Mind invests significant resources to support research and evaluation; this work being important to the provision of high-quality services and the generation of evidence supporting policy and system reform.
Our Research and Evaluation team is leading the work to embed outcome measures in our service system which helps us evaluate the impact of our services. The team also leads research activities supporting policy advocacy and system reform. Our key areas of focus include lived experience research, physical health, social inclusion, recovery, building emotional resilience, youth mental health and housing support.
Mind invests substantial resources into knowledge sharing, to ensure insights generated from these research activities are translated into practice improvement. Follow our links below to learn more about our Research and evaluation projects and Translating research into practice.
We aim to work in partnership with service users and carers, academics, peak bodies and other services so we can be sure our research addresses issues that make a difference to people’s experience of the service system and their lives. We partner with several Universities to conduct research projects such as ‘Connecting for Better Health’ with Monash University and ‘Quitpick’ with the University of Newcastle.
We also partner with the University of South Australia where we fund a lived experience PhD research scholarship in Clinical and Health Sciences. In addition to these partnerships, we also commission research, evaluation, and policy projects with other specialist consultancies and universities.
Aligned with Mind’s commitment to developing and innovating lived experience practice, the research team includes a designated lived experience researcher position. Mind recognises that elevating the voices of people with lived experience is central to all evaluation and research in supporting recovery-focused, person-centred care.
As a leader in the development of the lived experience workforce, Mind focuses on research and evaluation that understands the impact and supports the ongoing development of the lived experience workforce, including lived experience leadership and lived experience-led services and research.
For more information about our research program, contact the research team at [email protected].
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