Dr Hayden Cain
Rural Generalist
I am Dr Hayden Cain, a recent ACRRM RGA fellow with a passion for men's health. I have spent time working all over Australia from large tertiary centres to small solo doctor hospitals
About Men in Mind
Built so no man slips through the cracks
Men in Mind is evidence-based online training that equips health practitioners to better engage men. It offers two learning streams: a course for mental health practitioners working in depth with men, and three profession-specific courses for the GPs, nurses and pharmacists on the front line of primary care. The conversations look different depending on the setting, and so do the courses.
Too many men reach a crisis point before anyone reaches them.
Men experience depression and suicidality differently to women , and they engage with care differently, too. They turn up later, talk less, mask more, and disengage faster. Three in four suicide deaths in Australia are men. And 87% of Australian men who died by suicide had accessed a health service in the year before their death. Yet around 45% of men drop out of care early.
Men in Mind exists to close that gap. Created by the Movember Institute, it gives practitioners across every setting: from psychologists to GPs to pharmacists, the confidence and the practical tools to recognise what distress can look like in men and to keep them engaged in care.
Our goal is simple but ambitious: a generation of practitioners who know how to reach men early, respond to what they're really saying, and change the trajectory of a life before it reaches crisis.
A History of Men in Mind
Our approach
Research, translated into practice
Everything we build starts with evidence. Then we work with clinicians, learning designers and men with lived experience to turn that evidence into something you can actually use.
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Grounded in evidence
Every module is built on the Movember Institute's research program and peer-reviewed literature on how men engage with care, with content informed by expertise from the Black Dog Institute, the University of Melbourne and the University of British Columbia.
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Designed for real practice
Short scripted videos, reflective exercises and downloadable worksheets give practitioners tools they can apply in their next conversation with men.
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Shaped with lived experience
Content draws on what men themselves tell us, including research on what led them to seek help, alongside the clinicians who supported them, so it reflects how engagement really unfolds.
Our impact
Training that’s already changing how men are cared for.
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of practitioners felt confident supporting men with active suicidality after training — up from 47% before
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practical microskills clinicians can put to use in their next session
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evidence-based modules, from rebranding masculinity to suicide intervention
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program of its kind shown to work in a randomised controlled trial
Outcomes from the Men in Mind randomised controlled trial; improvements were retained at three-month follow-up.
The people behind it
A team of clinicians, researchers and educators
Men in Mind is delivered by the Movember Institute of Men's Health, working alongside clinical advisors at the University of Melbourne and Orygen.
Dr Zac Seidler
Global Director, Men's Health Research, Movember
Michael Wilson
Research Fellow, Men's Health and Relationships, Movember
Amelia Scott
Clinical Psychologist and Research Fellow
Ben Rogers
Global Director Health Systems
Clinical & academic advisors
Dr Johanna Lynch
General Practitioner & Psychotherapist
Dr Johanna Lynch is a general practitioner, psychotherapist, and former president of the Australian Society for Psychological Medicine.
Dr Tim Jones
General Practitioner & Rural Generalist
Dr Tim Jones is a Tasmanian GP, rural generalist, GP supervisor, medical educator and PHN board director.
A/Prof Magdalena Simonis AM
General Practitioner & Women's Health Expert
Dr Magdalena Simonis is a leading women's health expert and advisor, a Senior Honorary Research Fellow University of Melbourne Department of General Practice
Dr Greg Malcher
General Practitioner (Retired)
Greg graduated from Monash University in 1976 and spent the next 9 years working in the Australian and overseas health systems.
Dr Nige Gray
Specialist General Practitioner MB, ChB; FRACGP; GCHPE
Dr. Nige Gray graduated from the University of Leeds (UK) in 1987 before relocating to Australia in 1992.
Michael Whitehead
Registered Nurse
Michael has over 25-years' experience working in Men's Health, Emergency Nursing, Prostate Cancer and Remote Indigenous Health.
Kendall Gow
Nurse Practitioner
Kendall is a urology nurse practitioner, clinical sexologist, and credentialled diabetes educator with a special interest in men's health
Dr Lesley Andrew
Senior Academic, School of Nursing & Midwifery, ECU
Dr Lesley Andrew is a senior academic in teaching, learning, and research within the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia.
Luke Mitchell
Urology Nurse Practitioner
Luke has been nursing for over 15 years, starting his career in the operating theatres before specialising in Urology and Sexual Health.
Haley Hodgson
Registered Nurse & Nurse Practitioner Candidate
Haley Hodgson is a Registered Nurse, business owner, rural health innovator and Nurse Practitioner candidate with a strong focus on improving access to primary health care in regional communities.
Adam Forrest
Pharmacist
First registering in 2009, Adam Forrest is a community pharmacist manager from the outer Adelaide Southern suburbs.
Brad Butt
Pharmacist & Founder, Mens Health Downunder
Brad Butt is the founder of Mens Health Downunder; a pharmacist led mens health clinic based in Canberra but with clinics around Australia.
Tobias Speare
Pharmacist, Educator & Researcher
Tobias Speare is an experienced pharmacist, educator, researcher, and advocate dedicated to improving medicines management and patient outcomes
Anna Georgiou
Clinical Pharmacist, B.Pharm, Cred.Pharm
Anna Georgiou is a Clinical Pharmacist with over 11 years of experience across community, hospital and aged care settings.
James Georgiou
Consultant Pharmacist & Clinical Sexologist
James Georgiou is a consultant pharmacist, clinical sexologist, and community pharmacy owner with a special interest in men's health, sexual medicine, and urology.
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