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The Early Neurodevelopment and Mental Health team is focused on preventing childhood mental illness and optimising children’s development and wellbeing in the first years of their life. We are interested in understanding and identifying the factors that contribute to difficulties in mental health and development, as well as developing cost-effective prevention and early intervention approaches for addressing developmental needs and promoting resilience.
Examining the pathways of perinatal maternal mental health that influence child mental health outcomes.
Pioneering Aboriginal psychiatrist, researcher and mental health champion Professor Helen Milroy has been named joint winner of the 2020 Australian Mental Health Prize.
The concept of cultural safety is particularly relevant to mental health professionals as it aims to promote cultural integrity and social justice and equality.
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Rebecca Fiona Carrington Glauert Stanley Shepherd BPsych (Hons) PhD FAA FASSA MSc MD FFPHM FAFPHM FRACP FRANZCOG HonDSc HonDUniv HonFRACGP HonMD
Many of the mental health issues that women develop earlier in life are chronic at the time of conception, during pregnancy and at birth
Culturally unsafe mental health services contribute to persistent inequities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, yet existing cultural safety frameworks lack clear, prioritised, community-endorsed implementation guidance. This study aimed to establish Aboriginal consensus on cultural safety principles, implementation priorities and practical actions for culturally safe mental health services.
Optimal mental health in the pre-conception, pregnancy and postpartum periods is important for both maternal and infant wellbeing. Few studies, however, have focused on Indigenous women and the specific risk and protective factors that may prompt vulnerability to perinatal mental disorders in this culturally diverse population.
Pioneering Aboriginal psychiatrist, mental health champion and Western Australia’s 2021 Australian of the Year Professor Helen Milroy is among 10 ‘everyday Australians’ who will accompany Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Governor General David Hurley to the funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II.