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A/PROF JANE PIRKIS



Contact Details

Organization: Population Health
Position: PRINCIPAL RESEARCH FELLOW (HPPE)
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Work: 61 3 8344 0647
Fax: 61 3 9348 1174
Level: 04
Building: 207 Bouverie St.
Campus: Parkville

Biography

Associate Professor Jane Pirkis (PhD) is a principal research fellow in the School of Population Health at the University of Melbourne. She has undertaken a number of policy-relevant studies of suicide and suicide prevention in Australia, including profiling the epidemiology of suicide and suicidal behaviour among the general population and among at-risk groups. She has a particular research interest in suicide and the media.  She has also undertaken a number ofevaluations of large-scale suicide prevention programs and mental health care initiatives.

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Suicide prevention Australia
Mental health program evaluation Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United Kingdom University of Oxford Research
United States University of California - San Francisco Exchange, Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts University of Tasmania 31-Dec-1985
Master of Applied Epidemiology The Australian National University 31-Dec-1995
Master of Psychology University of Tasmania 31-Dec-1988
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-2001

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Registered Psychologists Registration Board of Victoria Registered psychologist 16-Aug-2000 15-Aug-2009
Member Australian Psychological Society Ordinary Member 16-Aug-2000 15-Aug-2009
Member Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand Ordinary Member, past Executive Member 01-Jan-2000
Member International Association for Suicide Prevention Member, Country Representative (Australia), Chair of Suicide and the Media Task Force 01-Jan-2002
Member Suicide Prevention Australia Ordinary Member, past Victorian Representative 01-Jan-2002

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Member, Australian Psychological Society (MAPS) 31-Dec-2000

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
An evaluation of the introduction of case conferences for consultant psychiatrists as new item numbers on the Medicare benefits schedule Chief Investigator NHMRC Strategic Research Grants for Mental Health Research 01/01/2003
The impact of media reporting of suicide in actual suicidal behaviour Chief Investigator AUST ROTARY HEALTH RESEARCH FUND Mental Illness Research Grant 28/02/2003
Preventing suicidal behaviours: Ecological studies of systemic protective factors. Chief Investigator NHMRC Population Health Career Development Award 01/01/2004
HEALTH RISK SCREENING OF ADOLESCENTS IN PRIMARY CARE: A CLUSTER RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL Chief Investigator NHMRC Priority Driven Research Grants (AHMAC PDR) (AUST HEALTH MINISTER CONFERENCE) 01/01/2005
HEALTH RISK SCREENING AND COUNSELLING OF ADOLESCENTS IN PRIMARY CARE: A CLUSTER RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL Chief Investigator AUST PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH INST Stream 3: Primary Health Care Policy and Practice 01/07/2005
Re-orienting general practice toward preventative mental health care for adolescents, utilising the practice nurse: a pilot study. Chief Investigator BEYONDBLUE Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders Grants 01/01/2006
OPTIMISING THE PRIMARY MENTAL HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE IN AUSTRALIA Chief Investigator AUST NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute Grant 16/11/2006
An evaluation of the new Medicare Benefits Schedule psychologist item numbers: Impacts for psychologists and their patients Chief Investigator AUST ROTARY HEALTH RESEARCH FUND Mental Illness Research Grant 28/02/2007
Monitoring Media Reporting of Depression Chief Investigator BEYONDBLUE Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders Grants 28/02/2008
Re-orientating general practice systems toward youth friendly care Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2009
NHMRC Research Fellowship 2009 - PIRKIS Chief Investigator NHMRC Research Fellowship 01/01/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN HEALTH NEWS RESEARCH COLLABORATION Chief Investigator NHMRC Capacity Building Grants in Population Health Research 01/01/2009

