Project PRIMeD: Police Responses to the Interface with Mental Disorder Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (LP0774829)

Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health, Locked Bag 10, Fairfield VIC 3078 AUSTRALIA Tel: +61 3 9495 9159; Fax: +61 3 9495 9195

Expert Advisory Group

Terms of Reference The Project PRIMeD Expert Advisory Group members will:

1. Oversee the development, interpretation and evaluation of Project PRIMeD.

2. Champion the initiative across the mental health service delivery sector and the community as a whole.

These goals will be achieved through actions such as:

1. Providing advice to the Project PRIMeD Research Team on issues relating to mental health service delivery strategy, policy and operation.

2. Providing advice to the Project PRIMeD Research Team on issues relating to the individual studies within the Project and offer advice on the future direction of the Project.

3. Promoting Project PRIMeD and its activities to their peers.

4. Acting as a point of contact between the Project PRIMeD Research Team, the mental health service delivery sector and the community as a whole.

5. Encouraging cross-disciplinary research and research supervision through Project PRIMeD.

6. Identifying research needs and priorities, and promoting research outcomes to the wider community.

Membership

The Expert Advisory Group will have a broad representation from stakeholders in the mental health service delivery sector, including government departments and organisations, volunteer agencies, private companies and philanthropic bodies.

New members of the Group will be invited by the Project PRIMeD Research Team following consultation with the Expert Advisory Group. Members will be appointed for an initial one year term with the possibility of extensions annually for the duration of the project.

The Expert Advisory Group may also have ex-officio members from the Project PRIMeD Research Team and internationally renowned experts in the field.

Meeting Schedule

The Project PRIMeD Expert Advisory Group will meet at least biannually at a venue to be confirmed prior to each meeting.