Overview
Background
Professor Philip Burgess is a researcher in the field of mental health services research and evaluation. He is a Professor with the School of Public Health at the University of Queensland, based at the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research.
Philip holds qualifications in clinical psychology and has over 30 years of experience in the design, analysis and reporting of research projects, including systematic literature reviews, cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, studies based on routinely collected administrative health and mental health data, epidemiological survey data, and evaluations of health programs and interventions using observational and quasi-experimental research designs.
Philip’s current role is with the Analysis and Reporting Component of the Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classification Network (AMHOCN), which leads the design, analysis and reporting of the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (http://www.amhocn.org/). In this role, he is leading a range of projects designed to improve the measurement of patient- and service-level outcomes in Australia's specialised public sector mental health services.
Availability
- Professor Philip Burgess is:
- Not available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, University of Melbourne
- Masters (Coursework), University of Melbourne
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
Research interests
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Understanding population patterns of health service utilisation for mental health problems
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Evaluating mental health care and suicide prevention reforms
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Using epidemiological and policy analyses to inform mental health service planning decisions
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Investigating clinical and psychosocial outcomes of public sector specialised mental health treatment services and models
Works
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2021
Journal Article
The interrater reliability of a routine outcome measure for infants and pre-schoolers aged under 48 months: Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Infants
Brann, Peter, Culjak, Gordana, Kowalenko, Nick, Dickson, Rosemary, Coombs, Tim, Sved Williams, Anne, Hoehn, Elisabeth, Davies, Simon, Hoyland, Margaret and Burgess, Philip (2021). The interrater reliability of a routine outcome measure for infants and pre-schoolers aged under 48 months: Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Infants. BJPsych Open, 7 (3) e85, e85. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2021.39
2021
Other Outputs
Assessing the content validity of the revised Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS 2018)
Harris, Meredith , Tapp, Caley , Arnautovska, Urska , Coombs, Tim , Dickson, Rosemary , James, Mick , Painter, Jon , Smith, Mark , Jury, Angela , Lai, Jennifer and Burgess, Philip (2021). Assessing the content validity of the revised Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS 2018). Sydney, Australia: Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classification Network.
2021
Journal Article
Potentially preventable hospitalisations for physical health conditions in community mental health service users: a population-wide linkage study
Sara, G., Chen, W., Large, M., Ramanuj, P., Curtis, J., McMillan, F., Mulder, C. L., Currow, D. and Burgess, P. (2021). Potentially preventable hospitalisations for physical health conditions in community mental health service users: a population-wide linkage study. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 30 e22, e22. doi: 10.1017/s204579602100007x
2021
Journal Article
Clinical efficacy of a Decision Support Tool (Link-me) to guide intensity of mental health care in primary practice: a pragmatic stratified randomised controlled trial
Fletcher, Susan, Spittal, Matthew J, Chondros, Patty, Palmer, Victoria J, Chatterton, Mary Lou, Densley, Konstancja, Potiriadis, Maria, Harris, Meredith, Bassilios, Bridget, Burgess, Philip, Mihalopoulos, Cathrine, Pirkis, Jane and Gunn, Jane (2021). Clinical efficacy of a Decision Support Tool (Link-me) to guide intensity of mental health care in primary practice: a pragmatic stratified randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Psychiatry, 8 (3), 202-214. doi: 10.1016/s2215-0366(20)30517-4
2021
Journal Article
Implementing child and youth mental health services: early lessons from the Australian Primary Health Network Lead Site Project
Oostermeijer, Sanne, Bassilios, Bridget, Nicholas, Angela, Williamson, Michelle, Machlin, Anna, Harris, Meredith, Burgess, Philip and Pirkis, Jane (2021). Implementing child and youth mental health services: early lessons from the Australian Primary Health Network Lead Site Project. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 15 (1) 16, 16. doi: 10.1186/s13033-021-00440-8
2021
Conference Publication
Reporting Mental Health Outcomes for Indigenous Consumers. The Results of Routinely Collecting Indigenous Status
Coombs, T., Burgess, P. and Harris, M. (2021). Reporting Mental Health Outcomes for Indigenous Consumers. The Results of Routinely Collecting Indigenous Status. The Mental Health Services Perth Virtual Conference, Perth, WA, Australia, 9-12 February 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Big Data In Mental Health: What Insights Can Data Mining And Machine Learning Provide?
Coombs, T., Burgess, P. and Harris, M. (2021). Big Data In Mental Health: What Insights Can Data Mining And Machine Learning Provide? . The Mental Health Services Perth Virtual Conference, Perth, WA, Australia, 9-12 February 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
What if I don’t perform the way I expected? Clinician anxiety about patient reported outcomes
Coombs, T., Burgess, P. and Harris, M. (2021). What if I don’t perform the way I expected? Clinician anxiety about patient reported outcomes. The Mental Health Services Perth Virtual Conference , Perth, WA, Australia, 9-12 February 2021.
