Population Mental Health
-
Professor Nicola Reavley+61 3 9035 7628
Research Overview
The aims of the Population Mental Health Group are to:
- Conduct research on what actions members of the community can take to prevent and intervene early with mental disorders
- Translate the findings from this research into practical interventions that empower the whole community to take action, and
- Train researchers in this area
The Population Mental Health Group has a close link with Mental Health First Aid Australia, a not-for-profit agency translating research findings into practical action. Together with Betty Kitchener (an educator), Professor Anthony Jorm was responsible for developing the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training course, which equips the public to assist a person developing a mental health problem, experiencing the worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis (e.g., they are suicidal). In 2011, Anthony and Betty set up the not-for-profit organisation Mental Health First Aid International to disseminate MHFA training. Anthony is on the Board of Directors and former Chair of the Board of this organisation.
Centre for Mental Health contact details
Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street
The University of Melbourne
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Victoria, 3010, Australia
Tel: +61 3 83440908
Email: CMH-enquiries@unimelb.edu.au
Staff
Prof Nicola Reavley (Unit Head & Deputy Director, Centre for Mental Health)
Emma Austen
Simone Baillie
Karen Gregg
Dr Laura Hart
Catherine Johnson
Prof Anthony Jorm
Julia Lyons
Dr Ashley McAllister
Dr Amy Morgan
Dr Sanne Oostermeijer
Dr Anna Ross
Judith Wright
Dr Shurong Lu
Funding
Research Projects
- The Mental Health First Aid Conversations About Suicide Trial
- WorkplaceAid: a trial on improving mental health and physical first aid skills in the workplace
- First Aid Training for Parents of Teenagers: A Randomized Controlled Trial (TPOT Study)
- teenAID: A Cluster Randomised Control Trial to evaluate first aid training for teenagers
- teen Mental Health First Aid
- National survey of discrimination and positive treatment associated with mental health problems
- National surveys of mental health literacy and stigma
- What workplaces can do to improve mental health
- Mindwise: A multifaceted intervention to improve mental health literacy in staff and students of a multi-campus university
- 'What Works for Depression' and 'What Works for Anxiety'
- A culturally appropriate approach to improve mental health outcomes in Sri Lanka and China: Mental Health First Aid
- Centre of Research Excellence in Childhood Adversity and Associated Depression and Anxiety
- Measuring mental health first aid skills
Faculty Research Themes
School Research Themes
Key Contact
For further information about this research, please contact Unit Head Professor Nicola Reavley
Department / Centre
Unit / Centre
MDHS Research library
Explore by researcher, school, project or topic.