Orygen is the world’s leading research and knowledge translation organisation focusing on mental ill-health in young people. At Orygen, our leadership and staff work to deliver cutting-edge research, policy development, innovative clinical services, and evidence-based training and education to ensure that there is continuous improvement in the treatments and care provided to young people experienc
ing mental ill-health. Our work has created a new, more positive approach to the prevention and treatment of mental disorders, and has developed new models of care for young people with emerging disorders. This work has been translated into a worldwide shift in services and treatments to include a primary focus on getting well and staying well, and health care models that include partnership with young people and families. COMMUNITY GUIDELINES
The Orygen page provides a space for people to find out more about Orygen, as well as encourage discussions about important issues in youth mental health. Orygen monitors its social media pages between 9am to 5pm on Mondays to Fridays only. Orygen posts are occasionally automatically generated outside of these hours and on Victorian public holidays, if this occurs the posts will not be moderated until the following business day between 9am to 5pm. Please be respectful of all points of view and refrain from personal attacks on other users and people who may be featured in our posts. Orygen will remove any posts which:
• are likely to be offensive to other readers;
• discuss methods or depicts images of suicide or self-harm;
• discuss drug usage in an unbalanced way, e.g. omit the negative effects;
• contains unhelpful advice, such as blaming a person for their depression;
• are dogmatic, such as setting out courses of action as “the only way”;
• are racist, sexist, trans/bi/homophobic or in any other way discriminatory;
• are obscene, or uses graphic sexual language;
• are defamatory, or overly critical of services or organisations which provide help to others;
• are likely to cause harm/distress to other people reading the story;
• are posted for commercial purposes; or
• promote inaccurate, inappropriate or harmful health advice. Users who repeatedly violate the above conditions may be blocked from the Orygen page. If you need immediate assistance, please call Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800 or Lifeline on 13 11 14. In an emergency situation, please call 000. If a post on any Orygen social media page indicates a person may be at risk of harm, Orygen will reply to the post as soon as possible and provide information on counselling and crisis support services. In some instances, Orygen may report a post which indicates a person may be at risk of harm to authorities, including the police. Orygen can take no responsibility for comments from followers on the Orygen social media pages.
