Inspired by the strength and resilience of those with lived experience, we bring together world leading researchers, service providers and communities to develop evidence-based solutions that create meaningful change.
We invest in our people and work collaboratively to achieve our vision of mentally healthy and resilient communities.
We partner with people and organisations that share our vision of improving mental health and wellbeing.
We are a multi-disciplinary research institute improving mental health and wellbeing.
We bring together world leading researchers across psychology, social science, public health and education. Partnering with service providers, we develop mental health and wellbeing solutions for our communities.
Our research themes encompass:
Taking a whole-of-person approach across the lifespan, we incorporate research from educational and preventative science, to service delivery models and experience in health systems.
The Flinders University Institute for Mental Health and Wellbeing are looking for a Little Heroes Professor of Child and Adolescent Mental Health to join our team. This person will be responsible for leading a research program in child and youth mental health across prevention, early intervention, and treatment.
Our research initiatives
A focus on both mental health and wellbeing makes us different
Hear from Director Professor Tracey Wade about how the Flinders University Institute for Mental Health and Wellbeing is making a difference.
Professor Phillip Slee and Associate Professor Shane Pill also discuss how the Big Talks for Little People program is helping in the early prevention and detection of mental health and wellbeing issues in young people, and will soon be incorporated into sport and physical education settings. This initiative has been created in partnership with the Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation and the Little Heroes Foundation
Big Talks for Little People case study
Our research helps people get the best out of life. With 44% of Australians experiencing mental illness during their lifetime, our work has never been more important.
Your donation will fund impactful research that revolutionises how we understand, address and prevent mental illness and promote wellbeing – across the life span.
Join us in our mission to foster mentally healthy and resilient communities.
Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible.
Flinders University was established on the lands of the Kaurna nation, with the first University campus, Bedford Park, located on the ancestral body of Ngannu near Warriparinga. Warriparinga is a significant site in the complex and multi-layered Dreaming of the Kaurna ancestor, Tjilbruke. For the Kaurna nation, Tjilbruke was a keeper of the fire and a peace maker/law maker. Tjilbruke is part of the living culture and traditions of the Kaurna people. His spirit lives in the Land and Waters, in the Kaurna people and in the glossy ibis (known as Tjilbruke for the Kaurna). Through Tjilbruke, the Kaurna people continue their creative relationship with their Country, its spirituality and its stories.
Flinders University acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians, both past and present, of the various locations the University operates on, and recognises their continued relationship and responsibility to these Lands and waters.
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