Professor Rohan Borschmann
Centre for Mental Health and Community Wellbeing, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne; Department of Psychiatry, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford; Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; Justice Health Group, School of Population Health, Curtin University
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Health & Medicine
People in prison still in COVID-19 lockdown
Sustained COVID-19 lockdowns in prisons weigh on the mental health of people in custody. Are we doing enough to protect them?
Health & Medicine
We are leaving people released from prison vulnerable
Research shows that people released from prison are more likely to be the victims of violence, especially those with a mental illness or substance use disorder
Health & Medicine
Preventing a rebound in youth homelessness after COVID-19
Initiatives to protect homeless young people during the pandemic were effective, but we need a long term strategy that delivers better support and helps prevent homelessness
Health & Medicine
Australia’s sub-standard reporting of refugee self-harm incidents
Basic information is often missing on self-harm incidents among asylum-seekers making it difficult to tackle the problem, University of Melbourne research finds
Business & Economics
Rates of diagnosed mental illness soar
Mental concerns like depression and anxiety are now the most common serious illness among Australians, with rates among women rising to 20 per cent