2008
23 MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH GRANTS – $1,206,841
Professor Anthony Jorm
University of Melbourne, Vic
Amount Awarded: $60,000
Mental health first aid training by e-learning: a randomised controlled trial.
Dr. Eoin Killackey
ORYGEN Research Centre/University of Melbourne, Vic
Amount Awarded: $51,975
Vocational recovery in young people with first episode psychosis: A randomised controlled intervention trial examining vocational, health, economic and social outcomes.
A/Prof. Colleen Loo
University of NSW
Amount Awarded: $48,200
A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled study of adjunctive ketamine as a neuroprotective agent in ECT (electroconvulsive therapy).
A/Professor Jenny Bowman
University of Newcastle, NSW
Amount Awarded: $57,882
Integrated smoking care linking mental health inpatients to community services: a randomised controlled trial.
Dr. Nicola Spurrier
Flinders University
Amount Awarded: $44,226
Mental health outcomes of infants enrolled in a randomised controlled sleep intervention trial.
Professor Terence McCann
Victoria University
Amount Awarded: $56,017
Bibliotherapy for primary caregivers of family members with first-episode psychosis: A randomised controlled trial.
Dr. Reg Nixon
Flinders University
Amount Awarded: $54,733
Treatment of acute stress disorder secondary to sexual assault: Effectiveness of therapy in a community mental health setting.
Professor Michael Sawyer
University of Adelaide, SA
Amount Awarded: $59,700
The mental health and wellbeing of young people in remand: Is the prevalence of mental health problems changing?
Dr. Peter Anderson
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Amount Awarded: $41,134
Psychiatric disorders in adults born very low birth weight.
Professor Frank Deane
University of Wollongong, NSW
Amount Awarded: $59,005
Family Connections: A randomised controlled trial of correspondence-based support for families of individuals recently diagnosed with psychosis.
A/Professor Vijaya Manicavasagar
University of NSW
Amount Awarded: $60,000
A randomised controlled trial of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy versus treatment as usual for bipolar disorder and comorbid anxiety.
Professor David Kavanagh
University of Queensland
Amount Awarded: $58,766
Detection of relapse risk and improvement of health risk behaviours in people with depression: Randomised controlled trial of correspondence-based intervention.
Professor Brian Kelly
University of Newcastle, NSW
Amount Awarded: $50,752
Service collaboration model for the mental health and wellbeing of NSW farming communities.
A/Professor Colleen Loo
University of New South Wales
Amount Awarded: $55,500
Transcranial magnetic stimulation: A new treatment for depressed adolescents.
A/Professor Alison Yung, Ms. Jo Robinson & Professor Patrick McGorry
ORYGEN Research Centre/University of Melbourne, Vic
Amount Awarded: $42,145
Suicide prevention amongst help-seeking adolescents: An intervention study.
Dr. Jane Pirkis
University of Melbourne, Vic
Amount Awarded: $58,625
An evaluation of the new Medicare Benefits schedule psychologist item numbers: Impacts for psychologists and their patients.
Professor Phillipa Hay, Dr. Jonathan Mond, Professor Susan Paxton, Dr. Frances Gordon & Dr Bryan Rogers
University of Western Sydney, NSW
Amount Awarded: $49,985
Mediating factors and effects of health literacy in course and outcome of common eating disorders: A longitudinal study.
La Trobe University, Vic
Amount Awarded: $50,422
Development and evaluation of a group cognitive behaviour body image and eating behaviour intervention for women in midlife.
A/Professor Judith Proudfoot
University of NSW
Amount Awarded: $56,850
Using the web to improve knowledge and self-management of bipolar disorder: A randomised controlled trial.
Dr. Sophie Havighurst, Professor Margot Prior, A/Professor Ann Sanson & Daryl Efron
University of Melbourne, Vic
Amount Awarded: $58,644
Building preschooler's emotional competence: Evaluating an early intervention for children with behaviour problems.
Ms. Nicole Kochan, Dr. Michael Breakspear & Dr Melissa Slavin
University of NSW
Amount Awarded: $27,530
Functional MRI investigation of the neural processes underlying Mild Cognitive Impairment.
Professor Ron Rapee & Mr Michael Cunningham
University of Macquarie, NSW
Amount Awarded: $54,850
Evaluation of a self-help multimedia computer program for adolescents with anxiety disorders.
Dr. Marian Worcester, Dr. Barbara Murphy, Professor Erika Froelicher & Dr. Alan Goble
Heart Research Centre, Vic
Amount Awarded: $49,900
Prevention and management of depression in patients after an acute cardiac event: A randomised controlled trial of a cognitive-behavioural intervention.
2 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS - $150,000
Colin Dodds Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr. Jordana Bayer
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Amount Awarded: $75,000
A combination of universal and targeted, versus a targeted approach to prevention of early childhood mental health problems: a population-based cluster randomised trial.
Royce Abbey Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr. Elizabeth Scarr
Mental Health Research Institute
Amount Awarded: $75,000
Biochemical basis of cognitive deficits in schizophrenia.