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Jennifer Wild is Professor of Military Mental Health at the University of Melbourne. She holds an affiliate position at the University of Oxford where she developed evidence-based interventions to prevent PTSD for emergency responders, now being delivered internationally. She has written forNature news, BBC,The Times,The Sunday Times andThe Psychologist. Author ofBe Extraordinary: 7 Key Skills to Transform your Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary, Professor Wild applies science to understanding and preventing mental ill health.