The Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria
OneInFive Australia is an In-Kind sponsor of the Mental Health Research Institute here in Melbourne, Australia. Below is a quote from the research centre’s website.
The Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria
Improving the diagnosis and treatment of the world’s major
mental disorders.
The vision of the Mental Health Research Institute (MHRI) is to lead cutting edge research focused upon improving the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of major mental disorders.Based in Melbourne, Australia, MHRI concentrates its efforts towards understanding:
- Schizophrenia
- Bipolar disorder
- Major depression
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Parkinson’s disease
- Huntington’s disease
Mental Illness
Mental illnesses impose a significant burden on the health and well being of communities worldwide.Five of the world’s ten leading causes of disability are related to mental illness. The share of global disease burden associated with mental illnesses is predicted to grow further in the coming decades, increasing by almost 50%, from 10.5% of the total burden to almost 15% in 2020 (WHO, 2004).
Approximately 20% of all people will experience some form of mental illness in their lifetime.
This is an invaluable study, and the website is well worth checking out – giving details not only about their latest studies and findings, but offering information about different kinds of mental illness and treatments, including Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s and Depression.
