Professor Harvey Whiteford
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Harvey Whiteford

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Background

Professor Whiteford is a researcher at the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research. His research interests include psychiatric epidemiology, measurement of disease burden, 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. Until July 2025, he was the Director of the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research.

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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529 works between 1983 and 2026
All (529) Journal Article (420) Other Outputs (51) Conference Publication (44) Book Chapter (14)

141 - 160 of 529 works

2017

Journal Article

Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Naghavi, Mohsen, Abajobir, Amanuel Alemu, Abbafati, Cristiana, Abbas, Kaja M., Abd-Allah, Foad, Abera, Semaw Ferede, Aboyans, Victor, Adetokunboh, Olatunji, Arnlov, Johan, Afshin, Ashkan, Agrawal, Anurag, Kiadaliri, Aliasghar Ahmad, Ahmadi, Alireza, Ahmed, Muktar Beshir, Aichour, Amani Nidhal, Aichour, Ibtihel, Aichour, Miloud Taki Eddine, Aiyar, Sneha, Al-Eyadhy, Ayman, Alahdab, Fares, Al-Aly, Ziyad, Alam, Khurshid, Alam, Noore, Alam, Tahiya, Alene, Kefyalew Addis, Ali, Syed Danish, Alizadeh-Navaei, Reza, Alkaabi, Juma M., Alkerwi, Ala'a ... GBD 2016 Causes of Death Collaborators (2017). Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet, 390 (10100), 1151-1210. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32152-9

Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

2017

Journal Article

Assessing service use for mental health by Indigenous populations in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America: a rapid review of population surveys

McIntyre, Cecily, Harris, Meredith G., Baxter, Amanda J., Leske, Stuart, Diminic, Sandra, Gone, Joseph P., Hunter, Ernest and Whiteford, Harvey (2017). Assessing service use for mental health by Indigenous populations in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America: a rapid review of population surveys. Health Research Policy and Systems, 15 (1) 67, 1-17. doi: 10.1186/s12961-017-0233-5

Assessing service use for mental health by Indigenous populations in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America: a rapid review of population surveys

2017

Journal Article

Adolescent health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the global burden of disease 2015 study

Azzopardi, Peter, Cini, Karly, Kennedy, Elissa, Sawyer, Susan, El Bcheraoui, Charbel, Charara, Raghid, Khalil, Ibrahim, Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar, Collison, Michael, Afifi, Rima A., Al-raiby, Jamela, Krohn, Kristopher J., Daoud, Farah, Chew, Adrienne, Afshin, Ashkan, Foreman, Kyle J., Kassebaum, Nicholas J., Kutz, Michael, Kyu, Hmwe H., Liu, Patrick, Olsen, Helen E., Smith, Alison, Stanaway, Jeffrey D., Wang, Haidong, Ärnlöv, Johan, Ahmad Kiadaliri, Aliasghar, Alam, Khurshid, Alasfoor, Deena, Ali, Raghib ... GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Adolescent Health Collaborators (2017). Adolescent health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the global burden of disease 2015 study. International Journal of Public Health, 63 (S1), 1-18. doi: 10.1007/s00038-017-1003-4

Adolescent health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the global burden of disease 2015 study

2017

Journal Article

Danger ahead: the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2015

El Bcheraoui, Charbel, Charara, Raghid, Khalil, I. A., Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar, Afshin, Ashkan, Collison, Michael, Daoud, Farah, Krohn, Kristopher J., Chew, Adrienne, Biryukov, Stan, Casey, Daniel, Cercy, Kelly, Charlson, Fiona J., Cornaby, Leslie, Dicker, Daniel, Erskine, Holly E., Ferrari, Alize J., Fitzmaurice, Christina, Foreman, Kyle J., Fraser, Maya, Frostad, Joseph, Godwin, William W., Griswold, Max, Kassebaum, Nicholas J., Kemmer, Laura, Kutz, Michael, Kyu, Hmwe H., Leung, Janni, Liu, Patrick ... Mokdad, Ali H. (2017). Danger ahead: the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2015. International Journal of Public Health, 63 (S1), 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s00038-017-1017-y

Danger ahead: the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2015

2017

Other Outputs

Outcomes of the National Mental Health Service Planning Framework (NMHSPF) Stage 1 training for Primary Health Networks: Summary Report – August 2017

Leitch, Elizabeth, Gossip, Kate, Wright, Eryn, Diminic, Sandra, Fjeldsoe, Kevin and Whiteford, Harvey (2017). Outcomes of the National Mental Health Service Planning Framework (NMHSPF) Stage 1 training for Primary Health Networks: Summary Report – August 2017. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Outcomes of the National Mental Health Service Planning Framework (NMHSPF) Stage 1 training for Primary Health Networks: Summary Report – August 2017

2017

Journal Article

Estimating the number of adults with severe and persistent mental illness who have complex, multi-agency needs

Whiteford, Harvey, Buckingham, Bill, Harris, Meredith, Diminic, Sandra, Stockings, Emily and Degenhardt, Louisa (2017). Estimating the number of adults with severe and persistent mental illness who have complex, multi-agency needs. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 51 (8), 799-809. doi: 10.1177/0004867416683814

Estimating the number of adults with severe and persistent mental illness who have complex, multi-agency needs

2017

Journal Article

The global coverage of prevalence data for mental disorders in children and adolescents

Erskine, H. E., Baxter, A. J., Patton, G., Moffitt, T. E., Patel, V., Whiteford, H. A. and Scott, J. G. (2017). The global coverage of prevalence data for mental disorders in children and adolescents. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 26 (4), 395-402. doi: 10.1017/S2045796015001158

The global coverage of prevalence data for mental disorders in children and adolescents

2017

Journal Article

The prevalence and service utilisation associated with mental and substance use disorders in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: findings from a cross-sectional survey

Charlson, F., Diminic, S., Choulamany, C., Santomauro, D., Raja, S. and Whiteford, H. (2017). The prevalence and service utilisation associated with mental and substance use disorders in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: findings from a cross-sectional survey. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 28 (1), 1-12. doi: 10.1017/S204579601700035X

The prevalence and service utilisation associated with mental and substance use disorders in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: findings from a cross-sectional survey

2017

Other Outputs

Using mental health data to map existing services for comparison with the National Mental Health Service Planning Framework (NMHSPF): Guidance for Primary Health Networks - June 2017

Diminic, Sandra, Leitch, Elizabeth, Fjeldsoe, Kevin, Wright, Eryn, Gossip, Kate and Whiteford, Harvey (2017). Using mental health data to map existing services for comparison with the National Mental Health Service Planning Framework (NMHSPF): Guidance for Primary Health Networks - June 2017. Brisbane: The University of Queensland.

Using mental health data to map existing services for comparison with the National Mental Health Service Planning Framework (NMHSPF): Guidance for Primary Health Networks - June 2017

2017

Journal Article

The disparity between changes in the prevalence of mental illness and disability support rates in Australia

Whiteford, Harvey A. (2017). The disparity between changes in the prevalence of mental illness and disability support rates in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 206 (11), 486-+. doi: 10.5694/mja17.00274

The disparity between changes in the prevalence of mental illness and disability support rates in Australia

2017

Other Outputs

Supporting Primary Health Networks to implement stepped care for mental health planning - June 2017

Gossip, Kate, Diminic, Sandra, Leitch, Elizabeth, Wright, Eryn, Meurk, Carla, Harris, Meredith, Fjeldsoe, Kevin and Whiteford, Harvey (2017). Supporting Primary Health Networks to implement stepped care for mental health planning - June 2017. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Supporting Primary Health Networks to implement stepped care for mental health planning - June 2017

2017

Other Outputs

Training materials and support for Primary Health Networks in implementing regional planning and use of the National Mental Health Service Planning Framework: Final report

Leitch, Elizabeth, Diminic, Sandra, Wright, Eryn, Fjeldsoe, Kevin, Gossip, Kate and Whiteford, Harvey (2017). Training materials and support for Primary Health Networks in implementing regional planning and use of the National Mental Health Service Planning Framework: Final report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Training materials and support for Primary Health Networks in implementing regional planning and use of the National Mental Health Service Planning Framework: Final report

2017

Journal Article

Child and adolescent health from 1990 to 2015 findings from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2015 study

Kassebaum, Nicholas, Hmwe Kyu, Hmwe, Zoeckler, Leo, Elizabeth Olsen, Helen, Thomas, Katie, Pinho, Christine, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A., Dandona, Lalit, Ferrari, Alize, Ghiwot, Tsegaye Tewelde, Hay, Simon I., Kinfu, Yohannes, Liang, Xiaofeng, Lopez, Alan, Carvalho Malta, Deborah, Mokdad, Ali H., Naghavi, Mohsen, Patton, George C., Salomon, Joshua, Sartorius, Benn, Topor-Madry, Roman, Vollset, Stein Emil, Werdecker, Andrea, Whiteford, Harvey A., Abate, Kalkidan Hasen, Abbas, Kaja, Damtew, Solomon Abrha, Ahmed, Muktar Beshir, Akseer, Nadia ... Vos, Theo (2017). Child and adolescent health from 1990 to 2015 findings from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2015 study. JAMA Pediatrics, 171 (6), 573-592. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.0250

Child and adolescent health from 1990 to 2015 findings from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2015 study

2017

Journal Article

An analysis of policy success and failure in formal evaluations of Australia's national mental health strategy (1992-2012)

Grace, Francesca C., Meurk, Carla S., Head, Brian W., Hall, Wayne D., Harris, Meredith G. and Whiteford, Harvey A. (2017). An analysis of policy success and failure in formal evaluations of Australia's national mental health strategy (1992-2012). BMC Health Services Research, 17 (1) 374, 374. doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-2309-x

An analysis of policy success and failure in formal evaluations of Australia's national mental health strategy (1992-2012)

2017

Journal Article

Healthcare Access and Quality Index based on mortality from causes amenable to personal health care in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2015: a novel analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

GBD 2015 Healthcare Access and Quality Collaborators, Bizuayehu, Habtamu Mellie, Lalloo, Ratilal, Leung, Janni, Setegn, Tesfaye, Whiteford, Harvey A. and Sartorius, Benn (2017). Healthcare Access and Quality Index based on mortality from causes amenable to personal health care in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2015: a novel analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet, 390 (10091), 231-266. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30818-8

Healthcare Access and Quality Index based on mortality from causes amenable to personal health care in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2015: a novel analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

2017

Conference Publication

The Global Burden of Mental and Substance Use Disorders

Whiteford, H. (2017). The Global Burden of Mental and Substance Use Disorders. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.

The Global Burden of Mental and Substance Use Disorders

2017

Other Outputs

A summary of the structure and key outputs of the National Mental Health Service Planning Framework (NMHSPF): Report for Primary Health Networks - May 2017

Diminic, Sandra, Gossip, Kate, Leitch, Elizabeth, Fjeldsoe, Kevin, Wright, Eryn and Whiteford, Harvey (2017). A summary of the structure and key outputs of the National Mental Health Service Planning Framework (NMHSPF): Report for Primary Health Networks - May 2017. Brisbane: The University of Queensland.

A summary of the structure and key outputs of the National Mental Health Service Planning Framework (NMHSPF): Report for Primary Health Networks - May 2017

2017

Other Outputs

Here’s how much it would cost the government to pay everyone who takes care of family with mental illness

Diminic, Sandra , Whiteford, Harvey and Brooks, Peter (2017, 03 23). Here’s how much it would cost the government to pay everyone who takes care of family with mental illness The Conversation

Here’s how much it would cost the government to pay everyone who takes care of family with mental illness

2017

Other Outputs

The economic value of informal mental health caring in Australia

Diminic, Sandra, Hielscher, Emily, Lee, Yong Yi, Harris, Meredith, Schess, Jaclyn, Kealton, Jan and Whiteford, Harvey (2017). The economic value of informal mental health caring in Australia. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland / Mind Australia.

The economic value of informal mental health caring in Australia

2017

Journal Article

Association of DSM-IV posttraumatic stress disorder with traumatic experience type and history in the World Health Organization World Mental Health surveys

Liu, Howard, Petukhova, Maria V., Sampson, Nancy A., Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio, Alonso, Jordi, Andrade, Laura Helena, Bromet, Evelyn J., De Girolamo, Giovanni, Haro, Josep Maria, Hinkov, Hristo, Kawakami, Norito, Koenen, Karestan C., Kovess-Masfety, Viviane, Lee, Sing, Medina-Mora, Maria Elena, Navarro-Mateu, Fernando, O'Neill, Siobhan, Piazza, Marina, Posada-Villa, José, Scott, Kate M., Shahly, Victoria, Stein, Dan J., Ten Have, Margreet, Torres, Yolanda, Gureje, Oye, Zaslavsky, Alan M., Kessler, Ronald C., Al-Hamzawi, Ali, Al-Kaisy, Mohammed Salih ... Wojtyniak, Bogdan (2017). Association of DSM-IV posttraumatic stress disorder with traumatic experience type and history in the World Health Organization World Mental Health surveys. JAMA Psychiatry, 74 (3), 270-281. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.3783

Association of DSM-IV posttraumatic stress disorder with traumatic experience type and history in the World Health Organization World Mental Health surveys

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2026
    Evaluation of the Staying Deadly Hubs
    Institute for Urban Indigenous Health
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 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
  • 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

    The Architecture of Collaboration: A Systematic Review and Case Study Analysis of Effective Academic Health Research Partnerships in the Australian Context.

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Mental Health Service Planning in Australia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Meredith Harris, Dr Sandra Diminic

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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