Professor Harvey Whiteford
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Harvey Whiteford

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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
Media expert

Fields of research

Clinical sciences Health Sciences

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

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524 works between 1983 and 2025
All (524) Journal Article (417) Book Chapter (14) Conference Publication (44) Other Outputs (49)

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2016

Conference Publication

The replacement cost of informal care for people with mental illness in Australia

Lee, Y., Diminic, S., Hielscher, E., Harris, M., Kealton, J. and Whiteford, H. (2016). The replacement cost of informal care for people with mental illness in Australia. 38th Australian Conference for Health Economists, Fremantle, WA, Australia, 26-27 September 2016.

The replacement cost of informal care for people with mental illness in Australia

2015

Journal Article

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Forouzanfar, M.H., Alexander, L., Anderson, H.R., Bachman, V.F., Biryukov, S., Brauer, M., Burnett, R., Casey, D., Coates, M.M., Cohen, A., Delwiche, K., Estep, K., Frostad, J.J., Astha, K.C., Kyu, H.H., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Ng, M., Slepak, E.L., Thomas, B.A., Wagner, J., Aasvang, G.M., Abbafati, C., Abbasoglu Ozgoren, A., Abd-Allah, F., Abera, S.F., Aboyans, V., Abraham, B., Puthenpurakal Abraham, J., Abubakar, I. ... Temesgen, A.M. (2015). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. The Lancet, 386 (10010), 2287-2323. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00128-2

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

2015

Journal Article

An urgent call to address the deadly consequences of serious mental disorders

Suetani, Shuichi, Whiteford, Harvey and McGrath, John J. (2015). An urgent call to address the deadly consequences of serious mental disorders. JAMA Psychiatry, 72 (12), 1166-1167. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.1981

An urgent call to address the deadly consequences of serious mental disorders

2015

Journal Article

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: Quantifying the epidemiological transition

GBD 2013 DALYs and HALE Collaborators, Charlson, Fiona J., Erskine, Holly E., Ferrari, Alize J., Gouda, Hebe N., Hoy, Damian G., Knibbs, Luke D., McGrath, John J., Scott, James G., Whiteford, Harvey A. and Lalloo, Ratilal (2015). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: Quantifying the epidemiological transition. The Lancet, 386 (10009), 2145-2191. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61340-X

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: Quantifying the epidemiological transition

2015

Other Outputs

Understanding regional variations in mental health and alcohol and other drug services in Queensland. FINAL REPORT

Harris, M., Leitch, E., Wong, I., Santomauro, D., Diminic, S., Scheurer, R., Fjeldsoe, K. and Whiteford, H. (2015). Understanding regional variations in mental health and alcohol and other drug services in Queensland. FINAL REPORT. Brisbane, QLD Queensland: Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research and The University of Queensland.

Understanding regional variations in mental health and alcohol and other drug services in Queensland. FINAL REPORT

2015

Other Outputs

Regional planning for Primary Health Networks: final report

Harris, Meredith, Santomauro, Damian, Diminic, Sandra, Wong, Ides, Leitch, Elizabeth, Scheurer, Roman, Fjeldsoe, Kevin and Whiteford, Harvey (2015). Regional planning for Primary Health Networks: final report. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.

Regional planning for Primary Health Networks: final report

2015

Journal Article

An analysis of policy levers used to implement mental health reform in Australia 1992-2012

Grace, Francesca C., Meurk, Carla S., Head, Brian W., Hall, Wayne D., Carstensen, Georgia, Harris, Meredith G. and Whiteford, Harvey A. (2015). An analysis of policy levers used to implement mental health reform in Australia 1992-2012. BMC Health Services Research, 15 (479) 479, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12913-015-1142-3

An analysis of policy levers used to implement mental health reform in Australia 1992-2012

2015

Journal Article

Gender-related patterns and determinants of recent help-seeking for past-year affective, anxiety and substance use disorders: findings from a national epidemiological survey

Harris, M. G., Baxter, A. J., Reavley, N., Diminic, S., Pirkis, J. and Whiteford, H. A. (2015). Gender-related patterns and determinants of recent help-seeking for past-year affective, anxiety and substance use disorders: findings from a national epidemiological survey. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 25 (6), 548-561. doi: 10.1017/S2045796015000876

Gender-related patterns and determinants of recent help-seeking for past-year affective, anxiety and substance use disorders: findings from a national epidemiological survey

2015

Journal Article

Physical activity attitudes and preferences among inpatient adults with mental illness

Fraser, Sarah J., Chapman, Justin J., Brown, Wendy J., Whiteford, Harvey A. and Burton, Nicola W. (2015). Physical activity attitudes and preferences among inpatient adults with mental illness. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 24 (5), 413-420. doi: 10.1111/inm.12158

Physical activity attitudes and preferences among inpatient adults with mental illness

2015

Journal Article

The Spanish Burden of Disease 2010: Neurological, mental and substance use disorders

Lara, Elvira, Garin, Noé, Ferrari, Alize J., Tyrovolas, Stefanos, Olaya, Beatriz, Sanchez-Riera, Lidia, Whiteford, Harvey A. and Haro, Josep Maria (2015). The Spanish Burden of Disease 2010: Neurological, mental and substance use disorders. Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental, 8 (4), 207-217. doi: 10.1016/j.rpsm.2014.09.001

The Spanish Burden of Disease 2010: Neurological, mental and substance use disorders

2015

Journal Article

Males' mental health disadvantage: An estimation of gender-specific changes in service utilisation for mental and substance use disorders in Australia

Harris, Meredith G., Diminic, Sandra, Reavley, Nicola, Baxter, Amanda, Pirkis, Jane and Whiteford, Harvey A. (2015). Males' mental health disadvantage: An estimation of gender-specific changes in service utilisation for mental and substance use disorders in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 49 (9), 821-832. doi: 10.1177/0004867415577434

Males' mental health disadvantage: An estimation of gender-specific changes in service utilisation for mental and substance use disorders in Australia

2015

Journal Article

Preventing depression and anxiety in young people: a review of the joint efficacy of universal, selective and indicated prevention

Stockings, E. A., Degenhardt, L., Dobbins, T., Lee, Y. Y., Erskine, H. E., Whiteford, H. A. and Patton, G. (2015). Preventing depression and anxiety in young people: a review of the joint efficacy of universal, selective and indicated prevention. Psychological Medicine, 46 (1), 11-26. doi: 10.1017/S0033291715001725

Preventing depression and anxiety in young people: a review of the joint efficacy of universal, selective and indicated prevention

2015

Journal Article

Intersectoral policy for severe and persistent mental illness: review of approaches in a sample of high income countries

Diminic, S., Carstensen, G., Harris, M.G., Reavley, N., Pirkis, J., Meurk, C., Wong, I., Bassilios, B. and Whiteford, H.A. (2015). Intersectoral policy for severe and persistent mental illness: review of approaches in a sample of high income countries. Global Mental Health, 2 e18, e18. doi: 10.1017/gmh.2015.16

Intersectoral policy for severe and persistent mental illness: review of approaches in a sample of high income countries

2015

Journal Article

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Vos, Theo, Barber, Ryan M., Bell, Brad, Bertozzi-Villa, Amelia, Biryukov, Stan, Bolliger, Ian, Charlson, Fiona, Davis, Adrian, Degenhardt, Louisa, Dicker, Daniel, Duan, Leilei, Erskine, Holly, Feigin, Valery L., Ferrari, Alize J., Fitzmaurice, Christina, Fleming, Thomas, Graetz, Nicholas, Guinovart, Caterina, Haagsma, Juanita, Hansen, Gillian M., Hanson, Sarah Wulf, Heuton, Kyle R., Higashi, Hideki, Kassebaum, Nicholas, Kyu, Hmwe, Laurie, Evan, Liang, Xiofeng, Lofgren, Katherine, Lozano, Rafael ... Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Collaborators (2015). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. The Lancet, 386 (9995), 743-800. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60692-4

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

2015

Journal Article

Media and evidence-informed policy development: the case of mental health in Australia

Meurk, Carla, Whiteford, Harvey, Head, Brian, Hall, Wayne and Carah, Nicholas (2015). Media and evidence-informed policy development: the case of mental health in Australia. Contemporary Social Science, 10 (2), 160-170. doi: 10.1080/21582041.2015.1053970

Media and evidence-informed policy development: the case of mental health in Australia

2015

Other Outputs

A systems approach to mental health service planning: final report

Whiteford, Harvey, Leung, Janni, Wong, Ides, Meurk, Carla, Harris, Meredith, Diminic, Sandra, Fjeldsoe, Kevin, Lee, Yong Yi and Leitch, Elizabeth (2015). A systems approach to mental health service planning: final report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

A systems approach to mental health service planning: final report

2015

Journal Article

Time-course of PTSD symptoms in the Australian Defence Force: a retrospective cohort study

Waller, M., Charlson, F. J., Ireland, R. E. E., Whiteford, H. A. and Dobson, A. J. (2015). Time-course of PTSD symptoms in the Australian Defence Force: a retrospective cohort study. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 25 (4), 393-402. doi: 10.1017/S2045796015000517

Time-course of PTSD symptoms in the Australian Defence Force: a retrospective cohort study

2015

Journal Article

The rising tide of mental disorders in the Pacific region: forecasts of disease burden and service requirements from 2010 to 2050

