Modelling disease frequency measures in schizophrenia epidemiology (2008)
Saha, S., Barendregt, J. J., Vos, T., Whiteford, H., McGrath, J.
Global Mental Health 2 - Resources for mental health: scarcity, inequity, and inefficiency (2007)
Saxena, S, Thornicroft, G, Knapp, M, Whiteford, H
Resources for mental health include policy and infrastructure within countries, mental health services, community resources, human resources, and funding. We discuss here the general availability of...
International planning directions for provision of mental health services (2007)
Pirkis, J, Harris, M, Buckingham, W, Whiteford, H, Townsend-White, C.
Internationally, there have been calls for more strategic mental health care delivery. For this to occur, individual countries need to define 'core' mental health services and set evidence-based,...
International Planning Directions for Provision of Mental Health Services (2007)
Pirkis, J., Harris, M., Buckingham, W., Whiteford, H., Townsend-White, C.
Internationally, there have been calls for more strategic mental health care delivery. For this to occur, individual countries need to define 'core' mental health services and set evidence-based,...
White, P, Chant, D, Whiteford, H.
Background: People remanded into custody by the courts have a substantially higher rate of severe mental disorder than other prisoners and the general population. Knowledge of their prevalence, needs...
Planning estimates and technical notes, Queensland Mental Health Action Plan 2006-2011 (2006)
Harris, M G, Buckingham, B., Pirkis, J., Townsend-White, C., Whiteford, H
Stakeholder concerns about Australia's mental care system (2006)
Townsend, C., Pirkis, J., Pham, A., Harris, M G, Whiteford, H
Care, Community, Capacity: Rethinking mental health services in remote Indigenous settings (2006)
Santhanam, R., Hunter, E. M. M., Wilkinson, Y., Whiteford, H., McEwan, A.
Suicide in developing countries (3) Prevention efforts (2005)
Vijayakumar, L., Pirkis, J., Whiteford, H.
Until now, suicide prevention efforts have been limited in developing countries, although there are pockets of excellent achievement. Various universal, selective, and indicated interventions have...
Remunerating private psychiatrists for participating in case conferences (2005)
Pirkis, J. E., Headey, A., Burgess, P., Whiteford, H., White, J., Francis, C.
ABSTRACT : BACKGROUND : On 1 November 2000, a series of new item numbers was added to the Medicare Benefits Schedule, which allowed for case conferences between physicians (including psychiatrists)...
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research: the first 17 years (2005)
McGrath, J, Mowry, B, Whiteford, H.
Objective: To reflect on the establishment and evolution of the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research. Method: Narrative historical review. Results: First established as an inpatient research...
Disability, employment and work performance among people with ICD-10 anxiety disorders (2005)
Waghorn, G, Chant, D, White, P, Whiteford, H.
Objective: To ascertain at a population level, patterns of disability, labour force participation, employment and work performance among people with ICD-10 anxiety disorders in comparison to people...
Vijayakumar, L, Nagaraj, K, Pirkis, J, Whiteford, H
Objective. Suicide is a global public health problem, but relatively little epidemiological investigation of the phenomenon has occurred in developing countries. This paper aims to (1) examine the...
Suicide in developing countries (2): Risk factors (2005)
Vijayakumar, L., John, S., Pirkis, J., Whiteford, H.
The majority of studies on risk factors for suicide have been conducted in developed countries, and less work has been done to systematically profile risk factors in developing countries. The current...
Suicide in developing countries (3): Prevention efforts (2005)
Vijayakumar, L, Pirkis, J, Whiteford, H
Until now, suicide prevention efforts have been limited in developing countries, although there are pockets of excellent achievement. Various universal, selective, and indicated interventions have...
Specialised supported education for Australians with psychotic disorders (2004)
Waghorn, G, Still, M, Chant, D, Whiteford, H.
Australia has a network of Federally funded disability employment and vocational rehabilitation services, including a proportion of outlets that specialise in providing services for persons with...
Waghorn, G, Chant, D, White, P, Whiteford, H.
OBJECTIVE: To delineate at a population level: activity restrictions, labour market participation, educational attainment, employment restrictions and employment characteristics of persons with...
Jenkins, R, Gulbinat, W, Manderscheid, R, Baingana, F, Whiteford, H, Khandelwal, S, ...
This article describes the construction and use of a systematic structured method of mental health country situation appraisal, in order to help meet the need for conceptual tools to assist planners...
Schilder, K, Tomov, T, Mladenova, M, Mayeya, J, Jenkins, R, Gulbinat, W, ...
The ability to interpret collected data across international mental health communities often proves to be difficult. The following paper reports on the use and appropriateness of focus group...
Burgess, P, Pirkis, J, Jolley, D, Whiteford, H, Saxena, S.
Objective: To test the hypothesis that the presence of national mental health policies, programs and legislation would be associated with lower national suicide rates. Method: Suicide rates from 100...
Correlates of victimisation amongst people with psychosis (2004)
Chapple, B, Chant, D, Nolan, P, Cardy, S, Whiteford, H, McGrath, J.
Background While much attention has been given to the prediction of violent offending behaviour amongst people with psychotic disorders, less attention has been given to the fact that these same...
The Mental Health Policy Template: domains and elements for mental health policy formulation (2004)
Townsend, C, Whiteford, H, Baingana, F, Gulbinat, W, Jenkins, R, Baba, A, ...
Mental disorders are a major and rising cause of disease burden in all countries. Even when resources are available, many countries do not have the policy and planning frameworks in place to identify...
Waghorn, G., Chant, D., Whiteford, H.
Clinical and non-clinical predictors of vocational recovery were examined among 782 Australians diagnosed with DSM III R psychotic disorders, using data from the study on low-prevalence disorders,...
Ensuring the future of the psychiatrist administrator (2002)
Emmerson, W. B., Powell, J. L., Brown, P., Waugh, A., Johnson, V., Whiteford, H.
Objective: To describe the increasing trend to appoint non-psychiatrist executive managers to Queensland Mental Health Services and report on strategies to safeguard the future of administrative...
Australia's National Mental Health strategy (2002)
Whiteford, H, Buckingham, B, Manderscheid, R.
Background Australia commenced a 5-year reform of mental health services in 1993. Aims To report on the changes to mental health services achieved by 1998. Method Analysis of data from the Australian...
Can research influence mental health policy? (2001)
Objective: This paper describes the processes involved in policy development and implementation with examples of how this can be influenced by the outcomes of research. Method: The author draws on...
Australia's National Mental Health strategy
Whiteford, H, Buckingham, B, Manderscheid, R
Background Australia commenced a 5-year reform of mental health services in 1993. Aims To report on the changes to mental health services achieved by 1998. Method Analysis of data from the Australian...
Waghorn, G, Chant, D, White, P, Whiteford, H
Objective: To delineate at a population level: activity restrictions, labour market participation, educational attainment, employment restrictions and employment characteristics of persons with...
Gulbinat, W, Manderscheid, R, Baingana, F, Jenkins, R, Khandelwal, S, Levav, I, ...
The concept of the burden of disease, introduced and estimated for a broad range of diseases in the World Bank report of 1993 illustrated that mental and neurological disorders not only entail a...
The Mental Health Policy Template: domains and elements for mental health policy formulation
Townsend, C, Whiteford, H, Baingana, F, Gulbinat, W, Jenkins, R, Baba, A, ...
Mental disorders are a major and rising cause of disease burden in all countries. Even when resources are available, many countries do not have the policy and planning frameworks in place to identify...
Schilder, K, Tomov, T, Mladenova, M, Mayeya, J, Jenkins, R, Gulbinat, W, ...
The ability to interpret collected data across international mental health communities often proves to be difficult. The following paper reports on the use and appropriateness of focus group...
The Mental Health Country Profile: background, design and use of a systematic method of appraisal
Jenkins, R, Gulbinat, W, Manderscheid, R, Baingana, F, Whiteford, H, Khandelwal, S, ...
This article describes the construction and use of a systematic structured method of mental health country situation appraisal, in order to help meet the need for conceptual tools to assist planners...
Correlates of victimisation amongst people with psychosis
Chapple, B, Chant, D, Nolan, P, Cardy, S, Whiteford, H, McGrath, J
Background While much attention has been given to the prediction of violent offending behaviour amongst people with psychotic disorders, less attention has been given to the fact that these same...
Burgess, P, Pirkis, J, Jolley, D, Whiteford, H, Saxena, S
Objective: To test the hypothesis that the presence of national mental health policies, programs and legislation would be associated with lower national suicide rates. Method: Suicide rates from 100...
Disability, employment and work performance among people with ICD-10 anxiety disorders
Waghorn, G, Chant, D, White, P, Whiteford, H
Objective: To ascertain at a population level, patterns of disability, labour force participation, employment and work performance among people with ICD-10 anxiety disorders in comparison to people...
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research: the first 17 years
McGrath, J, Mowry, B, Whiteford, H
Objective: To reflect on the establishment and evolution of the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research. Method: Narrative historical review. Results: First established as an inpatient research...
Specialised supported education for Australians with psychotic disorders
Waghorn, G, Still, M, Chant, D, Whiteford, H
Australia has a network of Federally funded disability employment and vocational rehabilitation services, including a proportion of outlets that specialise in providing services for persons with...