In Our Minds

Innowell Mental Health
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Join Bianca Bowron-Cuthill, CEO of Innowell, as she sits down with the researchers, clinicians, and leaders at the frontier of mental health care. Each episode explores what better care looks like and how technology can help us get there.

Episodes

  1. Jul 7

    Why aren't a million young Australians seeking help? | Gary Groves

    In this episode of In Our Minds, host Bianca Baron-Cuthill sits down with Gary Groves — CEO of ReachOut Australia, the country's leading digital mental health service for young people. Gary's path to the role is anything but ordinary: 15 years in the NSW Police Force (including six as head of the Child Protection Sex Crime Squad), followed by roles in Family and Community Services and the NGO sector, before landing at ReachOut — an organisation that now reaches over 2.5 million young Australians a year. We cover how ReachOut is using AI (built with Google) to deliver clinically-based mental health support at scale, why over a million young Australians still aren't seeking help, the very real barriers — cost, isolation, wait times — that get in the way, and what a Digital Duty of Care for social media platforms actually means in practice. Timestamps 0:00 Intro to Gary Groves & ReachOut Australia 5:15 The Youth Mentee Story That Changed Gary's Career 8:36 How Gary's Experiences Growing Up Shaped His Purpose 10:46 What Made ReachOut the Right Next Step 14:04 What Makes ReachOut Special: AI, Data & Youth-Led Content 22:28 How ReachOut Measures Its Impact 25:46 Misconceptions About Youth Mental Health 29:06 "Digital Trees" — Why Online Life Is Just Like Climbing Trees 30:58 ReachOut's Approach to AI: What Works and What Doesn't 36:19 The Role of Government in Youth Mental Health 40:07 Digital Duty of Care for Social Media Platforms 43:39 Laps for Life: The Swimming Movement for Mental Health

  2. Jun 2

    How should we respond to trauma? | Tahnee Clark

    What does it actually take to support someone through trauma, and is our mental health system equipped to do it? In this episode, Bianca sits down with Tahnee Clark, CEO of Alfi Health and an expert on crisis response, organisational mental health, and clinical governance. Tahnee has experience both as a clinician and an executive, from responding as one of the first responding psychologists during the Lindt Cafe siege, to now advising organisations on how to build mental health systems that genuinely work. Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 01:49 - The Lindt Cafe siege experience 04:40 - What Alfi Health does 08:42 - What people actually need in the first hours after trauma 12:58 - Debunking the most common myths about trauma response 15:30 - Collective trauma vs. individual crisis response 17:22 - The invisible load clinicians carry 23:40 - Technology that's actually making a difference for clinicians 27:46 - The Bondi stabbing coronial inquest 30:32 - What truly world-class mental health support looks like 36:14 - The accessibility gap 37:45 - ‘Aha’ moments from the field 41:18 - The power of technology 45:00 - Practical steps for anyone struggling with trauma right now 46:58 - Redesigning mental health crisis response from scratch

  3. May 5

    Can AI solve the youth mental health crisis? | Dr. Frank Iorfino

    Host Bianca Bowron-Cuthill speaks with Dr. Frank Iorfino, Associate Professor at the Brain and Mind Centre at Sydney University, about the research-backed digital solutions reshaping how clinicians identify, triage, and treat young people.  They cover the reasons behind the growing youth mental health crisis, why measurement-based care is important, how AI is reducing variability in clinical decision-making, and why digital tools may be the most scalable solution to Australia's mental health workforce crisis. 00:00 – Introduction & Frank's Background 02:49 – The Youth Mental Health Crisis 06:20 – Digital Solutions & the "Digital Front Door" 11:00 – Measurement-Based Care & Patient Empowerment 19:07 – AI in Mental Health 26:29 – Clinical AI Knowledge Bases, Wearables & Prediction 32:53 – The Current System vs. The Digital Future 40:53 – Australia as a Global Leader in Mental Health

    Can AI solve the youth mental health crisis? | Dr. Frank Iorfino
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Join Bianca Bowron-Cuthill, CEO of Innowell, as she sits down with the researchers, clinicians, and leaders at the frontier of mental health care. Each episode explores what better care looks like and how technology can help us get there.

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  • Creator
    Innowell Mental Health
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Innowell Mental Health
  • Show Website
    In Our Minds