Charlson, Fiona J., Diminic, Sandra and Whiteford, Harvey A. (2015). The rising tide of mental disorders in the Pacific region: forecasts of disease burden and service requirements from 2010 to 2050. Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 2 (2), 280-292. doi: 10.1002/app5.93

The rising tide of mental disorders in the Pacific region: forecasts of disease burden and service requirements from 2010 to 2050

2015

Other Outputs

Testing the National Service Planning Framework: predicting the need for Commonwealth funded primary mental health services: final report

Fjeldsoe, Kevin, Leitch, Elizabeth, Diminic, Sandra, Harris, Meredith, Wong, Ides and Whiteford, Harvey (2015). Testing the National Service Planning Framework: predicting the need for Commonwealth funded primary mental health services: final report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Testing the National Service Planning Framework: predicting the need for Commonwealth funded primary mental health services: final report

2015

Other Outputs

Alcohol and drug treatment services in Queensland: final report

Leitch, Elizabeth, Wong, Ides, Fjeldsoe, Kevin, Diminic, Sandra, Harris, Meredith and Whiteford, Harvey (2015). Alcohol and drug treatment services in Queensland: final report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research.

Alcohol and drug treatment services in Queensland: final report

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2026
    Evaluation of the Staying Deadly Hubs
    Institute for Urban Indigenous Health
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Multidisciplinary co-design of innovative, client-centred models for Indigenous mental health services in South East Queensland
    NHMRC MRFF - Indigenous Health Research Grant
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2021 - 2024
    Evaluation of the Queensland MOST Pilot Project
    The Children's Hospital Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    Analysis of mental health service provision for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations in South East Queensland
    Institute for Urban Indigenous Health
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    Mental Health Community Support Services Evaluation
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2023
    Nationally-representative population surveys of adolescent mental disorders in Kenya, Indonesia, and Vietnam
    The University of Queensland in America, Inc
    Open grant
  • 2018
    ARP1711: Self-reported health of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel after use of anti-malarial drugs on deployment
    Department of Veterans' Affairs
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Collecting minimally sufficient data on child and adolescent mental health disorders in Indonesia
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Understanding the factors associated with Australian mental health carer's employment
    Mind Australia Carer Development Fund
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (HME), Global Public Goods: Global Burden of Disease (GBD), Forecasting, ... (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant admin. by the University of Washington)
    University of Washington (Seattle)
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2019
    Alcohol and other drug treatment funding, purchasing and workforce: empirical analyses to inform policy (NHMRC Project Grant administered by the University of New South Wales)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    The estimated value of informal care giving in mental health
    Mind Australia Carer Development Fund
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    Quantifying the burden of perinatal depression in Australia and New Zealand
    RANZCP Pat, Toni and Peter Kinsman Research Scholarship
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    Mental and substance use disorders in the Global Burden of Disease Study (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant administered by University of Washington)
    University of Washington (Seattle)
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Updating estimates of service utilisation for mental disorders among Australian males
    Movember Foundation Research Grant
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2018
    Centre for Research Excellence in Evidence-based Mental Health Planning: Translating Evidence into Policy and Services
    NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2008
    The prevalence and treated prevalence of mental health conditions in employees
    Department of Health and Ageing (Commonwealth of Australia)
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2008
    WORK OUTCOMES RESEARCH COST-BENEFIT (WORC) PROJECT: (1) Rural data analysis (2) Evaluation of the impact of mental-physical health co-morbidity on employee productivity
    Department of Health and Ageing (Commonwealth of Australia)
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2012
    QCMHR Operational (Policy and Economics)
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2007
    Work outcomes research cost-benefit (WORC) project
    Department of Health and Ageing
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2006
    Mental health burden of illness research
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2004
    Professor mental health services research
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2004
    Strategic and Operational Planning Project
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2003
    Screening and treatment of depression in the labour force: Australian component of a multinational study
    Australian Rotary Health Research Fund
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2003
    Screening and treatment of depression in the labour force
    Queensland Centre for Schizophrenia Research
    Open grant
  • 2001 - 2003
    Mental Health Policy Research Project
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2000 - 2001
    Analytical Studies on Mental Health Policy and Services
    Global Forum for Health Research
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Harvey Whiteford is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Rural Mental Health

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sandra Diminic

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Rural strengths: Local assets, resources, and protective factors to improve rural mental health

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sandra Diminic

  • 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

  • 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

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Mental Health Service Planning in Australia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Meredith Harris, Dr Sandra Diminic

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Modelling Global Treatment Coverage for Mental Disorders

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Fiona Charlson

Completed supervision

Enquiries

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  • Health - mental health policy
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  • Mental health services
  • Policy - mental health
  • Services - mental health

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