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL EVALUATION STRATEGY FRAMEWORK FOR THE BETTER OUTCOMES IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE INITIATIVE Chief Investigator DO NOT USE (33041) - COMMONWEALTH DEPT OF HEALTH & AGEING 01/11/2003
AUSTRALIAN MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES AND CLASSIFICATION NETWORK: OUTCOMES AND CASEMIX ANALYSIS AND REPORTING Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND 16/12/2003
THE 'LEARNINGS FROM SUICIDE PREVENTION INITIATIVES' PROJECT Chief Investigator FLINDERS UNIVERSITY 07/03/2006
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL RESEARCH AGENDA THAT IDENTIFIES PRIORITY AREAS OF RESEARCH TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE AREA OF SUICIDE PREVENTION Chief Investigator DEPT OF HEALTH & AGEING 01/04/2006
UNDERTAKE A QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MEDIA REPORTING OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE ISSUES USING THE BASELINE MEASURES ESTABLISHED IN THE 2000-01 MEDIA MONITORING PROJECT Chief Investigator DEPT OF HEALTH & AGEING 01/06/2006
SUB CONTRACT - UNDERTAKE A QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MEDIA REPORTING OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE ISSUES USING USING THE BASELINE MEASURES ESTABLISHED IN THE 2000-01 MEDIA MONITORING PROJECT Chief Investigator MEDIA MONITORS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD 01/09/2006
DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL EVALUATION STRATEGY FRAMEWORK FOR THE BETTER OUTCOMES IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE INITIATIVE Chief Investigator DEPT OF HEALTH & AGEING 12/12/2006
PANEL OF PROVIDERS OF HEALTH ECONOMICS SERVICES Chief Investigator DEPT OF HEALTH & AGEING 18/06/2007
EVALUATION OF THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT SUICIDE PREVENTION STRATEGY 2003-2008 Chief Investigator QUEENSLAND HEALTH 01/02/2008
ONLINE REPORTING AND PORTRAYAL OF SUICIDE AND MENTAL ILLNESS Chief Investigator DEPT OF HEALTH & AGEING,
MEDIA MONITORS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD		 30/06/2008
EVALUATION OF THE BETTER ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE Chief Investigator DEPT OF HEALTH & AGEING 24/03/2009
INDEPENDANT EVALUATION OF THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS NETWORK Chief Investigator MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS NETWORK 16/09/2009
DECLINE IN THE INCIDENCE OF SUICIDE DUE TO NON-DRUG POISONINGS. 2001-06 Chief Investigator VIC INST OF FORENSIC MEDICINE 26/10/2009

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Research priorities in suicide prevention: A qualitative study of stakeholders' views
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-9
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Publications in 2008

Book Chapters

  • Risk and Responsibility.  A qualitative analysis of newspaper coverage of deaths by suicide of two Melbourne girls


    Year: 2008
    Book: Suicidality in the Media: Interdisciplinary Contributions
    Publisher: Transaction Publishers
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Journal Articles

  • Research priorities in suicide prevention in Australia. A comparison of current research efforts and stakeholder-identified priorities


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Crisis (Kirkland)
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 29
    Page numbers: 180-190
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  • Access to Allied Psychological Services Projects:  Making an impact on the Australian mental health care landscape
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Primary Mental Health Care eBulletin
    Volume: June
    Page numbers: 8-9
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  • Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care:  Access to Allied Psychological Services Evaluation Update
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Primary Mental Health Care eBulletin
    Volume: 12 - February
    Page numbers: 7
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  • Evaluation update of Access to Allied Psychological Services
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Primary Mental Health Care eBulletin
    Volume: December
    Page numbers: 2-3
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  • Impact of a specialized early psychosis treatment programme on suicide.  Retrospective cohort study
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Early Intervention in Psychiatry
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 11-21
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  • Managing demand for psychological service provision under the Australian Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Program
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Primary Care & Community Psychiatry
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 126-133
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  • Meeting demand for psychological services for people with depression and anxiety:  Recent developments in primary mental health care
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 188
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: S107-S109
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Enduring and competing news frames:  Australian newspaper coverage of the deaths by suicides of two Melbourne girls
    Year: 2008
    Event name: Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Annual Conference - 'Power and Place' 2008
    Conference Publication: Power and Place: Refereed proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2008
    Page numbers: 1-21
    Publisher: Massey University School of People, Environment & Planning(Wellington)
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  • Evaluation of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Program
    Year: 2008
    Event name: Australian Psychological Society Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 43rd Annual APS Conference
    Page numbers: 16-20
    Publisher: Australian Psychological Society
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Reports

  • Evaluation of the Queensland Government Suicide Prevention Strategy (QGSPS) 2003-8:  Review of QGSPS Initiatives


    Year: 2008
    Customer: Queensland Health
    Report No:: 3
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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  • Evaluation of the Queensland Government Suicide Prevention Strategy 2003-08:  Stakeholder Consultations


