AI and digital mental health impacts on wellbeing | Online
Hosted by the Loddon Mallee Public Health Unit
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly shaping the way people live, work, learn, and seek information and support.
This session provides a balanced and accessible overview of AI and digital mental health and its emerging implications for mental health and wellbeing.
The potential benefits of positive digital change, as well as the risks, limitations, and safety considerations relevant to mental health will be explored.
Expert speakers will share evidence-based insights and current research, alongside lived and living experience perspectives on how AI is already affecting individuals and communities.
Speakers
- Associate Professor Shane Cross – Director of Digital Service Transformation and Research at Orygen Digital and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne
- Professor Jill Newby – NHMRC Emerging Leader and Clinical Psychologist at the Black Dog Institute and UNSW, and co-director of the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Depression Treatment Precision
- Binusha Pathirana – Member of Prevention United’s Youth Ambassadors Group
Target audience: Stakeholders in the Loddon Mallee region that play a role in the mental health and wellbeing space
Leadership 
Collaboration 
Respect 
Accountability 
Innovation 
