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The project uses a qualitative multi-site embedded case study grounded in critical realism, bringing together historical document and discourse analysis, cross-service mapping and the perspectives of clinicians, managers and workforce or policy stakeholders.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

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Current doctoral program

The research program examines the concept, history, contemporary use and consequences of the “mental health clinician” title, with a focus on the Queensland public mental health system.

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