Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Dr Geoffrey Waghorn                             

Email: geoff_waghorn@qcmhr.uq.edu.au

Dr Waghorn holds an adjunct appointment as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Population Health , and is a Senior Scientist with QCMHR. Dr Waghorn leads a program of research into the functional recovery of people with mental illness and psychiatric disabilities. Current projects aim to reduce the social and economic marginalization associated with mental illness, and improve the longer-term outcomes achieved by vocational and other non-treatment services. He has worked in the field of psychiatric disabilities in several roles, as a researcher for the past ten years, previously as a clinical psychologist and rehabilitation consultant, and prior to that as a disability officer for a large Commonwealth Department. His current research interests are influenced by previous experiences in providing specialised psychiatric vocational rehabilitation services.

Dr Waghorn first graduated from the University of Waikato (NZ) in 1978 with a Bachelor of Social Sciences (majoring in Psychology and Philosophy). He graduated from The University of Queensland with a Post Graduate Diploma in Psychology (with distinction) in 1991. His PhD was also awarded by The University of Queensland in 2005, in the field vocational rehabilitation of people with schizophrenia.

Ten representative publications

•  Lloyd, C., Waghorn, G., Best, M., & Gemmell, S. (in press). Reliability of a composite measure of social inclusion for people with psychiatric disabilities. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal.

•  Waghorn, G, Chant, D., & King, R. (in press). Classifying socially-valued role functioning among community residents with psychiatric disorders. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation .

•  King, R., Waghorn, G., Lloyd, C., McMah, T., McCloud, P., & Leong, C. (2006). Enhancing employment services for people with severe mental illness: the challenge of the Australian service environment. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 471-477.

•  Waghorn, G., Chant, D., & Lloyd C. (2006). Labour force activity among Australians with musculoskeletal disorders comorbid with depression and anxiety disorders. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 16, 241-252.

•  Waghorn, G, & Chant, D. (2005) Labour force activity by people with depression and anxiety disorders: a population level second order analysis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 112, 415-424.

•  Waghorn, G., & Lloyd, C. (2005). The employment of people with mental illness. Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health , 4(2) Supplement.