Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research

Big data and psychiatry: advances, constraints and future directions.

Early work in psychiatry research, often involving single sites, small samples, and limited variables, has shifted to contemporary research involving multiple sites, large samples, and many variables. Such research raises important questions, including concerns about data quality...

A multidisciplinary perspective on digital health interventions in schizophrenia care: Expanding the 2026 Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations guidelines

In this paper, we aim to provide a multidisciplinary and lived-experience-informed perspective on existing evidence for the utilisation of digital health interventions in schizophrenia care. We have integrated the findings from the most recent meta-analysis of digital health inte...

Oral Helicobacter pylori: a scoping review and pilot study on the PCR-culture detection paradox

Abstract Objective The role of the oral cavity as a reservoir for Helicobacter pylori remains controversial. This hybrid study, combining a scoping review and a pilot clinical study, aimed to synthesise global evidence on oral H. pylori detection and investigate the discrepancy b...

Connecting climate change and mental health and wellbeing in Oceania: a vision for decolonised and culturally-grounded research and action

Introduction Climate change poses escalating, interconnected threats to mental health and wellbeing across Oceania, a region marked by cultural diversity, geographic vulnerability, and strong Indigenous knowledge systems. Despite growing recognition, research remains fragmented a...

The National Health and Medical Research Council Research Impact Indicators: Unveiling Omissions and Blind Spots, and Positioning for Change

ABSTRACT Issue Addressed This study assesses how the concept of (health) research impact has been operationalised in National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Impact Case Studies, and if and how lived experience research priorities have been considered, to ascertain im...

Temporal patterns and risk factors of clozapine-associated neutropenia: a nationwide population-based cohort study

Background Clozapine is the most effective antipsychotic for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, but neutropenia concerns continue to limit its use. Large real-world evidence on temporal risk patterns, re-initiation, and patient-level determinants remains limited. Methods We condu...

Media, police shootings and mental illness: Is stigma a problem?

Objectives: Fatal police shootings in Australia have increased in recent years, with a substantial portion of these incidents involving individuals with mental illness and often attracting extensive media coverage. This study investigates whether mainstream newspaper reporting us...

“Teenagers are a reflection of your parenting – everyone is judging”: Perceived Pressures and Coping Among Parents of Older Adolescents at the Transition

Parents face unique challenges as their children leave secondary school and advance into the emerging adulthood years. This study explores parents’, primarily mothers’, experiences of parenting as their children (16 – 19 years) were in their last months of school. Thirty Australi...