Dr Anton Isaacs - Researcher Profile

Biography

Dr. Anton Isaacs is a public health physician. He has worked in the fields of, HIV and AIDS, reproductive health, occupational health and mental health. He has also been involved in teaching medical and nursing students as well as community health workers. Anton set up a rural mental health service outside Bangalore, India which has been successfully integrated into general medical services. He joined Monash University in 2007 to pursue his PhD. Anton’s doctoral research focussed on help seeking of Aboriginal men with mental health problems and the response of mental health services to their needs. He continues to work in the area of mental health and wellbeing with Aboriginal communities in rural Victoria.

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2011

MD (DOC OF MEDICINE) IN SOCIAL & PREVENTATIVE MED

Institution: Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka - India

Year awarded: 2002

MBBS (BACHELOR OF MEDICINE & SURGERY)

Institution: St John Medical College, Bangalore University - India

Year awarded: 1996

Publications

Journal Articles

Isaacs, A.N., 2013, Demystifying cultural sensitivity and equity of care, Australian Journal of Primary Health [P], vol 19, issue 1, C S I R O publishing, Collingwood, p. 2. View Publication

Isaacs, A., Maybery, D., 2012, Improving mental health awareness among rural Aboriginal men: perspectives from Gippsland, Australasian Psychiatry [P], vol 20, issue 2, Sage Publications Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 108-111. View Publication

Isaacs, A.N., Maybery, D.J., Gruis, H.A.D., 2012, Mental health services for Aboriginal men: mismatches and solutions, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing [P], vol 21, issue 5, Wiley-blackwell publishing, Richmond VIC 3121, pp. 400-408. View Publication

Isaacs, A., Pepper, H., Pyett, P., Gruis, H., Waples-Crowe, P., Oakley Browne, M., 2011, 'What you do is important but how you do it is more important': Engaging Indigenous men in rural mental health services research, Qualitative Research Journal [E], vol 11, issue 3, RMIT Publishing, Australia, pp. 51-61. View Publication

Isaacs, A.N., Pyett, P.M., Oakley Browne, M.A., Gruis, H.A.D., Waples-Crowe, P., 2010, Barriers and facilitators to the utilization of adult mental health services by Australia's Indigenous people: Seeking a way forward, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing [P], vol 19, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 75-82. View Publication

Srinivasan, K., Isaacs, A., Villanueva, E., Lucas, A., Raghunath, D., 2010, Medical attribution of common mental disorders in a rural Indian population, Asian Journal of Psychiatry [P], vol 3, issue 3, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 142-144. View Publication

Isaacs, A., Varghese, N., Phillips, C., Pulickal, G., Lhmar, C., 2008, Outcome of referrals from a primary health institution in rural Karnataka, Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences [P], vol 24, issue 1, Professional Medical Publications, Pakistan, pp. 157-160. View Publication

Isaacs, A.N., 2008, Remission of writer's cramp with sertraline, Australasian Psychiatry, vol 16, issue 1, Taylor and Francis Group, OX14 4RN, UK, p. 55.

Padmashree, S., Isaacs, A., 2007, Expectations of primary care patients in rural Karnataka, Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences [P], vol 23, issue 4, Professional Medical Publications, Pakistan, pp. 534-537. View Publication

Isaacs, A.N., 2007, Insufficient rural doctors: Maslow's theory and the need for social accountability, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol 31, issue 6, Public Health Association of Australia Inc, ACT Australia, p. 582.

Isaacs, A.N., 2007, Strengthening research in community medicine, Indian Journal of Community Medicine, vol 32, issue 4, Medknow Publications, Mumbai India, pp. 239-240.

Isaacs, A., Srinivasan, K., Neerakkal, I., Jayaram, G., 2006, Initiating a community mental health programme in rural Karnataka, Indian Journal of Community Medicine [P], vol 31, issue 2, Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd, India, pp. 86-87. View Publication

Isaacs, A., 2006, Measuring inter epidemic risk in a dengue endemic rural area using Aedes larval indices, Indian Journal of Community Medicine [P], vol 31, issue 3, Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd, India, pp. 187-188. View Publication

Conference Proceedings

Jarvis, K., Robinson, A., Isaacs, A., 2011, Issues rural unpaid informal caregivers face when supporting frail aged persons with a mental illness, 5th Annual Victorian Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development Conference, VIC PHCRED Conference, Melbourne, p. 25.

Other

Hearn, S., Isaacs, A.N., Sutton, K., 2012, Help seeking for suicide in an aboriginal community: the Njernda CRUNCH study, Help seeking for suicide in an aboriginal community: the Njernda CRUNCH study, 4th Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium, Adelaide. View Publication

Isaacs, A.N., 2012, Recovery oriented services in rural Victoria, Recovery oriented services in rural Victoria, 4th Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium, Adelaide. View Publication

Isaacs, A.N., 2012, Why don't Aboriginal men seek help for mental health problems?, Why don't Aboriginal men seek help for mental health problems?, 4th Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium, Adelaide. View Publication

Teaching Commitment

Anton teaches into the SRH2002 unit on Indigenous Health and Wellbeing for Nurses and into the Indigenous Health program for students of Gippsland Medical School.

Community Service

Anton is a member of the Board of Governance of SNAP Gippsland Inc., a psychiatric disability and rehabilitation support service (PDRSS) and is currently its Deputy Chair.

Activities

Affiliations with institutes

From: 13/06/2012
AICD
Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

Grants

Title:

Common mental disorders in Koori men: facilitating case finding and continuity of care.

Investigators:

Isaacs, A, D'Amore, A, Gruis, H, Lampitt, B, Maybery, D

Funding:

(2010 - 2014). Beyond Blue: the national depression initiative.

Title:

Evaluation of the Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention and Community Support Projects.

Investigators:

Isaacs, A, Maybery, D, Sutton, K, Drysdale, M

Funding:

(2011 - 2015). Department of Health (Victoria).

(2013 - 2017). Department of Health (Victoria).

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The Spiritual Path: the benefits of spirituality in nature for mental health, wellbeing and recovery.

Supervisors:

Robinson, A (Main), Isaacs, A (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Jarvis, K.

Program of Study:

Issues rural unpaid informal caregivers face when supporting frail aged persons with a mental illnes.. 2012.

Supervisors:

Isaacs, A (Joint), Robinson, A (Joint-Co).