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Share your expertise, shape the future of women’s mental health

 

Applications are now open to present at HER Mind, HER Health, a new national flagship conference focused on women’s mental health across the lifespan.

 

Taking place in 2026, this conference brings together clinicians, researchers, lived experience leaders, service designers and decision makers committed to improving mental health outcomes for women.

 

Whether you work in clinical practice, research, community services, policy, education, or bring lived experience expertise, this is your opportunity to influence practice, inform systems change, and contribute to a more integrated and gender-responsive mental health landscape.

 

Apply to Present

Applications close Friday 10th of April 2026.

Why Present at HER Mind, HER Health?

  • Discounted registration as a presenter

  • Access to all conference sessions and keynotes

  • Your session promoted across ANZMHA platforms

  • Custom promotional graphic and discount code to share

  • Opportunities to connect with national leaders and peers

  • Access to the conference wellbeing program

  • A premium venue experience with complimentary catering

  • On-demand access to conference recordings post-event

A Platform for Impact and Leadership

 

Presenting at HER Mind, HER Health positions you at the forefront of a growing national movement to integrate women’s mental health into women’s healthcare.

 

ANZMHA conferences are known for elevating emerging voices alongside established leaders. Many past presenters have progressed into keynote roles, advisory positions, collaborations and long-term sector partnerships.

 

This conference values depth, integrity and impact. We are seeking presentations that move beyond siloed disciplines or single-issue advocacy, and instead centre women’s mental health outcomes, clinical decision-making, lived experience authority and system design.

 

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Presentation Topics

 

Submissions should align with the 2026 conference theme:

 

Making the Invisible Visible

1. Perimenopause, Hormones & the Female Brain

 

  • Perimenopausal depression, anxiety, mood instability and cognitive change
  • Sleep disruption, emotional regulation and identity shifts in midlife
  • Differentiating perimenopausal mental health symptoms from primary psychiatric disorders
  • Intersections with trauma history, neurodivergence and psychosocial stress
  • Translating emerging evidence into confident mental health practice
2. When Distress Is Context, Not Pathology

 

  • Long-term mental health impacts of violence, abuse and coercive control
  • Complex trauma and cumulative harm
  • Medical trauma and system-related distress
  • Therapeutic and recovery-oriented approaches beyond crisis response
3. Invisible Differences, Visible Consequences

 

  • ADHD and autism in girls and women
  • Masking, late diagnosis and misdiagnosis
  • Intersections with anxiety, depression, eating disorders and burnout
  • Adapting mental health care for neurodivergent women
4. Identity, Culture & Inequity in Women’s Mental Health

 

  • First Nations women’s social and emotional wellbeing
  • Cultural identity, migration and mental health
  • LGBTQIA+ women’s mental health experiences
  • Rural, remote and structurally marginalised communities
5. Lived Experience as Authority: From Voice to Power

 

  • Lived experience leadership in governance, boards and system reform
  • Co-design that genuinely shifts decisions, resources and priorities
  • Recognising and avoiding tokenistic or extractive engagement
  • Accountability when lived experience input is ignored or overridden
  • What clinicians, services and policymakers must relinquish for power-sharing to be real
6. Where Women Enter the System — and What Happens Next

 

  • First presentations of distress in primary care, women’s health, menopause, perinatal and community settings
  • Assessment, screening and diagnostic decision-making
  • Referral pathways, shared care and continuity across services
  • Practical examples of integrated care that improve outcomes for women
7. The Mental Load, Burnout & Invisible Labour

 

  • Care roles, motherhood and identity strain
  • Burnout in caring professions
  • Workplace mental health through a gender-responsive lens
  • Economic insecurity and psychological wellbeing
8. Rebuilding Systems for Women’s Mental Health

 

  • Gender-responsive mental health policy and funding
  • Workforce capability and training gaps
  • Translating evidence into practice and reform
  • Designing mental health systems with women, not for them

Key Dates

 

Presentation applications close: Friday 10 April 2026
Successful applicants notified by: Monday 20 April 2026