2009
19 MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH GRANTS – $980,309.40
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: $59,771
Vocational recovery in young people with first episode psychosis: A randomised controlled intervention trial examining vocational, health, economic and social outcomes
A/Professor Colleen Loo
University of NSW
Amount Awarded: $59,750
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: $59,932
Integrated smoking care linking mental health inpatients to community services: a randomised controlled trial
Professor Terence McCann
Victoria University
Amount Awarded: $59,574
Bibliotherapy for primary caregivers of family members with first-episode psychosis: A randomised controlled trial.
Dr Reg Nixon
Flinders University
Amount Awarded: $56,789
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: $29,370
The mental health and wellbeing of young people in remand: Is the prevalence of mental health problems changing?
Professor Frank Deane
University of Wollongong, NSW
Amount Awarded: $58,185
Family Connections: A randomised controlled trial of correspondence-based support for families of individuals recently diagnosed with psychosis
Dr Jane Pirkis
University of Melbourne, Vic
Amount Awarded: $24,313
An evaluation of the new Medicare Benefits schedule psychologist item numbers: Impacts for psychologists and their patients
A/Professor Judith Proudfoot
University of NSW
Amount Awarded: $52,100
Using the web to improve knowledge and self-management of bipolar disorder: A randomised controlled trial
Professor Michael Berk
Mental Health Research Institute, VIC
Amount Awarded: $51,969
The Efficacy of N-acetylcysteine as an adjunctive treatment in Unipolar Depression
Dr Lynn Meuleners
Curtin University of Technology, WA
Amount Awarded: $64,270
Mental illness and interpersonal violence: evidence from a population based study
Dr Nickolai Titov
University of NSW
Amount Awarded: $34,875
Internet based education for generalised anxiety disorder
Professor Julie Byles
University of Newcastle, NSW
Amount Awarded: $31,990.40
Uptake and impact of new Medicare Benefits Schedule items
Dr Lara Farrell
Griffith University, QLD
Amount Awarded: $42,287
A novel approach to treatment resistant childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder
Dr Pamela Marsh
Macquarie University, NSW
Amount Awarded: $51,269
Remediation of mental-state reasoning and emotion recognition in schizophrenia: Theoretical and clinical implications.
Dr Eugen Mattes
University of Western Australia
Amount Awarded: $56,608
Prenatal androgen exposure and its influence on mental health in children/adolescents
A/Professor Lina Ricciardelli
Deakin University, VIC
Amount Awarded: $63,780
An early intervention for mental health problems among children: Comparisons,Openness,Peers and Esteem (COPE)
3 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS - $225,000
Royce Abbey Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr Elizabeth Scarr
University of Melbourne, Mental Health Research Institute, VIC
Amount Awarded: $75,000
Biochemical basis of cognitive deficits in schizophrenia.
Colin Dodds Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr Jordana Bayer
Murdoch Children's Research Institute, VIC
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.
Geoffrey Betts Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr Amanda Gabrielle
Murdoch Children's Research Institute, VIC
Amount Awarded: $75,000
Determinants of poor psychological outcome of fetal antiepileptic drug exposure.