cannot rely on their clinical judgement alone to assess client progress and outcomes and will depend on routine outcome monitoring to detect client deterioration".
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Do Therapists Know When Their Clients Deteriorate? An Investigation of Therapists' Ability to Estimate and Predict Client Change During and After Psychotherapy
In routine outcome monitoring, psychotherapists receive feedback from their clients about their self-reported progress during therapy. This practice is based on research indicating that therapists ov....
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Frank Iorfino @frankiorfino.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
The joys of having to work on a grant application while it’s a beautiful day outside.
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squidward and patrick from spongebob squarepants are looking out a window
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Ola Demkowicz @olademk.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
This starter pack for child and adolescent mental health is continuing to grow! It’s wonderful finding people here. Please do let me know if you think there is someone (including you!) that could be added. go.bsky.app/KSGUBYg
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Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
People saying that starter packs should be actually useful: I hear you! From now accounts on the starter pack will be people who post mental health research related content regularly. If I haven't added you: I'm sure you are a nice person doing great research. go.bsky.app/MfWbYvP
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Frank Iorfino @frankiorfino.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
For those interested in a break from regular academic programming, this was a (not so) fun exercise/revelation… 61🫠
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Neil Renic @handle.invalid · 22/11/2024
has reviewer 2 considered that I’m trying my best
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Maarten van Smeden @maartenvsmeden.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Best social media innovation of 2024: a platform that is exactly like another was 5 years ago
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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Mega-thread of 50 psychology-related starter packs! Click here and scroll up! bsky.app/profile/mark... #Psychology #AcademicSky #EduSky 🧪
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Tara Murphy @taramurphy.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
We don't have an official presence here yet, but here are a collection of people doing interesting research and teaching at the University of Sydney. Sydney people, I thought it would be nice for us to connect. Let me know if I've missed you :) go.bsky.app/9w8is8a
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Sara Imari Walker @saraimari.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
If it were possible to exactly predict the future it would not be possible to change it, it is good we live in a universe that has some inherent non-determinism and our future is not determined until it happens
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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 19/11/2024
Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉 We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
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Frank Iorfino @frankiorfino.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
I recently gave a talk for World Mental Health day about youth mental health and digital technologies. Here is a brief summary of this talk for those who might not have a spare 45 minutes to watch the full video. Link to blog and video: open.substack.com/pub/frankior...
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Dr. Cheri A Levinson @cherilev.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
go.bsky.app/8SV4dtQ
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Twitter really did a number on us huh. Bluesky feels like group therapy.
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
In our new #OpenAccess paper, we provide an overview of frequently used and modern network analytic techniques for psychological science & the mental health field Out today at IJMPR with this stellar team of co-authors #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky #Methodology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Network analysis: An overview for mental health research
Network approaches to psychopathology have become increasingly common in mental health research, with many theoretical and methodological developments quickly gaining traction. This article illustrat...
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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
We have! It includes also 3 feeds (including the one you linked) go.bsky.app/KMfiTU2
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Lesley Norris, PhD @lesleynorris.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Now that I understand starter packs, I've (re)started one for people interested in all things psychotherapy personalization and optimizing treatments to the individual 😊 Anyone welcome! And consider joining our Person-Centered Treatment and Prevention Collaborative group! go.bsky.app/FXmURQf
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Miri Forbes @miriforbes.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
Not sure if I’m doing this right, but I’ve had a go at starting a ‘Reconceptualising psychopathology’ starter pack (e.g., HiTOP, RDoC, dynamic systems, clinical staging). Please do send me suggestions or requests to be added! go.bsky.app/Pek9ycQ
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Frank Iorfino @frankiorfino.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
I recently gave a talk for World Mental Health day about youth mental health and digital technologies. Here is a brief summary of this talk for those who might not have a spare 45 minutes to watch the full video. Link to blog and video: open.substack.com/pub/frankior...
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Frank Iorfino @frankiorfino.bsky.social · 10/10/2024
It was great to have the chance to present about youth mental health in a digital world. There are challenges but also undeniable opportunities for personalised, accessible support that can transform how we understand and treat mental health.
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