Mental health researcher focussed on suicide and self-harm prevention. Views are my own. @Sydney_Uni
Joined August 2014
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Kate Chitty (she/her) retweeted
Healthcare trajectories in the year before suicide and opportunities for prevention
Useful access points for intervention could be delivered through schools and work, with a focus on alcohol and drug intervention with suicide awareness
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New approaches are needed which place Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities at the heart of discussions and decision making about their futures, according to the editorial published this week in the MJA.
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Kate Chitty (she/her) retweeted
26 Jul 2023
A study of 13,664 suicide deaths in Australia compared substances detected in poisoning vs non-poisoning-related suicides and revealed targets for means restriction and cautious use, including oxycodone, amitriptyline, propranolol, pregabalin & quetiapine. ja.ma/3q3Tr5x
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23 May 2023
RT @QandA: “I am down but I will get back up. And you can come at me again and I will meet you with the love of my people.” Stan Grant deli…
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Kate Chitty (she/her) retweeted
10 Nov 2022
Really key findings from large data linkage study which provides insights into possible need for means restriction for certain drugs which appear to be more associated with poisoning related deaths. Impressive clear presentation by @chitty_kate #BDIsummit @blackdoginst
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From 2023, NHMRC will award equal numbers of Investigator Grants to women and men in a new intervention to address gender inequities in research funding. nhmrc.gov.au/about-us/news-c… 1/2
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Kate Chitty (she/her) retweeted
25 Jul 2022
📢We are hiring!
We are looking for Research Assistant to join our team in the Longitudinal Adolescent Brain Study
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500 🧠 scans to date, this RA will focus on increasing recruitment in this next phase of LABS...
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Kate Chitty (she/her) retweeted
25 Jun 2022
An insightful perspective from @ian_hickie at the @WPA_Psychiatry early intervention conference in Athens about the need for a multidisciplinary and transdiagnostic approach to deliver the right care, at the right time, where you live.
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Kate Chitty (she/her) retweeted
10 Jun 2022
NSW Health is warning of high-dose MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy tablets, circulating in the community after tablets seized by NSW Police contained more than two times the average dose of MDMA per tablet.
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Kate Chitty (she/her) retweeted
24 May 2022
Attention women in pharmacoepi - our letter to the Editor in PDS Journal of @IntPharmacoEpi: Parity in female authorship in Australian pharmacoepidemiology research leveraging medicine dispensing data: How well are we doing? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Kate Chitty (she/her) retweeted
17 Feb 2022
Join us for the online launch of our Lived Experience of Suicide Informed & Inclusive Culture Change suite of resources, with guest speakers, @DavidColemanMP, @CMorgan265 of @NMHC, and @jaeleaskehan of @EverymindAU. Register: bit.ly/suite-of-resources-la… #livedexperienceofsuicide
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Kate Chitty (she/her) retweeted
17 Feb 2022
Highly significant paper out today by the ECC's brilliant NHMRC Fellows @chitty_kate @RoseFJCairns & Nick Buckley demonstrating that deliberate self-poisoning in Australian adolescents is increased on school days @syd_health sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Kate Chitty (she/her) retweeted
14 Feb 2022
Folks, please retweet. This survey is important for so many reasons. uwa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/S…
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18 Oct 2019
Great work! Now the next challenge begins, how do we implement?
We have been collecting data for over 20 years. Based on our evidence from studies of mental health services, primary care and accident and emergency departments we have developed a list of 10 key elements for safer care for patients.
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Kate Chitty (she/her) retweeted
8 Feb 2018
Self-harm, meds, admission, section, more self-harm: vicious circle in personality disorder that calls for specialised therapies & support for frontline staff. Infographic from our report today. research.bmh.manchester.ac.u…
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Kate Chitty (she/her) retweeted
7 Feb 2018
So true and we also need to close the gap for Australia’s mentally ill ... who due 15 years earlier from preventable medical illnesses and even more preventable suicides @Oz4mentalhealth x.com/frankgquinlan/status/9…
7 Feb 2018
At @Aust_Parliament this morning for #CloseTheGap breakfast. It’s time. It’s beyond time... #mentalhealth
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An exceptional honour on #australiaday for an exceptional person and researcher. Congratulations @MTeesson AC and thank you for raising the profile and importance of mental health research in preventing and treating mental health and alcohol/substance use problems #millionminds x.com/CREComorbidity/status/…
26 Jan 2018
We are extremely proud to announce the appointment of our incredible Director, #Professor @MTeesson to the Companion of the Order of Australia, 1 of only 16 in 2018. Maree's vision for a better #Australia inspires us daily #womeninscience #australiaday bit.ly/2nbKhiY
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Kate Chitty (she/her) retweeted
25 Jan 2018
That completes the 2018 #Ausoftheyear Awards. Congratulations to our outstanding Award recipients: Dr Graham Farquhar AO, Prof Michelle Yvonne Simmons, Eddie Woo and Samantha Kerr.
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Kate Chitty (she/her) retweeted
25 Jan 2018
headspace CEO @JasonTrethowan shares his thoughts on the devastating topic of youth suicide: bit.ly/hsp-news-ceo-op
If you, or someone you know is going through a tough time, help is available. Contact us at eheadspace.org.au or Lifeline on 13 11 14.
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Kate Chitty (she/her) retweeted
19 Jan 2018
This is fantastic. 500womenscientists.org/reque…
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