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., Allchin, B. & Hine, R.
7/11/22 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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Evaluation Support for the National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health
Goodyear, M., Maybery, D., Beauchamp, A. & Allchin, B.
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., Zechmeister-Koss, I., Bauer, A., Goodyear, M., Fatima, B., Lund, I. O. & Christiansen, H.
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., Cann, W., Cuff, R., Dalziel, K., Goodyear, M., Mildon, R., O'Hanlon, B., Reupert, A. & Sheen, J.
Department of Health (DH) (Victoria)
7/06/13 → 6/06/17
Project: Research
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Economic Evaluation of Family-Focused Programs When Parents Have a Mental Health Problem: Methodological Considerations
Zechmeister-Koss, I., Strohmaier, C., Hölzle, L., Bauer, A., Goodyear, M., Christiansen, H. & Paul, J. L., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Value in Health. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access -
Medullary pyramid thickness: The optimal cut-off value associated with the need for pyeloplasty in infants
Neilson, M., Lombardo, P., Goodyear, M., McLean, G. & Taghavi, K., Aug 2023, In: Journal of Pediatric Urology. 19, 4, p. 428.E1-428.E6 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A Sustainability Model for Family-Focused Practice in Adult Mental Health Services
Allchin, B., Weimand, B. M., O'Hanlon, B. & Goodyear, M., 18 Jan 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry. 12, 8 p., 761889.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus) -
Development of an Evidence-Informed and Codesigned Model of Support for Children of Parents With a Mental Illness— “It Takes a Village” Approach
Goodyear, M., Zechmeister-Koss, I., Bauer, A., Christiansen, H., Glatz-Grugger, M. & Paul, J. L., 31 Jan 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry. 12, 16 p., 806884.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access5 Citations (Scopus) -
Editorial perspective: Prato Research Collaborative for change in parent and child mental health – principles and recommendations for working with children and parents living with parental mental illness
Reupert, A., Bee, P., Hosman, C., van Doesum, K., Drost, L. M., Falkov, A., Foster, K., Gatsou, L., Gladstone, B., Goodyear, M., Grant, A., Grove, C., Isobel, S., Kowalenko, N., Lauritzen, C., Maybery, D., Mordoch, E., Nicholson, J., Reedtz, C., Solantaus, T., & 4 others , Mar 2022, In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 63, 3, p. 350-353 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other › peer-review
Open AccessFile13 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
- 2 Contribution to conference
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Prato International Research Collaborative for Change in Parent & Child Mental Health Virtual Conference May 2021
Stella Laletas (Organiser), Joanne Nicholson (Member of programme committee), Christine Grove (Member of programme committee), Genevieve Piche (Invited speaker), Charlotte Reedtz (Invited speaker), Gavin Davidson (Organiser), Melinda Goodyear (Invited speaker) & Anne Grant (Session chair)
11 May 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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RANZCP Congress 2017
Darryl Maybery (Speaker), Melinda Goodyear (Speaker) & Graham Meadows (Speaker)
4 May 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference