Professor Eóin Killackey - Functional recovery

How we help young people who have had an experience of early psychosis reconnect with their employment and educational goals was the focus of the Let's get functional two-day symposium held in Melbourne in May 2019.
Let’s get functional brought together staff from primary care services and primary health networks, tertiary early psychosis workers, clinicians, academics, young people and family members.
The symposium, which was convened by Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health attracted 250 people from around Australia.
Professor Eóin Killackey is to Associate Director, Graduate Research and Education and Head, Functional Recovery Research program at Orygen. He has worked as a clinical psychologist in adolescent and adult public mental health settings and in private practice.
Eóin’s research is primarily in helping young people with mental illness recover well. This includes finding ways to help young people with their education and employment and improve their physical health. Another focus of his research is in service system reform in mental illness