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
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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

Search Professor Harvey Whiteford’s works on UQ eSpace

522 works between 1983 and 2025
All (522) Journal Article (415) Book Chapter (14) Conference Publication (44) Other Outputs (49)

381 - 400 of 522 works

2007

Journal Article

Financial Incentives and Psychiatric Services in Australia: An Empirical Analysis of Three Policy Changes

Doessel, D.P., Scheurer, R.W., Chant, D.C. and Whiteford, H.A. (2007). Financial Incentives and Psychiatric Services in Australia: An Empirical Analysis of Three Policy Changes. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 2 (1), 7-22. doi: 10.1017/S1744133106006244

Financial Incentives and Psychiatric Services in Australia: An Empirical Analysis of Three Policy Changes

2006

Journal Article

Stakeholder concerns about Australia's mental health care system

Townsend, Clare E., Pirkis, Jane E., Pham, An T. N., Harris, Meredith G. and Whiteford, Harvey A. (2006). Stakeholder concerns about Australia's mental health care system. Australian Health Review, 30 (2), 158-163. doi: 10.1071/AH060158

Stakeholder concerns about Australia's mental health care system

2006

Journal Article

Changes in private sector electroconvulsive treatment in Australia

Doessel, Darryl P., Scheurer, Roman W., Chant, David C. and Whiteford, Harvey A. (2006). Changes in private sector electroconvulsive treatment in Australia. Australian And New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40 (4), 362-367. doi: 10.1080/j.1440-1614.2006.01803.x

Changes in private sector electroconvulsive treatment in Australia

2006

Journal Article

Changes in private sector electroconvulsive treatment in Australia

Doessel, D. P., Scheurer, R. W., Chant, D. C. and Whiteford, H. (2006). Changes in private sector electroconvulsive treatment in Australia. Australian And New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40 (4), 362-367. doi: 10.1080/j.1440-1614.2006.01803.x

Changes in private sector electroconvulsive treatment in Australia

2006

Other Outputs

Planning estimates and technical notes, Queensland Mental Health Action Plan 2006-2011

Harris, M G, Buckingham, B., Pirkis, J., Townsend-White, C. and Whiteford, H (2006). Planning estimates and technical notes, Queensland Mental Health Action Plan 2006-2011. Brisbane: Queensland Centre for Mental Health, University of Queensland.

Planning estimates and technical notes, Queensland Mental Health Action Plan 2006-2011

2006

Other Outputs

International Planning Models for Mental Health

Pirkis, J., Buckingham, B., Harris, M G and Whiteford, H (2006). International Planning Models for Mental Health. Melbourne: The University of Melbourne.

International Planning Models for Mental Health

2006

Journal Article

The National Mental Health Strategy and Geographical Access to Mental Health Services: Some empirical results

Doessel, D. P., SCHEURER, R., Chant, D. C. and Whiteford, H. (2006). The National Mental Health Strategy and Geographical Access to Mental Health Services: Some empirical results. Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 12 (2), 233-257.

The National Mental Health Strategy and Geographical Access to Mental Health Services: Some empirical results

2006

Journal Article

Care, Community, Capacity: Rethinking mental health services in remote Indigenous settings

Santhanam, R., Hunter, E. M. M., Wilkinson, Y., Whiteford, H. and McEwan, A. (2006). Care, Community, Capacity: Rethinking mental health services in remote Indigenous settings. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 12 (2), 51-56. doi: 10.1071/PY06022

Care, Community, Capacity: Rethinking mental health services in remote Indigenous settings

2006

Book Chapter

Mental Disorders

Hyman, Steven, Chisholm, Dan, Kessler, Ronald, Patel, Vikram and Whiteford, Harvey (2006). Mental Disorders. Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries. (pp. 605-625) edited by D. Jamison, J. Breman, A. Measham, G. Alleyne, M. Claeson, D. Evans, P. Jha, A. Mills and P. Musgrove. Washington, D.C.: Oxford University Press for the World Bank.

