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Jon Lane

Jon Lane

Inaugural Chief Psychiatrist, Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Tasmania; military psychiatrist specializing in veterans' mental health and high-performance leadership.

Jul 12, 2026

63:49
Yeah, it does.
63:51
Well, it's funny because John and I were talking about this before you rocked up and – you know we're both reservists yeah and you know when you think about we're talking here effectively about transition and transition is a transition of identity first and foremost but it's also a transition of culture and community yeah and so you know from from our perspective becoming a reservist means being in uniform is not your only priority And that's the key sort of thing here, what you as an individual prioritise.
64:20
And when you're in that culture and that, you know, pressure cooker of high-performing athlete in a sports club, mate, you've been paid a shitload to prioritise that.
64:31
Yeah, yeah.
64:31
That's the whole point.
64:32
Yeah, yeah.
64:32
And it's been really good to see the culture change to go that, like that knife edge that I was talking about, the edge has got to be really keen, but the knife has actually got to be solid to support it as well too.

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72:39
I guess as a psychiatrist, you've seen these tools and you use them.

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