Psychiatry, mental health & neuroscience

We conduct research in the prevention, treatment, cure, and care of brain and nerve disorders. Our strong relationships with communities help us improve the lives of patients. Our common goal is to improve health and quality of life together.

Psychiatry & mental health

We champion the right of people with an intellectual or developmental disability to the same level of health and mental health care as the rest of the population.

Academic Unit of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychiatry Services (AUCS)

The Academic Unit of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychiatry Services (AUCS) investigates biological and environmental factors of childhood development and mental health.

As the only medical research institute in Australia to investigate mental health across the lifespan, our aim is to create a mentally healthier world for everyone.

CHeBA is a world leader in the investigation of healthier brain ageing and better clinical care of age-related brain diseases. Their mission is to conduct innovative research and provide the empirical basis to prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias to achieve healthy brain ageing for all individuals.

The Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression (CRUfAD) is a joint facility of the University of New South Wales and St Vincents Hospital in Sydney Australia. It combines clinical and research expertise in the recognition and treatment of the anxiety and depressive disorders.

Forensic Mental Health Research Group

The Forensic Mental Health Research Group focuses on translational epidemiological and clinical research questions aimed at improving outcomes for those with mental illness in contact, or at risk of contact, with the criminal justice system.

Our mental health researchers work alongside Liverpool Hospital Mental Health Centre – one of the largest mental health facilities in NSW – to transfer their findings directly into clinical practice and patient care.

Kids research mental health

Kids research mental health (KRMH) has been established to develop an integrated research program focused on clinically relevant aetiological and interventional research in the Sydney children hospital network (SCHN).

Mental Health Education Leads of Australia and New Zealand (MHELANZ)

Mental Health Education Leads of Australia and New Zealand (MHELANZ) aims to foster excellence in teaching psychiatry to medical students, with the ultimate aim of improving community mental health in Australia and New Zealand.

The Mindgardens Neuroscience Network is transforming care and support for people who experience mental health, drug and alcohol or neurological disorders.

Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) is an independent, not-for-profit research institute based in Sydney, Australia. As a leader in brain and nervous system research, our goal is to prevent, treat and cure brain and nervous system diseases, disorders and injuries through medical research.

Neurostimulation and Interventional Psychiatry Team

Working across the UNSW Discipline of Psychiatry & Mental Health and the Black Dog Institute, our team investigates novel ways to treat depression and other neuropsychiatric disorders, including new brain stimulation techniques, ketamine, and psychedelic-assisted therapies.

New South Wales Child Development Study (NSW-CDS)

The NSW-CDS provides much needed information to improve the mental health and wellbeing of Australian children.

Nutrition, Exercise, and Social Equity (NExuS), Discipline of Psychiatry an

Our research focuses on a broad range of groups including people living with mental illness, people experiencing social marginalisation and other forms of disadvantage.

Student Mental Health

We aim to enhance the mental health and wellbeing of university students by developing and evaluating novel initiatives to support student mental health.

UNSW-Karitane research group

With a commitment to optimising outcomes for children and families in the first 2000 days (conception to school entry), we conduct clinically focused and translational research in the areas of perinatal, infant, and early childhood mental health.

Neuroscience

Healthy Longevity and Geroscience

Professor Daniel Chan and his research team in the Aged Care Department of Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital have been actively involved in the improvement of lives of older people through research projects aimed at “innovative solutions to unresolved areas” related to diseases or care of older people.

Neurodegeneration and Neuroinflammation Clinical Research Group

The Neurodegeneration and Neuroinflammation Clinical Research Group in the School of Clinical Medicine develops methods for early diagnosis and treatment for neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory conditions that affect both peripheral and central nervous systems.

Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) at Primary Care level

The Opioid Substitution Therapy group aims to improve the provision of holistic care and the appropriate sharing of health information by identifying a framework for OST at primary care level including the barriers and enablers from key stakeholders' perspectives.

UNSW Child Neurology Research Group

Our research group aims to use learnings from Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) to progress clinical trial and treatment approaches for rare genetic neurological disorders, increase collaborative networks and build workforce capacity.