Jill Astbury

Jill Astbury is an Australian researcher in the field of women's mental health.[1]

Biography

Astbury was deputy director of the Key Centre for Women's Health in Society, a World Health Organisation centre. She left this position to join Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia, as research professor in psychology. Her work focuses on the relationship between gender based violence including sexual violence and gender disparities in mental health including increased rates of depression, anxiety and post traumatic stress disorder.[1]

Publications

• Crazy for You: The making of women's madness (Oxford University Press, 1996)[2]
• Women's mental health: an evidence based review (WHO, 2000)[1]
• Gender disparities in Mental Health (WHO, 2001)[1]
• Services for victim/survivors of sexual assault : identifying needs, interventions and provision of services in Australia (Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2006)[3]

Recognition

In 2008, Astbury was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women for her research into violence against women.[4]

References

1. "SVRI Coordinating Group". WHO. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
2. Astbury, Jill (1996). Crazy for you : the making of women's madness. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-553768-0. LCCN 96206994. OCLC 35693368.
3. Astbury, Jill (2006). Services for victim/survivors of sexual assault : identifying needs, interventions and provision of services in Australia. Australian Institute of Family Studies., Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault. Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies. ISBN 0-642-39547-0. OCLC 122313061.
4. Tessie Vanderwert (2008-03-08). "A vote of thanks". The Age. Retrieved 2018-12-24.