A healthy start to life, preventative healthcare, strengthening Australias social economic fabric

其目的是通过基于人口的研究和发展保健战略，在国际上为减少精神障碍及相关的酗酒和药物滥用造成的非致命疾病负担作出重大贡献。目前对精神障碍可避免负担的估计表明，虽然40%的负担可以通过最佳实施目前可用的干预措施来减少，但如果没有新的知识，另外60%的负担仍然无法避免。这些新知识不仅包括来自新的或基础神经科学的知识，而且还包括明确确定目前提出的对患有精神障碍的年轻人进行早期干预的范例是否会带来持续的好处。为了确保精神障碍患者的最大利益，Hickie教授需要直接参与两大活动。第一个（75%的研究工作）在于最大限度地提高卫生服务和其他人口健康活动的机会，他在过去十年中积极倡导，现在被用来推进知识，并为实际减少疾病负担做出更大的贡献。第二（25%的研究工作）是最大限度地提高BMRI内部收集的特定国际技能，并在其地方，国家和国际研究网络中更广泛地分布。心理健康研究迫切需要新的基础科学、转化和临床知识，澳大利亚奖学金和这些网络的结合将为实现这种真实的知识突破的机会最大化提供环境

The aim is to make a major contribution to the reduction of non-fatal disease burden internationally due to mental disorders and related alcohol and substance abuse through population-based research and development health strategies. Current estimates of avertable burden for mental disorders suggest that while 40% of the burden can be reduced by optimal implementation of currently available interventions another 60% will remain unavertable without new knowledge. That new knowledge includes not only that derived from novel or basic neurosciences but also clear determination as to whether currently proposed early intervention paradigms for young persons with mental disorders deliver sustained benefits. To ensure the maximum benefit for persons with mental disorders, Professor Hickie needs to engage directly in two major streams of activity. The first (75% of research effort) lies in maximising the chances that the health services and other population health activities that he has championed so actively over the last decade are now utilised to both advance knowledge as well as make a much greater contribution to actual reduction in illness burden. The second (25% of research effort) lies in maximising the specific international skills collected within the BMRI and distributed more widely in its local, national and international research networks. Mental Health Research desperately needs new basic science, translational and clinical knowledge and the combination of an Australian Fellowship and these networks would provide the environment for maximising the chances of achieving such real knowledge breakthroughs