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 2014 2018
- 6 Finished
Dual Diagnosis Capacity Building Research and Evaluation project
31/03/17 → 31/07/18
Project: Research
Severe and persistent mental illness information resource project
17/09/14 → 17/06/15
Project: Research
Research Output 2001 2019
Co-designing and co-producing support during and following inpatient care: Mental health service users and social workers working as allies
Petrakis, M., Buckley, L. & Raspor, C., 25 Jul 2019. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Other › peer-review
Delivering family psychoeducation at the mental health acute inpatient service: A practitioner narrative
Nolan, M. & Petrakis, M., Apr 2019, In : Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 26, 3-4, p. 101-107 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Dual Diagnosis Assessment: A case study implementing the reasons for use package to engage a marginalised service user
Kroes, S. E., Myers, K., Officer, S., O'Connor, S. & Petrakis, M., 22 Jun 2019, In : Cogent Medicine. 6, 1, 9 p., 1630097.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
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Family violence service enhancement in acute and community mental health
De Melo, M. & Petrakis, M., 25 Jul 2019. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Other › peer-review
Forensic social work (including criminal justice settings) in Australia: The role of social work to promote human rights and social perspectives
Harvey, S. & Petrakis, M., Jul 2019. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Other
Prizes
Australian Internet Award for Excellence in Education
Stuart Evans (Recipient), Phillip Swain (Recipient) & Melissa Petrakis (Recipient), 2000
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Leaders in Catholic Healthcare and service to the poor and vulnerable
Melissa Petrakis (Recipient), 13 Oct 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
MNHS Faculty Early Career Researcher (ECR) Publication Prize
Melissa Petrakis (Recipient), 1 Jan 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Service User and Survivor Research award
Melissa Petrakis (Recipient), Liam Buckley (Recipient) & Carmen Raspor (Recipient), 25 Jul 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
SPHC Early Career Researcher (ECR) Publication Prize
Melissa Petrakis (Recipient), 1 Jan 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities 2017 2017
- 1 Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
Society, Policy and Practice Seminars series
Melissa Petrakis (Keynote/plenary speaker)Apr 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
Press / Media
Toolkit for Tradies: putting an end to the "she'll be right" culture
12/10/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Launch of book ‘Social Work Practice in Health: An introduction to contexts, theories and skills'
19/03/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Dr Melissa Petrakis: “I’m pleased to be part of a fabric of diversity”
9/03/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
VICSERV is the peak body for the Mental Health Community Support Sector in Victoria
24/02/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research