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

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)

161 - 180 of 522 works

2017

Other Outputs

Application of the NMHSPF to support integrated Primary Health Network and Hospital and Health Services planning: Central Queensland, Wide Bay and Sunshine Coast

Leitch, Elizabeth, Wright, Eryn, Fjeldsoe, Kevin, Diminic, Sandra, Oakley, Padraig, Jimenez, Eliana and Whiteford, Harvey (2017). Application of the NMHSPF to support integrated Primary Health Network and Hospital and Health Services planning: Central Queensland, Wide Bay and Sunshine Coast. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research.

Application of the NMHSPF to support integrated Primary Health Network and Hospital and Health Services planning: Central Queensland, Wide Bay and Sunshine Coast

2016

Journal Article

Estimating the burden of disease attributable to injecting drug use as a risk factor for HIV, hepatitis C, and hepatitis B: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Degenhardt, Louisa, Charlson, Fiona, Stanaway, Jeff, Lamey, Sarah, Alexander, Lily T., Hickman, Matthew, Cowie, Benjamin, Hall, Wayne D., Strang, John, Whiteford, Harvey and Vos, Theo (2016). Estimating the burden of disease attributable to injecting drug use as a risk factor for HIV, hepatitis C, and hepatitis B: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 16 (12), 1385-1398. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30325-5

Estimating the burden of disease attributable to injecting drug use as a risk factor for HIV, hepatitis C, and hepatitis B: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

2016

Journal Article

How did youth mental health make it onto Australia’s 2011 federal policy agenda?

Whiteford, Harvey A. , Meurk, Carla, Carstensen, Georgia, Hall, Wayne, Hill, Peter and Head, Brian W. (2016). How did youth mental health make it onto Australia’s 2011 federal policy agenda?. Sage Open, 6 (4), 215824401668085. doi: 10.1177/2158244016680855

How did youth mental health make it onto Australia’s 2011 federal policy agenda?

2016

Other Outputs

Mental health psychosocial support service needs from the National Mental Health Service Planning Framework (NMHSPF): version 2, 21 November 2016

Diminic, Sandra, Gossip, Kate and Whiteford, Harvey (2016). Mental health psychosocial support service needs from the National Mental Health Service Planning Framework (NMHSPF): version 2, 21 November 2016. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.

Mental health psychosocial support service needs from the National Mental Health Service Planning Framework (NMHSPF): version 2, 21 November 2016

2016

Journal Article

Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

GBD 2015 SDG Collaborators, Abajobir, A. A., Charlson, F. J., Erskine, H.E., Ferrari, A. J., Knibbs, L.D., Leung, J., Santomauro, D. F., Veerman, J. L., Whiteford, H. A., Lalloo, R. and Guo, Yuming (2016). Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet, 388 (10053), 1813-1850. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31467-2

Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

2016

Journal Article

Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

GBD 2015 Mortality and Causes of Death Collaborators, Charlson, F. J., Erskine, H. E., Ferrari, A. J., Whiteford, H. A., Alam, N. K. M., Knibbs, L. D., Leung, J., Lalloo, Ratilal, Gouda, H. N. and McGrath, J. J. (2016). Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet, 388 (10053), 1459-1544. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31012-1

Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

2016

Journal Article

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

GBD 2015 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators, Charlson, F. J., Erskine, H. E., Ferrari, A. J., Leung, J., Whiteford, H. A., Abajobir, A. A., Knibbs, L. D., Lalloo, R., Scott, J. G. and Guo, Yuming (2016). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet, 388 (10053), 1545-1602. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31678-6

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

2016

Journal Article

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

GBD 2015 Risk Factors Collaborators, Charlson, F. J., Ferrari, A. J., Abajobir, A. A., Erskine, H. E., Knibbs, L. D., Leung, J., Santomauro, D. F., Veerman, J. L., Whiteford, H. A., Lalloo, R., Scott, J. G., Alam, N. K. M., Gouda, H. N., Guo, Y. and McGrath, J. J. (2016). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet, 388 (10053), 1659-1724. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31679-8

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

2016

Journal Article

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

GBD 2015 DALYs and HALE Collaborators, Charlson, F. J., Erskine, H. E., Leung , J., Whiteford, H. A., Abajobir, A. A., Ferrari, A. J., Knibbs, L. D., Lalloo, R., Alam, N. K. M., Gouda, H. N. and Guo, Y. (2016). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet, 388 (10053), 1603-1658. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31460-X

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

2016

Journal Article

Long-term outcomes of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Erskine, Holly E., Norman, Rosana E., Ferrari, Alize J., Chan, Gary C.K., Copeland, William E., Whiteford, Harvey A. and Scott, James G. (2016). Long-term outcomes of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 55 (10), 841-850. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.06.016