Mental Disorders

2006

Journal Article

Some economic dimensions of the mental health jigsaw in Australia

Williams, R.F.G., Doessel, D P, Scheurer, R. and Whiteford, H (2006). Some economic dimensions of the mental health jigsaw in Australia. International Journal of Social Economics, 33 (12), 808-831. doi: 10.1108/03068290610714661

Some economic dimensions of the mental health jigsaw in Australia

2006

Book Chapter

Investing in health to promote human capital in developing countries: The importance of productivity and health to the World Bank

Whiteford, Harvey (2006). Investing in health to promote human capital in developing countries: The importance of productivity and health to the World Bank. Health and Work Productivity - Making the business case for quality health care. (pp. 253-270) edited by R.C. Kessler and P.E. Stang. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Investing in health to promote human capital in developing countries: The importance of productivity and health to the World Bank

2006

Journal Article

Prisons: mental health institutions of the 21st century

White, P and Whiteford, H (2006). Prisons: mental health institutions of the 21st century. Medical Journal of Australia, 185 (6), 302-303. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00581.x

Prisons: mental health institutions of the 21st century

2006

Journal Article

A comparison of Australian men with psychotic disorders remanded for criminal offences and a community group of psychotic men who have not offended

White, Paul, Chant, David and Whiteford, Harvey (2006). A comparison of Australian men with psychotic disorders remanded for criminal offences and a community group of psychotic men who have not offended. Australian And New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40 (3), 260-265. doi: 10.1080/j.1440-1614.2006.01783.x

A comparison of Australian men with psychotic disorders remanded for criminal offences and a community group of psychotic men who have not offended

2005

Journal Article

Australia's National Mental Health Strategy and deinstitutionalization: some empirical results

Doessel, Darrel P., Scheurer, Roman W., Chant, David C. and Whiteford, Harvey A. (2005). Australia's National Mental Health Strategy and deinstitutionalization: some empirical results. Australian And New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 39 (11-12), 989-994. doi: 10.1080/j.1440-1614.2005.01702.x

Australia's National Mental Health Strategy and deinstitutionalization: some empirical results

2005

Journal Article

Australia’s national mental health strategy and deinstitutionalization: some empirical results

Doessel, Darrel P., Scheurer, Roman W., Chant, David C. and Whiteford, Harvey A. (2005). Australia’s national mental health strategy and deinstitutionalization: some empirical results. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 39 (11), 989-994. doi: 10.1080/j.1440-1614.2005.01702.x

Australia’s national mental health strategy and deinstitutionalization: some empirical results

2005

Journal Article

Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research: The first 17 years

McGrath, John, Mowry, Bryan and Whiteford, Harvey (2005). Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research: The first 17 years. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 39 (7), 533-541. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2005.01624.x

Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research: The first 17 years

2005

Journal Article

Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research: the first 17 years

McGrath, John, Mowry, Bryan and Whiteford, Harvey (2005). Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research: the first 17 years. Australian And New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 39 (7), 533-541. doi: 10.1080/j.1440-1614.2005.01624.x

Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research: the first 17 years

2005

Journal Article

Ten years of mental health service reform in Australia; are we getting it right?

Whiteford, Harvey A. and Buckingham, William J. (2005). Ten years of mental health service reform in Australia; are we getting it right?. Medical Journal of Australia, 182 (8), 396-400. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06758.x

Ten years of mental health service reform in Australia; are we getting it right?

2005

Journal Article

Leadership in mental health policy: the national context

Whiteford, Harvey (2005). Leadership in mental health policy: the national context. Australasian Psychiatry, 13 (1), 21-26. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1665.2004.02145.x

Leadership in mental health policy: the national context

2005

Journal Article

Suicide in developing countries (2): Risk factors

Vijayakumar, Lakshmi, John,Sujit, Pirkis, Jane and Whiteford, Harvey (2005). Suicide in developing countries (2): Risk factors. Crisis, 26 (3), 112-119. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910.26.3.112

Suicide in developing countries (2): Risk factors

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

    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

    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

    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

  • 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

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Professor Harvey Whiteford directly for media enquiries about:

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

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