    Year: 2008
    Customer: Queensland Health
    Report No:: 2
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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  • Carer Outcome Measurement in Mental Health Services:  Scoping the Field
    Year: 2008
    Customer: Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classification Network
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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  • Development of clinical prompts to enhance decision support tools related to the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection
    Year: 2008
    Customer: Australian Mental Health Outcomes & Classification Network (AMHOCN)
    Publisher: NSW Institute of Psychiatry
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  • Evaluating the Access to Allied Psychological Services Component of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Program:  Making an impact on the Australian Mental Health Care Landscape
    Year: 2008
    Customer: Department of Health and Ageing
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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  • Evaluating the Access to Allied Psychological Services Component of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Program:  The feasibility of conducting a cost-effectiveness analysis of different models of service delivery under the ATAPS projects. 
    Year: 2008
    Customer: Department of Health and Ageing
    Report No:: - Special
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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  • Evaluation of the Queensland Government Suicide Prevention Strategy 2003-08: Review of Documentation relating to Governance
    Year: 2008
    Customer: Queensland Health
    Report No:: 1
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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  • Monitoring Media Reporting of Depression:  Changes in Media Reporting of Depression in Australia 2000/01 - 2006/07
    Year: 2008
    Customer: beyondblue
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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  • Preventing suicide:  A resource for Media Professionals
    Year: 2008
    Customer: International Association for Suicide Prevention, World Health Organisation
    Publisher: World Health Organization(Geneva)
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  • Suicide and Suicide Prevention in Asia
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: World Health Organization(Geneva)
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  • The Media Monitoring Project:  Changes in Media Reporting of Suicide and Mental Health Illness in Australia 2000/01 - 2006/07
    Year: 2008
    Customer: Department of Health and Ageing
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Better outcomes in mental health care: Impact of different models of psychological service provision on patient outcomes
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 41
    Page numbers: 142-149
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  • Building evaluation capacity:  Definitional and practical implications from an Australian case study
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Evaluation and Program Planning
    Volume: 30
    Page numbers: 231-236
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  • Evaluation of the Access to Allied Psychological Services Projects
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Primary Mental Health Care eBulletin
    Volume: April
    Page numbers: 5-6
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  • Improving access to and outcomes from mental health care in rural Australia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Rural Health
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 304-312
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  • International planning directions for provision of mental health services
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
    Volume: 34
    Page numbers: 377-387
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  • Long-terms effects of childhood abuse on the quality of life and health of older people: Results from the Depression and Early Prevention of Suicide in General Practice Project
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
    Volume: 56
    Page numbers: 262-271
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  • Media reporting of suicide methods:  An Australian Perspective
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Crisis (Kirkland)
    Volume: 28
    Issue: Suppl 1
    Page numbers: 64-69
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  • Recruiting and retaining GPs and patients in intervention studies: the DEPS-GP project as a case study
    Year: 2007
    Journal: BMC Medical Research Methodology
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 42
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  • The Newsworthiness of Suicide
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 278-282
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  • Update of Evaluation of the Access to Allied Psychological Services Projects
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Primary Mental Health Care eBulletin
    Volume: 4 October
    Page numbers: 5-6
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  • Utilisation of Access to Allied Psychological Services:  Interim Evaluation reports
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Primary Mental Health Care eBulletin
    Volume: December
    Page numbers: 6
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  • Utilisation of findings from the evaluation of a major primary mental health care initiative in Australia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Evaluation Journal of Australasia
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 12-24
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Reports

  • A Revised National Evaluation Framework for the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Program
    Year: 2007
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
    Publisher: Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics(Melbourne)
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  • Evaluating the Access to Allied Psychological Services Component of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Program: Tenth Interim Evaluation Report - Progressive Achievements Over Time
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics(Melbourne)
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  • Evaluating the Access to Allied Pyschological Services Component of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Program: Eleventh Interim Evaluation Report - Utilisation of Evaluation Findings
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics(Melbourne)
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  • The Media Monitoring Project: Changes in Media Reporting of Suicide and Mental Health and Illness in Australia, 2000/01-2006/07
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Impact of Australia's Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Program for psychologists.


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Psychologist
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 152-159
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  • The contribution of general practice based research to the development of national policy: case studies from Ireland and Australia. Australia & New Zealand Health Policy.