Long-term outcomes of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2016

Journal Article

Prevalence of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in China and India: a systematic analysis

Baxter, Amanda J., Charlson, Fiona J., Cheng, Hui G., Shidhaye, Rahul, Ferrari, Alize J. and Whiteford, Harvey A. (2016). Prevalence of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in China and India: a systematic analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry, 3 (9), 832-841. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30139-0

Prevalence of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in China and India: a systematic analysis

2016

Journal Article

Social correlates of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in China and India: a review

Cheng, Hui G., Shidhaye, Rahul, Charlson, Fiona, Deng, Fei, Lyngdoh, Tanica, Chen, Shengnan, Nanda, Sharmishtha, Lacroix, Kimberly, Baxter, Amanda and Whiteford, Harvey (2016). Social correlates of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in China and India: a review. The Lancet Psychiatry, 3 (9), 882-899. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30166-3

Social correlates of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in China and India: a review

2016

Journal Article

Systematic review of interventions for Indigenous adults with mental and substance use disorders in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States

Leske, Stuart, Harris, Meredith G., Charlson, Fiona J., Ferrari, Alize J., Baxter, Amanda J., Logan, Jacquie M., Toombs, Maree and Whiteford, Harvey (2016). Systematic review of interventions for Indigenous adults with mental and substance use disorders in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. BMJ Open, 50 (11), 1040-1054. doi: 10.1177/0004867416662150

Systematic review of interventions for Indigenous adults with mental and substance use disorders in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States

2016

Journal Article

The population cost-effectiveness of delivering universal and indicated school-based interventions to prevent the onset of major depression among youth in Australia

Lee, Y. Y., Barendregt, J. J., Stockings, E. A., Ferrari, A. J., Whiteford, H. A., Patton, G. A. and Mihalopoulos, C. (2016). The population cost-effectiveness of delivering universal and indicated school-based interventions to prevent the onset of major depression among youth in Australia. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 26 (5), 1-20. doi: 10.1017/S2045796016000469

The population cost-effectiveness of delivering universal and indicated school-based interventions to prevent the onset of major depression among youth in Australia

2016

Journal Article

The prevalence and burden of bipolar disorder: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Ferrari, Alize J., Stockings, Emily, Khoo, Jon-Paul, Erskine, Holly E., Degenhardt, Louisa, Vos, Theo and Whiteford, Harvey A. (2016). The prevalence and burden of bipolar disorder: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Bipolar Disorders, 18 (5), 440-450. doi: 10.1111/bdi.12423

The prevalence and burden of bipolar disorder: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

2016

Other Outputs

National mental health service planning framework: phase 2 extension: final report – August 2016

Whiteford, Harvey, Diminic, Sandra, Fjeldsoe, Kevin, Gossip, Kate, Leitch, Elizabeth and Wright, Eryn (2016). National mental health service planning framework: phase 2 extension: final report – August 2016. Brisbane: The University of Queensland.

National mental health service planning framework: phase 2 extension: final report – August 2016

2016

Journal Article

The burden of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in China and India: a systematic analysis of community representative epidemiological studies

Charlson, Fiona J., Baxter, Amanda J., Cheng, Hui G., Shidhaye, Rahul and Whiteford, Harvey A. (2016). The burden of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in China and India: a systematic analysis of community representative epidemiological studies. The Lancet, 388 (10042), 376-389. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30590-6

The burden of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in China and India: a systematic analysis of community representative epidemiological studies

2016

Other Outputs

Challenges and options for estimating the prevalence of schizophrenia, psychotic disorders, and bipolar disorders in population surveys

McGrath, John J., Charlson, Fiona and Whiteford, Harvey A. (2016). Challenges and options for estimating the prevalence of schizophrenia, psychotic disorders, and bipolar disorders in population surveys. Washington, DC, United States: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Challenges and options for estimating the prevalence of schizophrenia, psychotic disorders, and bipolar disorders in population surveys

2016

Journal Article

Global burden of disease studies: implications for mental and substance use disorders

Whiteford, Harvey, Ferrari, Alize and Degenhardt, Louisa (2016). Global burden of disease studies: implications for mental and substance use disorders. Health Affairs, 35 (6), 1114-1120. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0082

Global burden of disease studies: implications for mental and substance use disorders

2016

Other Outputs

National mental health service planning framework: phase 2: final report – June 2016

Whiteford, Harvey, Diminic, Sandra, Wong, Ides, Fjeldsoe, Kevin, Gossip, Kate, Leitch, Elizabeth and Harris, Meredith (2016). National mental health service planning framework: phase 2: final report – June 2016. Brisbane: The University of Queensland.

National mental health service planning framework: phase 2: final report – June 2016

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

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