Youth Forum 1. MINDING YOUR MIND WORKSHOP
Tracks
| Wednesday, April 22, 2026 |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
| Lennox 3 |
Details
The Brain and Mind Centre has co-designed a youth model of care (YMC) for youth mental health. YMC consists of multidimensional assessment, clinical staging, measurement-based care, and shared decision making. This Minding Your Mind workshop will offer a youth-friendly explanation of the YMC to young people. Our workshop will include a case study, ‘care cards’ to explore clinical and non-clinical support options, and an animated video about the YMC.
Speaker
Ms Zoe Waterhouse-Bushnell
Youth Lived Experience Advisor
Brain and Mind Centre/Western Sydney Youth Council
MINDING YOUR MIND
1:00 PM - 2:00 PMBiography
Zoe is a passionate youth, mental health and LGBTQIA+ advocate from Western Sydney. She is currently an active member of multiple youth and mental health advisory boards, a Lived Experience Research Assistant and a Mental Health Peer Work student. Her passions include preventative mental health care and genuine co-design
Mr Devin Lam
Youth Lived Experience Advisor
Brain and Mind Centre/Western Sydney Youth Council
MINDING YOUR MIND
1:00 PM - 2:00 PMBiography
Devin is part of the Right Care, First Time, Where You Live National Youth Lived Experience reference group and has Facilitated a Youth Model of Care "Minding your Mind" workshop.
Miss Alexis Hutcheon
Lived Experience Researcher
Brain And Mind Centre, University Of Sydney
MINDING YOUR MIND
1:00 PM - 2:00 PMBiography
Alexis Hutcheon is a Lived Experience Researcher at USYD’s Brain & Mind Centre. With 10+ years’ experience working in youth mental health services and her own lived experience, she partners with young people across Australia to embed lived experience in research, co-design, training, and innovation in youth mental health care.
