Centre for Mental Health and Community Wellbeing

Projects grouped by Research Unit

Centre for Mental Health and Community Wellbeing

Improving mental health and mitigating the impact of mental illness at a population level

Disaster, Climate and Adversity Unit

The Disaster, Climate and Adversity Unit is an evolution of the Child and Community Wellbeing Unit and formerly the Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program. Over time, shifting health and social issues have meant our research focus has evolved to address emerging public health priorities. What hasn’t changed is our commitment to providing high quality evidence-based research and evaluation, characterised by our strong practice-research partnerships across many sectors and organisations. Our focus on child health and wellbeing continues to be a feature within each of our streams of research, alongside our research addressing adult experiences.

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Global and Cultural Mental Health

The Global and Cultural Mental Health Unit works to improve mental health and reduce mental illness in low-resource settings and among vulnerable populations in Australia and internationally. We strengthen leadership and build capacity in government and non-government sectors to develop mental health and social support services that are high quality, equitable and affordable, and that protect the human rights of people with mental illness.

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Mental Health Epidemiology

The Mental Health Epidemiology Unit leads the design and analysis of studies of mental health outcomes, including studies of suicide and self-harm.

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