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australia and New Zealand Health Policy
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 1-7
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  • A review of 156 local projects funded under Australia's National Suicide Prevention Strategy: Overview and lessons learned
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 1-15
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  • Australia's National Suicide Prevention Strategy: the next chapter
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Health Review
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 271-276
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  • Do adults in contact with Australia's public sector mental health services get better?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australia and New Zealand Health Policy
    Volume: 3
    Page numbers: 1-7
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  • Interventions to improve evidence-based prescribing for heart failure (Protocol)
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 1-5
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  • Media Guidelines on the reporting of Suicide
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Crisis (Kirkland)
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 82-87
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  • Models of psychological service provision under Australia's Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Program
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Health Review
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 277-285
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  • On-screen Portrayals of Mental Illness: Extent, Nature, and Impacts
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Health Communication
    Volume: 11
    Page numbers: 523-541
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  • Quality indicators for international benchmarking of mental health care
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Journal for Quality in Health Care
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 31-38
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  • Reach, Awareness and Uptake of Media Guidelines for Reporting Suicide and Mental Illness:  An Australian Perspective
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Journal of Mental Health Promotion
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 29-35
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  • Stakeholder concerns about Australia's mental health care system
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Health Review
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 158-163
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  • The relationship between media reporting of suicide and actual suicide in Australia
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Social Science & Medicine
    Volume: 62
    Page numbers: 2874-2886
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Service utilisation in the mental health system
    Year: 2006
    Event name: An Australian-Japanese Perspective on suicide Prevention: Culture, Community and Care
    Conference Publication: Australian Government, Department of Health and Ageing and Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan: An Australian-Japanese Perspective on Suicide Prevention: Culture, Community and Care
    Page numbers: 57-65
    Publisher: Commonwealth of Australia(Canberra)
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Reports

  • Evaluating the Access to Allied Health Services Component of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Initiative:  Ninth Interim Evaluation Report - Demand Management Strategies
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
    Report No:: 9
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Evaluating the Access to Allied Psychological Services Component of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Program - Eighth Interim Evaluation Report, Consumer outcomes:  The impact of different models of psychological service provision
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing
    Report No:: 8
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Evaluating the Access to Allied Psychological Services Component of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Program - Seventh Interim Evaluation Report, Rural and urban projects:  similarities and differences
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
    Report No:: 7
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Identifying priority areas of research to be addressed in the area of suicide prevention -   Interim report 2: Focus groups
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
    Report No:: 2
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Identifying priority areas of research to be addressed in the area of suicide prevention - Interim Report 1:  review of published literature
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
    Report No:: 1
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Identifying research priorities to be addressed in the area of suicide prevention - Final Report
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
    Report No:: 4
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Identifying research priorities to be addressed in the area of suicide prevention - Interim Report 3:  Review of funded grants
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
    Report No:: 3
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Learnings from Suicide Prevention Initiatives Project:  Final Report
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Flinders University
    Report No:: Final
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • A review of the psychometric properties of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) family of measures
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 76
    Page numbers: 1-12
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  • An evaluation of beyondblue, Australia's National Depression Initiative
    Year: 2005
    Journal: International Journal of Mental Health Promotion
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 35-53
    Publisher: Pavilion Publishing
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  • Assessing the capacity of the health services research community in Australia and New Zealand
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australia and New Zealand Health Policy
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: Biomed Central(London)
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  • Attaching unit costs to Australia's National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 61-69
    Publisher: International Center of Mental Health Policy and Economics
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  • Lessons from the National Mental Health Integration Program
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Health Review
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 189-200
    Publisher: Australian Healthcare Association
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  • Portrayal of depression and other mental illnesses in Australian non-fiction media
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Community Psychology
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 283-297
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(New Jersey)
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  • Public and private psychiatry: can they work together and is it worth the effort?
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 67-73
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  • Remunerating private psychiatrists for participating in case conferences
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australia and New Zealand Health Policy
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 33
    Page numbers: 1-12
    Publisher: Biomed Central(London)
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  • Routine measurement of outcomes in Australia's public sector mental health services
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australia and New Zealand Health Policy
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 1-7
    Publisher: Biomed Central(London)
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  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of schizophrenia and related disorders
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 1-30
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  • Schizophrenia in the Australian press:  news frames and metaphors in representing mental health
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journalism Review
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 7-23
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  • Suicide in developing countries (1): Frequency, distribution and association with socioeconomic indicators
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Crisis (Kirkland)
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 104-111
    Publisher: Hogrefe and Huber Publishers(Kirkland)
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  • Suicide in developing countries (2) Risk factors
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Crisis (Kirkland)
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 112-119
    Publisher: Hogrefe and Huber Publishers(Kirkland)
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  • Suicide in developing countries (3) Prevention efforts
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Crisis (Kirkland)
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 120-124
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Reports

