The government’s recent budget announcement of $1.5 billion in new initiatives to deliver better mental health care is an important initial step towards transformational mental health reform. How can we be sure of the effectiveness of that investment in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of individuals with or at risk of mental disorders? And what role is there for health services research in informing and influencing how governments and the private sector design, implement and measure programs in mental health?
This seminar, presented by the HSRAANZ and the Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics, University of Melbourne showcased how health services research methods are being used to inform mental health policy.
Presentations
Patrick McGorry, Executive Director of Orygen Youth Health (OYH) - The Contribution of health services research evidnece to national mental health policy
Jane Pirkis, Director, Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics, University of Melbourne - Evaluating the Better Access Program
Cathy Mihalopoulos, Senior Research Fellow at the Population Health Strategic Research Centre, Deakin University - Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of Preventive Interventions for Mental Disorders: Should Australia invest in mental disorder prevention?
Rebecca Reeve, Research Fellow, Centre for Health Economics Research &Evaluation, UTS - The effect of child abuse on long term health and well being: evidence from Australia
Kristy Muir, Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Senior Research Fellow with the Social Policy Research Centre at the UNSW - Why measuring mental health outcomes is not enough: lessons from the evaluation of Headspace
Sarah Olesen, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Mental Health Research at ANU -
Self-management of mental health in Australia: Who, how many, and relationships with formal health service use.