Success Factor 4: Increased Productivity and Social And Economic Participation
Psychosis Australia supports research that identifies how treatments and supports can help to increase the productivity and social and economic participation of people living with psychosis for the benefit of all Australians.
Improving an individual’s mental health can provide benefits in increased social and economic participation, productivity in employment, and community engagement and connectedness.
- The experience and effects of self-stigma among people at ultra-high risk for psychosis, Researchers Waters, Ohan, Yael Perry, and Ashleigh Lin, Telethon Kids Institute – $6,000.
- Project Elevate (lifestyle intervention), Dr. Kristi Haracz, and Professor Tracey Burrows, University of Newcastle –$100,000.
For further information about these research projects, contact Professor Alison Yung, Research Advisor Council Chair.
alison.yung@deakin.edu.au
