Overview
Project status: In progress
There is an urgent need to find effective approaches to promote and maintain positive mental health in the workplace. Mental health problems (affecting about 20% of Australians annually) have devastating social and productivity costs. Employees in high-stress occupations (e.g. police, ambulance) are at even greater risk. This project, supported by the Australian Research Council and the Queensland Police Service, aims to implement an innovative resilience building intervention for police.
A controlled trial will empirically assess intervention outcomes on psychological well-being, mental health symptoms and organisational functioning. This proactive model of intervention will make an invaluable contribution to knowledge of workplace mental health promotion and management of high occupational stress.
- Grantor
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- Australian Research Council
- Amount
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$400,000 (approx) linkage grant
- Research team
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QUT
External collaborators
- Associate Professor Paula Brough (Griffith University)
- Cameron Craig (Queensland Police Service)
- Organisational unit
- Lead unit Faculty of Health Other units
- Research area
- Mental Health and Wellbeing
Professor Ian Shochet
Associate Professor Jane Shakespeare-Finch
Professor Ross Young
