Research
The Centre aims to facilitate cutting edge research into the understanding, treatment and prevention of anxiety, depression and other emotional disorders which include some of the most common and greatest impact disorders of our society.
Staff from the Centre have established an international reputation for excellence in research into the understanding and treatment of anxiety and depression across the lifespan. Current projects include research on adult social phobia, child, adolescent and adult depression, child and adolescent anxiety, traumatic stress disorder, and parent-child interactions and mental health.
The Centre represents a pooling of intellectual strength attracting a range of academics with skills in such varying fields as behaviour and molecular genetics, developmental psychology, health economics, epidemiology and statistical modelling. Particular research strengths of the Centre include longitudinal investigations into the development of emotional disorders, randomised control trials of psychological treatments, development of new treatments and delivery methods, and examination of the links between emotional and physical problems.
As part of its ongoing research activities, the Centre is active in publications, applications for research grant support, research presentations at national and international conferences and attracts a distinguished range of visiting scholars.
For further information on current and past research grants see:
http://www.ceh.mq.edu.au/research_grants.html
For current research projects see: