Tabinda Basit

I am a health psychologist and researcher with a strong focus on health psychology and mental health, particularly within First Nations and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. My research expertise lies in the development and evaluation of health and wellbeing programs, and cultural adaptations to programs and research methods to more effectively measure mental health and wellness. I have extensive clinical and industry experience, including roles in program design, evaluation, and advocacy within First Nations health, chronic disease management and chronic pain. Currently, my work spans several projects, including evaluating mental health services for First Nations Australians and investigating the needs of First Nations carers for loved ones with mental health concerns. I also have a keen interest in cultural correlates and expressions of mental disorder, in empowering people to make health behaviour changes, and to engage more effectively with healthcare services through individual, group and health promotion interventions. Health psychology, preventative health and behaviour change; Culturally responsive research and program adaptation; First Nations health and wellbeing; Service engagement, access and evaluation

[2025] Correlates of mental disorder and harmful substance use in an indigenous Australian urban sample: an analysis of data from the Queensland Urban Indigenous Mental Health Survey. Basit, Tabinda, Toombs, Maree, Santomauro, Damian, Whiteford, Harvey and Ferrari, Alize (2025). Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 60 (1), 201-213. doi: 10.1007/s00127-024-02648-8 [2026] Factors associated with Medicare mental health service use by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults and children in an urban area: a case study from Southeast Queensland. Zhou, Xiaoyun, Pagliaro, Claudia, Wailan, Manuel, Suetani, Shuichi, Basit, Tabinda, Frazer Bidjara Nation, Randall, Nelson, Carmel, Liu, Yan, Zhang, Lihong, Bainbridge Gunggari/Kunja Nations, Roxanne, Hou, Xiang-Yu, Whiteford, Harvey and