The Australasian COgnitive Recovery in Mental Health Network (ACORN) is a collaborative network dedicated to improving cognitive health outcomes for people experiencing mental illness across Australasia. ACORN promotes the understanding and implementation of Cognitive Remediation (CR) — evidence-based interventions that enhance thinking skills and support functional recovery — as a core component of mental health care. Bringing together clinicians, researchers, educators, and people with lived experience, ACORN works to embed cognitive recovery within everyday mental health practice through education, advocacy, and research translation.

ACORN aims to raise awareness of cognitive health, advocate for the inclusion of Cognitive Remediation in mental health services, and strengthen professional training and education across disciplines. The network supports collaboration between clinical, academic, and lived experience communities to promote evidence-based practice, translate research into action, and drive systemic change. Its overarching goal is to ensure that cognitive recovery becomes an accessible, routine, and valued part of recovery-oriented mental health care throughout Australasia.