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Our track record
Highlights of our diverse achievements since 1995 include:
- Maintaining an internationally recognised research profile, leading to our Membership of the Board of Management of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and the Editorial Board of the Journal of Traumatic Stress
- Developing National Health and Medical Research Council endorsed guidelines for treating posttraumatic stress disorder; recommendations to help veterans with anger management and alcohol problems, and a world-fi rst screening index to accurately identify trauma patients at risk for depression and posttraumatic stress
- Collaborating to improve mental health policies and services for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Australian Defence Force and the Transport Accident Commission, Victoria
- Designing readjustment programs for military personnel returning from deployments
- Educating mental health professionals and general practitioners on how to identify, assess and treat posttraumatic and comorbid mental health problems
- Creating internationally endorsed training resources for health practitioners and for people affected by trauma
- Monitoring the outcomes of Australia-wide PTSD treatment programs for more than 3,000 veterans over a ten year period, with findings used to make recommendations for service improvement
- Evaluating the Australian Defence Force’s residential alcohol and drug services, the psychological outcomes for people affected by transport accidents and group programs for veterans