A5022143047- Health disparities and outcomes
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Vitamin D Research Studies
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Reproductive System and Pregnancy
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
The University of Queensland
2020-2023
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research
2020-2023
Park Centre for Mental Health
2021
Queensland Health
2021
Compared with other health areas, the mental impacts of climate change have received less research attention. The literature on and is growing rapidly but characterised by several limitations gaps. In a field where need for designing evidence-based adaptation strategies urgent, gaps are vast, implementing broad, all-encompassing agenda will require some strategic focus.We followed structured approach to prioritise future research. We consulted experts working across change, both within...
The study estimated service coverage for severe mental disorders (psychosis, bipolar disorder and moderate-severe depression), globally regionally, using data collected from the Mental Health Atlas 2017.Service was defined as proportion of people with a contacting health among those to have during 12-month period. We drew upon utilisation 2017. Expected prevalent cases individual were disorder-specific prevalence rate estimates Global Burden Disease Study 2016 total population sizes. Methods...
Cardiometabolic diseases are responsible for the majority of premature deaths in people with schizophrenia. This study aimed to quantify fatal burden ischaemic heart disease (IHD), stroke and diabetes attributable schizophrenia.Comparative Risk Assessment methodology from Global Burden Disease (GBD) was used calculate burden; pooled relative risks (RRs) IHD, were estimated via meta-regression, which combined GBD schizophrenia prevalence estimates years life lost (YLLs) caused by these health...
The Pacific region faces a significant and growing burden of noncommunicable diseases mental disorders. An emerging issue is the increasing overlap between physical health conditions, which are often result interactive effects lead to more severe consequences. In addition, climate change amplifying risks, as it poses both existential threats Island communities. sustainable development agenda provides holistic opportunity address these issues; key elements include improving surveillance...
Background: People with schizophrenia have a higher risk of mortality compared to the general population, which has not improved over time. The majority premature deaths are due comorbid physical diseases, driven by interrelated factors operating at individual level, through health systems and influenced social determinants health. A holistic understanding this problem causal pathways linking these together is lacking. Aims: This study aims understand why gap between people population...