Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Petrakis' career focus in research is to achieve excellence in mental health services research. She has a particular emphasis on the implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP), conducting practice-based research (PBR), and the fostering of practitioner-researcher opportunities for skilled clinicians. She is actively engaged in supporting lived experience voices in research, and in co-production with emerging consumer and carer researchers.
External positions
Senior Research Fellow, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
Jul 2007 → …Research area keywords
- recovery
- recovery-oriented practice
- Mental Health Services
- Mental health
- Family caregiving
- Program evaluation
- solution focused brief therapy
- Psychosis
- Psychosocial Therapy
- Social Work
- Social attitudes toward people with a disability
- Social dimensions of health and illness
- Suicide
- carepath
- clinical practice guidelines
- early psychosis
- Mental Disorders/Illness
- Psychiatry
Network
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Projects
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Developing the growing new NDIS (psychosocial disability) workforce
Katsourakis, J., Maple, E., Petrakis, M., McGuire, D. & Maher, F.
1/07/19 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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Research output
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The use of common humanity scenarios to promote compassion in healthcare workers
Ling, D., Petrakis, M. & Olver, J. H., 2 Jan 2021, In: Australian Social Work. 74, 1, p. 110-121 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Writing case notes on placement
Lanyon, A., Petrakis, M. & Ross, B., 26 Feb 2021, Writing Skills for Social Work Students. Ross, B. (ed.). UK: Red Globe Press, (Macmillan Study Skills).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other
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Assessment in Mental Health
Meadows, G., Aadam, B., Buchanan-Hagen, S., Cugnetto, M., Daya, I., Farhall, J., Fernbacher, S., Fossey, E. M., Johnson, C. L., King, R., Mahboub, L., Minas, H., Petrakis, M., Roper, C., Sareen, N., Scanlan, J. N. & Wand, T., 5 Nov 2020, Mental Health and Collaborative Community Practice: An Australian Perspective. Meadows, G., Farhall, J., Fossey, E., Happell, B., McDermott, F. & Rosenberg, S. (eds.). 4th ed. Australia: Oxford University Press, p. 315-379 65 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
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Breaking Bad News Via Social Media: What are the implications of patients and their family using social media platforms to communicate about a trauma admission
Cowgill, M. & Petrakis, M., 2020.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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Ethics, Values, and Recovery in Mental Health Social Work Practice
Aadam, B. & Petrakis, M., 2020, Mental Health and Social Work. Ow, R. & Cheong Poon, A. W. (eds.). Singapore: Springer, p. 1-21 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
Prizes
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Australian Internet Award for Excellence in Education
Stuart Evans (Recipient), Phillip Swain (Recipient) & Petrakis, Melissa (Recipient), 2000
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Leaders in Catholic Healthcare and service to the poor and vulnerable
Petrakis, Melissa (Recipient), 13 Oct 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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MNHS Faculty Early Career Researcher (ECR) Publication Prize
Petrakis, Melissa (Recipient), 1 Jan 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Service User and Survivor Research award
Petrakis, Melissa (Recipient), Liam Buckley (Recipient) & Carmen Raspor (Recipient), 25 Jul 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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SPHC Early Career Researcher (ECR) Publication Prize
Petrakis, Melissa (Recipient), 1 Jan 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Meeting of the International Open Dialogue Research Collaboration
Melissa Petrakis (Organiser)
21 Jun 2021 → 23 Jun 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Views of Peer Workers on the Implementation of Recovery-Oriented Practice in a Public Mental Health Service
Melissa Petrakis (Supervisor) & Janice Chisholm (Discussant)
2017 → 2020Activity: Other Teaching Engagements and non-HDR Supervisions › Non-HDR Supervisions
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Society, Policy and Practice Seminars series
Melissa Petrakis (Keynote/plenary speaker)
Apr 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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Preserving Human Rights during an Acute Episode: Uncovering issues of masculinity, homelessness, social isolation and poverty through a quantitative analysis of mental health service seclusion events
Melissa Petrakis (Supervisor) & Jacinta Chavulak (Discussant)
2015 → 2017Activity: Other Teaching Engagements and non-HDR Supervisions › Non-HDR Supervisions
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Neami National Staff evaluation: Reasons for Use Package use with Dual Diagnosis consumers
Melissa Petrakis (Supervisor)
2015 → …Activity: Other Teaching Engagements and non-HDR Supervisions › Non-HDR Supervisions
Press / Media
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Mental Health: MHU: Consumer and carer peer work in mental health
4/02/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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I didn't think 'lonely' could apply to me. I was wrong
5/01/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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I didn't think 'lonely' could apply to me. I was wrong
5/01/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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The best gift this festive season is kindness to yourself and to others
17/12/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY – CELEBRATE WITH TANDEM AND PANEL
10/03/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities