Mental Illness Grants Awarded for 2010

A high volume of Grants were awarded over the years for interesting and significant areas of research. In 2010 Grants totalled $1,215,792. These included 8 Mental Health Research Grants, 10 Mental Health Pilot Sudies, 7 Ian Scott PhD Scholarships and 2 Postdoctoral Fellowships.

Mental Health Service Evaluations 2010

5 EVALUATION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION GRANTS - $223,650

Professor Michael Sawyer
Co Investigators: Associate Professor Peter Baghurst, Dr Nicola Spurrier & Shane Maddocks  
Women's and Children's Hospital/University of Adelaide, SA
Amount Awarded: $52,020 
Evaluation of a South Australian family home visiting program

Professor Deigo De Leo
Co Investigators: Dr Kairi Kolves, Professor Elizabeth Kendall & Leda Barnett
Griffith University, QLD
Amount Awarded: $55,450
The incidence of suicidal behaviours in Indigenous communities in Queensland - evaluation and development of baseline data

Professor Steve Kisely
Co Investigators: Dr Neil Preston, Dr Jianguo (Alex) Xiao & Dr Aaron Groves
University of Queensland
Amount Awarded: $10,625
A ten-year evaluation of community treatment orders on mental health and forensic outcomes

Dr Sophie Havighurst
Co Investigators: Dr Emma Frankling & Dr Robyn Stargatt
University of Melbourne, VIC
Amount Awarded: $45,876
Preventing conduct disroders: The Austin CASEA evaluation of an early intervention service for children with behaviour problems. (Evaluation of mental health.)

Dr John Brayley
Co Investigators: Adjunct Associate Professor Andrew Alston, Jeremy Moore, Dr Margaret Honeyman, Jennifer Corkhill, Di Chartres & Ellie Rozenfeld  
Office of the Public Advocate, SA
Amount Awarded: $59,679
The Threshold Test for involuntary mental health treatment - reducing practitioner variation in invoking orders and implementing the least restrictive option