  • A review of the literature regarding fictional film and television portrayals of mental illness
    Year: 2005
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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  • An evaluation of the Introduction of Case Conferences for Consultant Psychiatrists as New Item Numbers on the Medicare Benefits Schedule: Final Report
    Year: 2005
    Customer: National Health and Medical Research Council
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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  • Evaluating the Access to Allied Health Services Component of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Initiative:  Fourth Interim Evaluation Report
    Year: 2005
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
    Report No:: 4
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Evaluating the Access to Allied Health Services component of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Initiative: Benefits and barriers associated with different models of service delivery
    Year: 2005
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
    Report No:: 3rd
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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  • Evaluating the Access to Allied Psychological Services component of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care initiative - Sixth Interim Evaluation Report
    Year: 2005
    Customer: Divisions of General Practice
    Report No:: 6
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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  • Evaluating the Access to Allied Psychological Services component of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care initiative: Fifth interim evaluation report
    Year: 2005
    Customer: Australian Government Department of Health & Ageing
    Report No:: 5
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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  • Review of standardized measures used in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC)
    Year: 2005
    Customer: Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classification Network
    Publisher: Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classification Network(Melbourne)
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  • The impact of media reporting on suicide on actual suicidal behaviour
    Year: 2005
    Customer: Australian Rotary Health Research Fund
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Adult mental health needs and expenditure in Australia
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 427-434
    Publisher: Dr Dietrich Steinkopff Verlag(Darmstadt)
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  • Better outcomes in mental healthcare?
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Primary Care Mental Health
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 141-150
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  • Do nations' mental health policies, program and legislation influence their suicide rates? An ecological study of 100 countries
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 38
    Issue: 11-12
    Page numbers: 933-939
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • General practitioners' response to depression and anxiety in the Australian community: a preliminary analysis
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 181
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: S15-S20
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  • Health services research, policy and practice in Australia and New Zealand: A coming of age
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Health Services Research and Policy
    Volume: 9
    Issue: Supplement 2
    Page numbers: 1-2
    Publisher: Royal Society of Medicine Press
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  • Improving access to evidence-based mental health care: General practitioners and allied health professionals collaborate
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Primary Care Psychiatry
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 125-130
    Publisher: Librapharm(Berkshire)
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  • Improving collaboration between private psychiatrists, the public mental health sector and general practitioners: evaluation of the Partnership Project
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 125-134
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  • News and social policy: reporting of suicide and mental illness
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 273-287
    Publisher: Australian National University, School of Economics
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  • The portrayal of mental health and illness in the Australian media
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 541-546
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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Reports

  • Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classification Network :  Stakeholder Consultations
    Year: 2004
    Customer: Department of Health and Ageing
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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  • Beyondblue: The national depression initiative 2000-2004
    Year: 2004
    Customer: Beyondblue
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Evaluating the access to allied health services component of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Initiative
    Year: 2004
    Customer: Department of Health and Ageing
    Report No:: 2nd Interim
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Suicidality in the Community
    Year: 2003
    Book: Health, Social Change and Communities
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • Adolescent substance use: Beware of international comparisons
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Adolescent Health
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 279-286
    Publisher: Elsevier Science
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  • Commentary on Yen et al
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Evidence - Based Mental Health
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 25
    Publisher: B M J Publishing Group(London)
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  • Media reporting of specific mental illnesses in the context of crime: implications for mental health literacy
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 179
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 638
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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  • Receipt of psychological or emotional counselling by suicidal adolescents
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Pediatrics
    Volume: 111
    Issue: 4(1)
    Page numbers: e388-e393
    Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics(Illinois)
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  • Referral of patients with depression to specialist psychological care from general practice.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Family Physician
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 998-1001
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  • Socioeconomic patterning of smoking, sedentary lifestyle and overweight status among adolescents in Norway and the United States
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Adolescent Health
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 275-278
    Publisher: Elsevier Science
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  • The pill that killed: A case study of reporting risk knowledge
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Journal of Communication
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 47-64
    Publisher: Queensland University of Technology, School of Communication
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Reports

