Research
The work of the Centre for Mental Health and Well Being Research is conducted within four concentrations. Senior members work across the concentrations, a practice that has led to a high level of collaboration between group members, something that is reflected in the authorship of our publications and grants. Our concentrations include:
- General Population Mental Health and Well Being – subjective mental health and well being of individuals within Australia and cross-culturally, child development and mental health; body image and its behavioural implications; employment and workplace mental health and well being; and mental health and associated service system change;
- Substance Use and Criminality, Mental Health and Well Being – adolescent and adult use of alcohol and other drugs; drug and alcohol dependence and criminality; mental health and criminal reintegration/rehabilitation; and broader issues of forensic psychology;
- Disability, Disadvantage, and Disease Conditions, Mental Health and Well Being – mental health status and implications for people with a disability, prisoners and offenders, people who are HIV-positive, long term unemployed people, rural and isolated communities, and economically disadvantaged people (and associated co-morbidity);
- Ageing and Dementia, Mental Health and Well Being – assessment and treatment of dementia, depression, anxiety and dementia; innovations in mental health interventions for people with dementia; innovations in psycho-geriatric interventions generally.
Our work also includes a body of methodological and exploratory studies that underpin the research within the concentrations. The methodological and exploratory studies include perception research relevant to development and disability, testing of a number of scales and assessment tools, and theory testing.
