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Ian Hickie is a Commissioner of the National Mental Health Commission and Chair of the Scientific Leadership Council of the Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre (CRC). He was previously a Director of headspace (Australia's National Youth Mental Health Foundation). Patrick McGorry is a Director of headspace and a member of the Scientific Leadership Council of the Young and Well CRC. Helen Christensen is a member of the Scientific Leadership Council of the Young and Well CRC, was previously a member of the Australian Government's E-Mental Health Advisory Group and is the developer of a number of e-health tools, including MoodGYM.