PHD Graduates
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Ahmed Munib Dr. Ahmed Munib is a psychiatrist from Bangladesh currently studying as a PhD candidate at the CIMH. His study is titled "Anxiety and Depression among South-Asian Communities in Melbourne" and explores the relationships between immigration and psychiatric morbidity within Bangladeshi and Indian communities residing in Melbourne. The study also examines the psychological difficulties and psychosocial coping mechanisms in regard to resettlement in Australia. Dr.Munib is presently on deputation from the Bangladesh Government Health service after being awarded an International Research scholarship by the University of Melbourne for completing his PhD in Psychiatry. |
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Yvonne Stolk Yvonne Stolk is a Clinical Psychologist and works as an Ethnic Mental Health Consultant with mental health services in the culturally diverse Western Metropolitan Region of Melbourne. Yvonne's PhD project has involved identifying issues in access to mental health services and equity in service delivery for ethnic communities. A training needs study found deficits in mental health staff's cross-cultural clinical competence and confidence and consequently, a training program in Cross-Cultural Psychiatric Assessment was developed. This 2-day training program was delivered to 88 staff in mental health crisis teams, who have a front-line role in assessing clients in crisis and in screening and arranging hospital admissions. A pre- and post-training evaluation has examined knowledge acquisition, transfer of training to clinical practice, and effects of training on rates of community contact and involuntary admission for members of ethnic communities. Yvonne has co-authored a book, based on the training program, Andary, L., Stolk, Y., & Klimidis, S. (2003). Assessing mental health across cultures. Brisbane: Australian Academic Press. |
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Zubaidah Jamil Osman Cultural value dissonance and its relationship with parent-adolescent conflict in Malaysia. This study investigates the issues of parent-adolescent conflict in Malaysia from cultural theoretical framework. Specifically, the issues explored are the influence of Western culture and the adoption of both parents and adolescents' cultural values adolescents' resolution strategy in relation to parent-adolescent conflict as well as adolescents' conflict resolution strategy. |
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