Addressing disparities in access to mental health services for rural and regional families
When: 25th May at 12 noon
Location: Keats Room (AVGL17) Psychology Building (Video conferenced to Ourimbah Science Offices)
Background: Richard J. Bischoff, Ph.D., is the Gwendolyn A. Newkirk Professor of Leadership and Departmental Chair of Child, Youth and Family Studies at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
His research is in the area of mental health care
disparities. It includes ways family therapists can make a difference by
collaborating with families and communities to determine health care provision
and needs. He has published research on experiences with mental illness through
the eyes of rural patients and families. He is currently conducting research in
rural Nebraska, USA to determine the effectiveness of an innovative approach to
overcoming mental health care disparities that integrates community capacity
building, collaborative care, and telemental health. His research team is
initiating projects to test the effectiveness of this model in Brazil, Portugal
and India. He is in Australia
through a University of Newcastle International Visiting Research Fellowship.
