Centre for Mental Health and Well Being Research 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.
