Mental Health and Wellbeing

Facts and figures

  • Mental health and wellbeing researchers

    360+

  • Co-designing with lived experience experts, allies, and peer worker network collaborators

  • Spanning fundamental, clinical, societal, prevention, policy and systems research

  • 60+ active mental health clinical trials

World-class mental health research and wellbeing care

It’s time for transformative change through a collaborative effort to create better understanding and creative and innovative solutions for mental health and wellbeing challenges - not for, but with those with lived and living experience - who have had their specific needs ignored for too long.

Monash MNHS is committed to taking a multidisciplinary approach to answer some of the pressing questions needed to help people with mental health challenges to thrive and to support wellbeing

  • Co-designed and co-led with communities with lived and living experience and family carer experience of mental health and wellbeing challenges.
  • For all people, all ages.
  • For people when and where they need it, including strategies for prevention, early intervention and ongoing treatment when needed.

  • Supporting resilient brains and behaviours, including via early identification, monitoring and intervention.
  • From strengths-based approaches, informed by community resilience and systemic social issues of inequity and disadvantage, intolerance, discrimination and violence.
  • Inclusive of researchers and community experts identifying as having lived and living experience, family carer’s experience, lived and living experience allies, peer worker network collaborators, clinicians, practitioners and researchers including in health, education and social care services, government, and other workplaces and everyday settings.
  • Leveraging our world-leading technology. Monash has invested, with the help of like-minded funders, in cutting-edge technology that makes us a biomedical, health, research education and technology powerhouse that is unique globally and positions us to enable better understanding and the creation of innovative solutions for mental health and wellbeing challenges.

Our selected focus areas

  • Elevate First Nations knowledges

    Engage with the social and emotional wellbeing and mental health sector to strengthen abilities in serving the needs of global First Peoples.

  • Embed lived and living experience and expertise into mental health and wellbeing research, education and practice

    Lead world-first research and workforce development in collaborative mental health care with lived experience and provide a safe, inspiring education and career pathways for people with lived and living experience.

  • Anchor collaboration in the Faculty’s our approach to mental health and wellbeing

    Secure and prioritise collaborative funding, advocacy and partnerships to deliver community-engaged research and education, optimise resource use, and establish clear, ongoing collective priorities.

  • Grow global leadership in mental health and wellbeing

    Co-design transformational, community-driven solutions that address diverse needs, establish global leadership in inclusive impact, and foster strong national and international partnerships.

Selected research champions

Mental Health and Wellbeing news

How the brain’s physical shape guides its internal wiring

A breakthrough study led by Monash University researchers has shed light on the factors shaping the intricate wiring of our brains. The research, published in the world-leading journal Cell, reveals that the brain’s complex wiring diagram,
29 June, 2026 Psychological Sciences

Monash University and Brigham and Women's Hospital to advance innovation in sleep and circadian medicine

Monash University and Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) today announce the renewal of their landmark research partnership at a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts.
22 June, 2026 Turner Institute

Carers in need of care: Wellbeing in Australia’s aged care workforce

Australia has a growing need for aged care, with existing services struggling to meet demand. The ageing population is increasing pressure on care services, exacerbated by a reduction in the supply of workers as the proportion of Australians of
18 June, 2026 Research

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