Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Melinda's research area focuses on understanding vulnerability and resilience in families, particularly in families where there may be parental mental illness (FaPMI) or substance abuse. The central aim is to find ways to promote resilience and reduce the intergenerational effects of vulnerability in families. She is currently the project manager of the Mental Illness Research Fund Project andlsquo;Developing an Australian-first recovery model of parents in Victoria mental health and family services', led by Associate Professor Darryl Maybery.
She has been working closely with Associate Professor Darryl Maybery and Associate Professor Andrea Reupert for the last ten years on a number of projects exploring the needs of families, and the response of the mental health service sector to better meet the needs of families where a parent has a mental illness or a dual diagnosis.
View:
- Melinda's 2014 presentation to the International Bipolar Foundation: Families where a parent has a mental illness: Understanding familiy resilience. (Vimeo 46:32 mins)
- Introduction to the Mental Illness Research Fund project: Developing an Australian-first recovery model of parents in Victoria mental health and family services. (YouTube 2:45 mins)
Melinda also has a background in Behavioural Neuroscience and recently completed her PhD in the aetiology of short-sightedness and long sightedness. Prior to that she completed a Masters of Behavioural Science in the efficacy of a new drug for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis.
She has a number of publications across all these areas of study and is currently co-supervising three PhD students in the area of parental mental illness.
Before joining MUDRIH as a Research Fellow, she held the position of FaPMI Research and Evaluation Academic at The Bouverie Centre (La Trobe University).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Parenting
- Family mental health
- Family resilience
- Mental health workforce
- Translation to practice
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 5 Finished
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Embedding Core Functions of Family Focused interventions into practice
Goodyear, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Allchin, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Hine, R. (Chief Investigator (CI))
7/11/22 → 30/04/24
Project: Research
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Evaluation Support for the National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health
Goodyear, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Maybery, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Beauchamp, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Allchin, B. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/06/21 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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“Educational engagement for young people who care for parents with mental ill health” research project
1/12/19 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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How to raise the village to raise the child
Paul, J. L. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Zechmeister-Koss, I. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bauer, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Goodyear, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Fatima, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lund, I. O. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Christiansen, H. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/02/18 → 31/08/22
Project: Research
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Developing an Australian-first recovery model for parents in Victorian mental health and family services
Maybery, D. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Cann, W. G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cuff, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Dalziel, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Goodyear, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Mildon, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), O'Hanlon, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Reupert, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Sheen, J. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Department of Health (DH) (Victoria)
7/06/13 → 6/06/17
Project: Research
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Acceptability, engagement and exploratory outcomes and costs of a co-designed intervention to support children of parents with a mental illness: Mixed-methods evaluation and descriptive analysis
Bauer, A., Cartagena-Farias, J., Christiansen, H., Goodyear, M., Schamschula, M., Zechmeister-Koss, I. & Paul, J., Oct 2024, In: International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 33, 5, p. 1289-1302 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access5 Citations (Scopus) -
Ambient light intensity affecting ultrasound operator detection of liver lesions in cine-clips
Lee, P. Y. C., Mohamed Afif, A., Anthony, A., Goodyear, M. & Lombardo, P., Jul 2024, In: Radiography. 30, 4, p. 1151-1157 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Assessment of the liver with two-dimensional shear wave elastography following COVID-19 infection: A pilot study
Lau, J. Y. S., O'Hara, S., Lombardo, P. & Goodyear, M., Aug 2024, In: Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 27, 3, p. 167-173 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Knowledge Families Hold: Co-Production and Co-Research With Mental Health Family Carers in Understanding Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Walters, C., McDonald, E., Sheers, C., Hawkins, K., Solich, H., Anderson, J. A., Simic, N., Moore, D., Stevenson, T., Lawn, S., Goodyear, M., Maghidman, M. & Petrakis, M., Dec 2024, In: Health Expectations. 27, 6, 15 p., e70093.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Online peer support for children with a family member experiencing mental health challenges: perspectives from children and young people during the COVID-19 pandemic
McKenzie, J., Goodyear, M., O’Dea, L., Cuff, R. & Morgan, B., 2024, In: Advances in Mental Health. 22, 3, p. 510-523 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)
Prizes
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Leon Piterman Prize for Social and Educational Research
Goodyear, M. (Recipient), 1 Nov 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
- 2 Contribution to conference
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Prato International Research Collaborative for Change in Parent & Child Mental Health Virtual Conference May 2021
Laletas, S. (Organiser), Nicholson, J. (Member of programme committee), Grove, C. (Member of programme committee), Piche, G. (Invited speaker), Reedtz, C. (Invited speaker), Davidson, G. (Organiser), Goodyear, M. (Invited speaker) & Grant, A. (Session chair)
11 May 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Congress 2017
Maybery, D. (Speaker), Goodyear, M. (Speaker) & Meadows, G. (Speaker)
4 May 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Press/Media
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Leon Piterman prize awarded to Dr Melinda Goodyear for research into supporting children of parents with a mental illness
1/09/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Village people: Working to prevent the intergenerational impacts of family mental illness
29/04/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Tool tackles impact of mental illness across generations
1/01/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature