Attention! This Is Why You Can't Sleep | Bronwyn Milkins | TEDxUWA

Bronwyn's research unravels the complexities of anxiety-related insomnia by examining the contribution of cognitive processes that operate outside of conscious awareness and operates on the premise that understanding mental illness can help prevent it.

Bronwyn is a psychological science communicator dedicated to mental health system reform. Hospitalised with mental illness at 18 years old, Bronwyn has since overcome her battles and is now a studying her PhD in Psychology at the University of Western Australia.
Outside of her PhD, Bronwyn works to dismantle social and economic barriers to receiving help for mental illness by designing evidence-based initiatives. Her vision is of an Australia where every single person receives timely and effective support for a mental health problem.
Bronwyn was named a 2016 'Young Social Pioneer' by the Foundation for Young Australians for her work in the social entrepreneurship space and was the 2014 winner of the UWA 'Three Minute Thesis' competition.

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