2020
Book Chapter
Advancing knowledge in mental health care
McDermott, F., Happell, B., Meadows, G., Fossey, E., Sundram, S., Shawyer, F., Favilla, A., McNab, C., Inder, B., Wadsworth, Y., Grey, F., Pinches, A., Bassilios, B., Harris, M., Burgess, P., Pirkis, J. and Klaic, K. (2020). Advancing knowledge in mental health care. Mental health and collaborative community practice. An Australian perspective. (pp. 1.4-+) edited by Graham Meadows, John Farhall, Ellie Fossey, Brenda Happell, Fiona McDermott, Sebastian Rosenberg, Vrinda Edan, Merinda Epstein, Hamilton Kennedy and Cath Roper. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
2020
Journal Article
Barriers to mental health care for Australian children and adolescents in 1998 and 2013–2014
Schnyder, Nina, Sawyer, Michael G., Lawrence, David, Panczak, Radoslaw, Burgess, Philip and Harris, Meredith G. (2020). Barriers to mental health care for Australian children and adolescents in 1998 and 2013–2014. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 54 (10), 1007-1019. doi: 10.1177/0004867420919158
2019
Journal Article
Cohort profile: mental health living longer: a population-wide data linkage to understand and reduce premature mortality in mental health service users in New South Wales, Australia
Sara, Grant, Arumuganathan, Myu, Chen, Wendy, Wu, Fred, Currow, David, Large, Matthew, Mulder, Cornelis, Ramanuj, Parashar Pravin and Burgess, Philip M. (2019). Cohort profile: mental health living longer: a population-wide data linkage to understand and reduce premature mortality in mental health service users in New South Wales, Australia. BMJ Open, 9 (11) e033588, e033588. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033588
2019
Journal Article
Perceived need and barriers to adolescent mental health care: agreement between adolescents and their parents
Schnyder, N., Lawrence, D., Panczak, R., Sawyer, M. G., Whiteford, H. A., Burgess, P. M. and Harris, M. G. (2019). Perceived need and barriers to adolescent mental health care: agreement between adolescents and their parents. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 29 e60, 1-9. doi: 10.1017/S2045796019000568
2019
Journal Article
Benchmarking Australian mental health court liaison services - results from the first national study
Davidson, Fiona, Heffernan, Ed, Hamilton, Bruce, Greenberg, David, Butler, Tony and Burgess, Philip (2019). Benchmarking Australian mental health court liaison services - results from the first national study. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 30 (5), 729-743. doi: 10.1080/14789949.2019.1646788
2019
Journal Article
Link-me: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a systematic approach to stepped mental health care in primary care
Fletcher, Susan, Chondros, Patty, Palmer, Victoria J., Chatterton, Mary Lou, Spittal, Matthew J., Mihalopoulos, Cathrine, Wood, Anna, Harris, Meredith, Burgess, Philip, Bassilios, Bridget, Pirkis, Jane and Gunn, Jane (2019). Link-me: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a systematic approach to stepped mental health care in primary care. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 78, 63-75. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2018.12.014
2019
Journal Article
Disordered eating among Australian adolescents: prevalence, functioning, and help received
Sparti, Claudia, Santomauro, Damian, Cruwys, Tegan, Burgess, Philip and Harris, Meredith (2019). Disordered eating among Australian adolescents: prevalence, functioning, and help received. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 52 (3), 246-254. doi: 10.1002/eat.23032
2019
Conference Publication
Adolescent-parent agreement on perceived need for and barriers to care. Or: how acceptable are adolescents’ mental health services?
Schnyder, N., Lawrence, D., Panczak, R., Sawyer, M., Whiteford, H., Burgess, P. and Harris, M. (2019). Adolescent-parent agreement on perceived need for and barriers to care. Or: how acceptable are adolescents’ mental health services?. 5th International Conference on Youth Mental Health , Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 26-28 October 2019.
2019
Conference Publication
Mental Health Outcomes: Australia’s specialised public sector mental health services
Burgess, P. and Harris, M. (2019). Mental Health Outcomes: Australia’s specialised public sector mental health services. International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL) Mental Health Metrics Match, Washington, DC, United States, 9-10 September 2019.
2019
Conference Publication
The cost, value and outcomes of phase of care in Australia's specialised public sector mental health services
Burgess, P., Coombs, T., Harris, M. and Dickson, R. (2019). The cost, value and outcomes of phase of care in Australia's specialised public sector mental health services. IHPA’s Activity Based Funding Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 13-15 May 2019.
2019
Conference Publication
Have barriers to child and adolescent mental health care changed following Australian mental health reforms?
Schnyder, N., Sawyer, M., Lawrence, D., Panczak, R., Burgess, P. and Harris, M. (2019). Have barriers to child and adolescent mental health care changed following Australian mental health reforms? . Society for Mental Health Research, Melbourne, Australia, 27-29 November 2019.
2019
Conference Publication
Consumer-reported outcome measures: why bother asking?
Harris, M., Burgess, P., Arnautovska, U., Woody, C. and Coombs, T. (2019). Consumer-reported outcome measures: why bother asking?. 7th Australasian Mental Health Outcomes and Information Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 30 October-1 November 2019.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Philip Burgess is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Australian Mental Health Court Liaison Services: developing an approach to performance measurement
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Meredith Harris
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Stimulant use disorders and psychosis: prevalence, correlates and impacts
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Harvey Whiteford, Emeritus Professor Wayne Hall
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness and Exploring the Implementation of Interventions for Major Depression in Thailand
Associate Advisor
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