  • A National Evaluation Framework for the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Inititative
    Year: 2003
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • A Program Logic Model for the Primary Mental Health and Early Intervention Initiative
    Year: 2003
    Customer: beyondblue
    Publisher: Centre for Health Program Evaluation (Heidelberg)
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  • A Stepped Care Model to Enhance Mental Health in a Culturally Diverse and Socially Disadvantaged Outer Metropolitan Area:  12-Month Evaluation Report
    Year: 2003
    Customer: North West Division of General Practice
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • An evaluation framework for beyondblue
    Year: 2003
    Customer: beyondblue
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Evaluating the Access to Allied Health Services Component of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Initiative:  First Interim Evaluation Report
    Year: 2003
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Improving Mental Health Literacy:  A Review of the Literature.
    Year: 2003
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • The Public and Private Partnerships in Mental Health Project: Final Evaluation Report
    Year: 2003
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Third National Mental Health Plan
    Year: 2003
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
    Publisher: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care(Canberra)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Mental-illness news as violence: A news frame analysis of the reporting and portrayal of mental health and ilness in Australian media
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Journal of Communication
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 59-79
    Publisher: Queensland University of Technology, School of Communication
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  • Reporting of Suicide in the Australian Media
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 36
    Page numbers: 190-197
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Suicide Among Psychiatric Patients: A Case-Control Study
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 36
    Page numbers: 86-91
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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Reports

  • Mental Health Needs and Expenditure in Australia.
    Year: 2002
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
    Publisher: Centre for Health Program Evaluation (Heidelberg)
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  • Monitoring Media Reporting of Depression: A Baseline Picture of How the Media Portrays Depression.
    Year: 2002
    Customer: beyondblue
    Publisher: Centre for Health Program Evaluation (Heidelberg)
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  • The Media Monitoring Project:  A Baseline Description of How the Australian Media Report and Portray Suicide and Mental lIllness
    Year: 2002
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
    Publisher: Centre for Health Program Evaluation (Heidelberg)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Access to Australian mental health care by people from non-English-speaking backgrounds
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 35
    Page numbers: 174-182
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Evaluating complex, collaborative programmes: the Partnership Project as a case study
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 35
    Page numbers: 639-646
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Monitoring media coverage of suicide: Theory and methodology.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Journalism Review
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 57-80
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  • Self-reported needs for care among persons who have suicidal ideation or who have attempted suicide
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Psychiatric Services
    Volume: 52
    Page numbers: 381-383
    Publisher: American Psychiatric Press(Washington DC)
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  • Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts as predictors of mental health service use
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 175
    Page numbers: 542-545
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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  • Suicide and the Media: Part 2: Portrayal in fictional media.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Crisis (Kirkland)
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 155-162
    Publisher: Hogrefe and Huber Publishers(Kirkland)
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  • Suicide and the Media: Part 3: Theoretical issues
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Crisis (Kirkland)
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 163-169
    Publisher: Hogrefe and Huber Publishers(Kirkland)
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  • Suicide and the media: Part 1: Reportage in nonfictional media.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Crisis (Kirkland)
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 146-154
    Publisher: Hogrefe and Huber Publishers(Kirkland)
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Reports

  • Baseline Report: The Public and Private Partnerships in Mental Health Project
    Year: 2001
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
    Publisher: Centre for Health Program Evaluation (Heidelberg)
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  • Evaluation of the Victorian Dual Disability Service
    Year: 2001
    Customer: Victorian Dual Disability Service
    Publisher: Centre for Health Program Evaluation (Heidelberg)
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  • Mental Health and Iliness in the Media. A review of the literature
    Year: 2001
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Mental Health and Mental Illness in the Media:  An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Research Reported in Journals
    Year: 2001
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
    Publisher: Centre for Health Program Evaluation (Heidelberg)
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  • Sucide and the Media: A Critical Review
    Year: 2001
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
    Publisher: Centre for Health Program Evaluation (Heidelberg)
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  • The Public and Private Partnerships in Mental Health Project (Partnership Project) First Intermediate Evaluation Report (4th September 2000 to 28th February 2001)
    Year: 2001
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
    Publisher: Commonwealth Department of health and Aged Care(Canberra)
    Authors:
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