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Michael Berk is Alfred Deakin Professor of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine, Deakin University where he heads the IMPACT Strategic Research Centre. He is also a Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne in the Department of Psychiatry, the Centre for Youth Mental Health, Orygen Research Centre, and the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health. His predominant interests include risk factors for and prevention of mood disorders, and the discovery and implementation of novel therapies.