Tagged with mental illness

Three Griffith University research projects have been successful in gaining grants from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

Griffith University has been awarded nearly $1.4 million in National Health and Medical Research Council funding to develop new classes of antibiotics, further work around mosquito-borne viruses and improve outcomes for people with acute mental illness.

Telling stories through art, music, movement and writing are proving useful in alleviating some of the stress of mental illness. This is the aim of Brisbane South Partners in Recovery, which is working with Griffith’s School of Human Services and Social Work on Your Story Matters, a powerful storytelling project involving consumers, carers and family […]

People with mental illnesses often suffer extremely poor physical health, but new guidleines being developed by Dr Carolyn Erlich should help health professionals work with people with severe mental health issues.