Research leaders

PhD, PGDipClinPsych, MA(Hons), BA

Associate Professor Sarah Bendall is a Principal Research Fellow and Clinical Psychologist. She leads Orygen’s research programs into Trauma and Youth Mental Health with a broad focus on trauma-informed care and improving service delivery for young people affected by exposure to trauma experiences.

Sarah's research focuses on:

• examining the role of trauma in the development of psychosis
• understanding trauma-exposed young people’s experiences of mental health services
• treating post-traumatic stress disorder in young people
• the development of evidence-based models of trauma-informed care in youth mental health services.

Sarah leads Orygen’s trauma-informed care training programs and trauma policy work within the Orygen Institute. She is also an executive committee member of the Statewide Trauma Service and practices as a clinical psychologist at headspace Sunshine.

Read more about Sarah's work in her Find an Expert profile on the University of Melbourne's website.

Research team members

Dr Leo Kamitsis
Dr Wilma Peters