Mental health workforce researcher · PhD candidate

Catharina Elizabeth Greyvenstein

Researching the language, structures and professional identities that shape mental health work — and what they mean for clearer roles, stronger interdisciplinary practice and better connected systems of care.

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Catharina Elizabeth Greyvenstein, mental health workforce researcher and PhD candidate

About

I am Catharina Elizabeth Greyvenstein, a PhD candidate at CQUniversity researching the Australian mental health workforce.

My work is concerned with the often-overlooked ways that language, organisational structures and professional boundaries influence how mental health services operate. I am particularly interested in role clarity, professional identity, interdisciplinary practice and the relationship between workforce policy and everyday practice.

My current doctoral research examines the use of the title mental health clinician across Australian public mental health services and systems. It asks how this generic title has developed, how it is understood across services and professions, and what its use may mean for accountability, collaboration and person-centred care.

Research

Researching mental health workforce terminology, professional identity, role clarity and interdisciplinary practice.

Current doctoral research

The term “mental health clinician” is widely used to describe a multidisciplinary workforce, yet its meaning and implications are not consistently defined. My research investigates how the title functions across policy and practice and how it shapes role clarity, professional identity and interdisciplinary work.

The project uses a qualitative multi-site embedded case study grounded in critical realism, bringing together historical document and discourse analysis, cross-service mapping and the perspectives of clinicians, managers and workforce or policy stakeholders.

Mental health workforce Professional identity Role clarity Interdisciplinary practice Critical realism Health policy

“Clearer workforce language is not simply a matter of terminology. It can influence professional identity, accountability, collaboration and the way care is organised.”

Research outputs

Selected publications, presentations and research outputs.

Peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, research resources and public scholarship will be added here as they become available.

Current doctoral program

The research program examines the concept, history, contemporary use and consequences of the “mental health clinician” title across Australian public mental health services and systems.

Research identity

Research profiles, persistent identifiers and professional links connected to my work.

CQUniversity Doctoral affiliation
ORCID 0009-0002-9063-1772
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Speaking & media Presentations, interviews and public scholarship

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