Growing Minds Australia

Growing Minds Australia is a newly established international, multidisciplinary collaborative clinical trials network in child and youth mental health. It is composed of clinicians, consumer groups, consumer representatives, policymakers, professional associations and funders with an interest in investigator-initiated clinical trials focusing on child and youth mental health conditions. Plans for the Growing Minds Australia Clinical Trials Network began in 2018 with the formation of a small steering group, and in May 2021 this group was successful in attracting funding from the Medical Research Future Fund. A collaborative of over 60 researchers in child and youth mental health conditions and specialisations was formed. This group, combined with clinicians, consumer representatives, policy-makers, and funders came together and agreed on the vision, mission, values and goals of the group as critical first steps towards the establishment of the network. Since then, we have worked towards conducting regular meetings and developing the governance structure to bring together researchers, clinicians, consumers, professional associations, consumer organisations, health insurance agencies and policymakers interested in improving child and youth mental health outcomes. We aim to expand our network to over 400 individual members. Please click here to find out more about how you can become a member, of Growing Minds Australia.