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 → …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 2018
A foundation for dual diagnosis practice: wisdom, tools and resources
Myers, K., Kroes, S. & Petrakis, M., 2018, Social Work Practice in Health: An introduction to contexts, theories and skills. Petrakis, M. (ed.). Crows Nest NSW: Allen & Unwin, p. 135-152 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
An introduction to health and health services practice, and the social determinants of health
Petrakis, M. & Lethborg, C., 2018, Social Work Practice in Health: An introduction to contexts, theories and skills. Petrakis, M. (ed.). Crows Nest NSW: Allen & Unwin, p. 3-20 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
Challenges in implementing individual placement and support in the Australian mental health service and policy context
Stirling, Y., Higgins, K. & Petrakis, M., 1 Jan 2018, In : Australian Health Review. 42, 1, p. 82-88 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Cultural humility training in mental health service provision
Konidaris, M. & Petrakis, M., 2018, In : New Paradigm. Summer 2017/18, p. 30-33 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other
Open Access
Dual diagnosis competencies: A systematic review of staff training literature
Petrakis, M., Robinson, R., Myers, K., Kroes, S. & O'Connor, S., 1 Jun 2018, In : Addictive Behaviors Reports. 7, p. 53-57 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
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Prizes
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)
SPHC Early Career Researcher (ECR) Publication Prize
Melissa Petrakis (Recipient), 1 Jan 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Teaching Excellence (Innovation). School of Primary Health Care Education Committee Awards
Melissa Petrakis (Recipient), 1 Jan 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
The 'Strengths' model of case management in a community mental health service, St Vincent's (Vic)
Melissa Petrakis (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press / Media
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
Social Work represents at Mental Health Conference
7/09/17
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Research