Overview
Background
Professor Whiteford is Director of the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research. His research interests are in psychiatric epidemiology and burden of disease measurement, mental health policy and service reform.
Professor Whiteford trained in medicine, psychiatry and health policy at the University of Queensland, Stanford University and the Australian National University. He has held senior clinical and administrative positions, including those of Director of Mental Health in the Queensland and Federal governments in Australia. He worked for ten years on the design and implementation of Australia’s Mental Health Strategy and was Chairman of the Working Group which oversaw this initiative. He was appointed to the first mental health position in the World Bank in Washington DC with the task of developing the Bank’s capacity to respond to the rising global burden of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders. He has worked as a consultant to national governments, the Commonwealth and State governments in Australia, the World Bank, and the World Health Organisation.
Availability
- Professor Harvey Whiteford is:
- Not available for supervision
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Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Medical Science, The University of Queensland
- Masters (Coursework) of Public Health, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy of Political Science, Australian National University
- Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Faculty of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Faculty of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Works
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2023
Conference Publication
The institute for urban indigenous health: bringing psychiatry to Indigenous health
Suetani, S., Chong, L., Nelson, C., Serghi, M. and Whiteford, H. (2023). The institute for urban indigenous health: bringing psychiatry to Indigenous health. RANZCP 2023 Congress, Perth, WA Australia, 28 May-1 June 2023. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
2023
Conference Publication
The prevalence of mental disorders and self-injury in adolescents in Kenya, Indonesia and Vietnam
Scott, J., Maravilla, J., Whiteford, H. and Erskine, H. (2023). The prevalence of mental disorders and self-injury in adolescents in Kenya, Indonesia and Vietnam. RANZCP 2023 Congress, Perth, WA, Australia, 28 May-1 June 2023. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/00048674231169682
2023
Conference Publication
Mental health service use in adolescents in Kenya, Indonesia and Vietnam
Erskine, H., Whiteford, H., Scott, J. and Maravilla, J. (2023). Mental health service use in adolescents in Kenya, Indonesia and Vietnam. RANZCP 2023 Congress, Perth, WA, Australia, 28 May-1 June 2023. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/00048674231169682
2023
Journal Article
Determinants of effective treatment coverage for posttraumatic stress disorder: findings from the World Mental Health Surveys
Stein, Dan J., Kazdin, Alan E., Munthali, Richard J., Hwang, Irving, Harris, Meredith G., Alonso, Jordi, Andrade, Laura Helena, Bruffaerts, Ronny, Cardoso, Graça, Chardoul, Stephanie, de Girolamo, Giovanni, Florescu, Silvia, Gureje, Oye, Haro, Josep Maria, Karam, Aimee N., Karam, Elie G., Kovess-Masfety, Viviane, Lee, Sing, Medina-Mora, Maria Elena, Navarro-Mateu, Fernando, Posada-Villa, José, Stagnaro, Juan Carlos, ten Have, Margreet, Sampson, Nancy A., Kessler, Ronald C., Vigo, Daniel V., Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio, Al-Hamzawi, Ali, Altwaijri, Yasmin A. ... on behalf of the WHO World Mental Health Survey Collaborators (2023). Determinants of effective treatment coverage for posttraumatic stress disorder: findings from the World Mental Health Surveys. BMC Psychiatry, 23 (1) 226, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-04605-2
2023
Journal Article
Grading disorder severity and averted burden by access to treatment within the GBD framework: a case study with anxiety disorders
Santomauro, Damian F., Purcell, Caroline, Whiteford, Harvey A., Ferrari, Alize J. and Vos, Theo (2023). Grading disorder severity and averted burden by access to treatment within the GBD framework: a case study with anxiety disorders. The Lancet Psychiatry, 10 (4), 272-281. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00037-8
2023
Journal Article
Diagnostic accuracy of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI 3.0) in an urban Indigenous Australian sample
Basit, Tabinda, Anderson, Mathew, Lindstrom, Akiaja, Santomauro, Damian F., Whiteford, Harvey A. and Ferrari, Alize J. (2023). Diagnostic accuracy of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI 3.0) in an urban Indigenous Australian sample. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57 (2), 283-290. doi: 10.1177/00048674221150361
2023
Journal Article
The association between mental disorders and subsequent years of working life: a Danish population-based cohort study
Plana-Ripoll, Oleguer, Weye, Nanna, Knudsen, Ann Kristin, Hakulinen, Christian, Madsen, Kathrine Bang, Christensen, Maria Klitgaard, Agerbo, Esben, Laursen, Thomas Munk, Nordentoft, Merete, Timmermann, Allan, Whiteford, Harvey, Øverland, Simon, Iburg, Kim Moesgaard and McGrath, John J. (2023). The association between mental disorders and subsequent years of working life: a Danish population-based cohort study. The Lancet Psychiatry, 10 (1), 30-39. doi: 10.1016/s2215-0366(22)00376-5
2022
Conference Publication
Analysis of data items and gaps in administrative collections of health services activity and capacity data: a case example using mental health services data
Pagliaro, Claudia, Mundie, Arabella, Whiteford, Harvey and Diminic, Sandra (2022). Analysis of data items and gaps in administrative collections of health services activity and capacity data: a case example using mental health services data. Health Services Research Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, 30 November - 2 December 2022.
2022
Journal Article
The contribution of general medical conditions to the non-fatal burden of mental disorders: register-based cohort study in Denmark
Weye, Nanna, Momen, Natalie C., Whiteford, Harvey A., Christensen, Maria Klitgaard, Iburg, Kim Moesgaard, Santomauro, Damian F., Agerbo, Esben, Mortensen, Preben Bo, Pedersen, Carsten Bøcker, McGrath, John J. and Plana-Ripoll, Oleguer (2022). The contribution of general medical conditions to the non-fatal burden of mental disorders: register-based cohort study in Denmark. BJPsych Open, 8 (6) e180, 1-7. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2022.583
2022
Journal Article
Challenges for mental health planning in Australia
Whiteford, Harvey (2022). Challenges for mental health planning in Australia. Australian Health Review, 46 (5), 517-518. doi: 10.1071/AH22210
2022
Journal Article
Increased risks for mental disorders among LGB individuals: cross-national evidence from the World Mental Health Surveys
Gmelin, Jan-Ole H., De Vries, Ymkje Anna, Baams, Laura, Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio, Alonso, Jordi, Borges, Guilherme, Bunting, Brendan, Cardoso, Graca, Florescu, Silvia, Gureje, Oye, Karam, Elie G., Kawakami, Norito, Lee, Sing, Mneimneh, Zeina, Navarro-Mateu, Fernando, Posada-Villa, José, Rapsey, Charlene, Slade, Tim, Stagnaro, Juan Carlos, Torres, Yolanda, Kessler, Ronald C., de Jonge, Peter, Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio, Al-Hamzawi, Ali, Alonso, Jordi, Andrade, Laura Helena, Atwoli, Lukoye, Benjet, Corina, Borges, Guilherme ... on behalf of The WHO World Mental Health Survey collaborators (2022). Increased risks for mental disorders among LGB individuals: cross-national evidence from the World Mental Health Surveys. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 57 (11), 2319-2332. doi: 10.1007/s00127-022-02320-z
2022
Journal Article
The institute for urban Indigenous health: The role of psychiatry in reducing health inequality
Suetani, Shuichi, Chong, Leshay, Frazer, Randall, Nelson, Carmel, Turner, Lyle, Serghi, Marianna, Carson, Adrian and Whiteford, Harvey (2022). The institute for urban Indigenous health: The role of psychiatry in reducing health inequality. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56 (11), 000486742211034-1377. doi: 10.1177/00048674221103481
2022
Journal Article
The cost of mental disorders in Denmark: a register-based study
Christensen, Maria Klitgaard, McGrath, John J., Momen, Natalie C., Whiteford, Harvey A., Weye, Nanna, Agerbo, Esben, Pedersen, Carsten Bøcker, Mortensen, Preben Bo, Plana-Ripoll, Oleguer and Iburg, Kim Moesgaard (2022). The cost of mental disorders in Denmark: a register-based study. npj Mental Health Research, 1 (1) 1, 1-7. doi: 10.1038/s44184-022-00001-y
2022
Conference Publication
Analysis of data items and gaps in administrative collections of health services activity and capacity data: a case example using mental health services data
Pagliaro, Claudia, Mundie, Arabella, Whiteford, Harvey and Diminic, Sandra (2022). Analysis of data items and gaps in administrative collections of health services activity and capacity data: a case example using mental health services data. Society for Mental Health Research, Hobart, TAS Australia, 24 - 26 March 2022.
2022
Other Outputs
Evaluation of the Queensland Mental Health Community Support Services programs
Rutherford, Zoe , Enright, Meaghan, Arthur, Sally , Luebbe, Annika and Whiteford, Harvey (2022). Evaluation of the Queensland Mental Health Community Support Services programs. Brisbane, Australia: QCMHR.
2022
Conference Publication
The cost of mental disorders in Denmark: a register-based study
Christensen, M. K., McGrath, J. J., Chisholm, D., Momen, N. C., Whiteford, H. A., Weye, N., Agerbo, E., Pedersen, C. B., Mortensen, P. B., Plana-Ripoll, O. and Iburg, K. M. (2022). The cost of mental disorders in Denmark: a register-based study. Fifteenth Workshop on Costs and Assessment in Psychiatry ‘Mental Health Services, Economics, Policy Research’, Venice, Italy, 25-27 March 2022. Milano, Italy: International Center of Mental Health Policy and Economics.
2022
Journal Article
The global gap in treatment coverage for major depressive disorder in 84 countries from 2000–2019: a systematic review and Bayesian meta-regression analysis
Moitra, Modhurima, Santomauro, Damian, Collins, Pamela Y., Vos, Theo, Whiteford, Harvey, Saxena, Shekhar and Ferrari, Alize J. (2022). The global gap in treatment coverage for major depressive disorder in 84 countries from 2000–2019: a systematic review and Bayesian meta-regression analysis. PLoS Medicine, 19 (2) e1003901, e1003901. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003901
2022
Journal Article
Depression and anxiety during COVID-19 – Authors' reply
Santomauro, Damian F, Whiteford, Harvey A and Ferrari, Alize J (2022). Depression and anxiety during COVID-19 – Authors' reply. The Lancet, 399 (10324), 518-519. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02800-2
2022
Journal Article
Global, regional, and national burden of 12 mental disorders in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Ferrari, Alize J., Santomauro, Damian F., Herrera, Ana M. Mantilla, Shadid, Jamileh, Ashbaugh, Charlie, Erskine, Holly E., Charlson, Fiona J., Degenhardt, Louisa, Scott, James G., McGrath, John J., Allebeck, Peter, Benjet, Corina, Breitborde, Nicholas J. K., Brugha, Traolach, Dai, Xiaochen, Dandona, Lalit, Dandona, Rakhi, Fischer, Florian, Haagsma, Juanita A., Maria Haro, Josep, Kieling, Christian, Knudsen, Ann Kristin Skrindo, Kumar, G. Anil, Leung, Janni, Majeed, Azeem, Mitchell, Philip B., Moitra, Modhurima, Mokdad, Ali H., Molokhia, Mariam ... Whiteford, Harvey A. (2022). Global, regional, and national burden of 12 mental disorders in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Psychiatry, 9 (2), 137-150. doi: 10.1016/s2215-0366(21)00395-3
2021
Journal Article
Perceived helpfulness of treatment for generalized anxiety disorder: a World Mental Health Surveys report
Stein, Dan J., Kazdin, Alan E., Ruscio, Ayelet Meron, Chiu, Wai Tat, Sampson, Nancy A., Ziobrowski, Hannah N., Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio, Al-Hamzawi, Ali, Alonso, Jordi, Altwaijri, Yasmin, Bruffaerts, Ronny, Bunting, Brendan, de Girolamo, Giovanni, de Jonge, Peter, Degenhardt, Louisa, Gureje, Oye, Haro, Josep Maria, Harris, Meredith G., Karam, Aimee, Karam, Elie G., Kovess-Masfety, Viviane, Lee, Sing, Medina-Mora, Maria Elena, Moskalewicz, Jacek, Navarro-Mateu, Fernando, Nishi, Daisuke, Posada-Villa, José, Scott, Kate M., Viana, Maria Carmen ... Wojtyniak, Bogdan (2021). Perceived helpfulness of treatment for generalized anxiety disorder: a World Mental Health Surveys report. BMC Psychiatry, 21 (1) 392, 392. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03363-3
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Harvey Whiteford is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring models of care for optimal care of acute mental health crises in Indigenous patients
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alize Ferrari, Professor Roxanne Bainbridge
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing an evidence base for person-centred mental health Crisis Support Spaces: understanding repeated service use
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Stephen Parker
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Doctor Philosophy
Determinants and correlates of mental and substance use disorders amongst Indigenous Australians: An analysis of survey processes and epidemiological data
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alize Ferrari
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Doctor Philosophy
Modelling Global Treatment Coverage for Mental Disorders
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Fiona Charlson
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Doctor Philosophy
Planning mental health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults: an analysis of service models, prevalence, and local variation in needs
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sandra Diminic, Dr Alize Ferrari
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Doctor Philosophy
Mental Health Service Planning in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Meredith Harris, Dr Sandra Diminic
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Doctor Philosophy
Planning mental health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults: an analysis of service models, prevalence, and local variation in needs
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sandra Diminic, Dr Alize Ferrari
Completed supervision
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Defining and Measuring the Impact of Research on Mental Health Policy in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Wayne Hall, Professor Brian Head
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the characteristics and service needs of carers for adults with mental illness to inform mental health service planning
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Dan Siskind, Associate Professor Meredith Harris
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Who receives what, from whom, and to what effect at clinically operated, community-based residential mental health rehabilitation for Severe and Persistent Mental Illness in Australia?
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Dan Siskind, Associate Professor Meredith Harris
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Decision-analytic modelling to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of interventions to reduce the burden of major depression in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Meredith Harris
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Decision analytic modelling for the economic evaluation of multisectoral obesity interventions
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Holly Erskine
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS): The performance of a major Australian primary mental health initiative
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Meredith Harris
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Cognitive remediation and social cognition interaction training:implementation and dessimination in a clinical setting
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Neal Ashkanasy, Dr Damian Santomauro, Associate Professor Meredith Harris
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Evaluation of Australia's primary mental health care initiatives: an epidemiological perspective
Principal Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Mental disorders in conflict-affected populations: epidemiological modelling for targeted mental health program development
Principal Advisor
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Personalised Support and Accommodation for Adults with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Steve Kisely
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
The global burden of anxiety disorders: challenges in calculating prevalence and burden of disease using anxiety disorders as a case-study.
Principal Advisor
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
Mental Health Policy Reform: Developing a conceptual overview of content and process
Principal Advisor
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Determinants and correlates of mental and substance use disorders amongst Indigenous Australians: An analysis of survey processes and epidemiological data
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alize Ferrari
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the contribution of psychosis and bipolar disorder to premature mortality
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alize Ferrari, Dr Damian Santomauro, Dr Fiona Charlson
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Quality of Maternal and Newborn Care in Southeast Asian Contexts: Using Demographic and Health Surveys to Monitor and Explore Patterns of Care
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hebe Gouda
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Physical activity patterns, attitudes and counselling among adults with mental illness
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Wendy Brown
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
The mental health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in custody.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor John McGrath
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
The global epidemiology and burden of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor James Scott
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Stimulant use disorders and psychosis: prevalence, correlates and impacts
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Wayne Hall, Professor Philip Burgess
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Schizophrenia in Thailand: Enabling better information for efficient solutions
Associate Advisor
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
An Economic Analysis of the Australian Nursing Home Industry
Associate Advisor
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
AN ECONOMIC EXAMINATION OF AUSTRALIAN PRIVATE PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES UNDER MEDICARE: CONCEPTUAL AND EMPIRICAL STUDIES
Associate Advisor
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