A5044319406- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Sleep and related disorders
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Digital Games and Media
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
The University of Melbourne
2016-2025
Mental Health Australia
2014-2025
Melbourne Health
2025
Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation
2025
Centenary Institute
2019-2022
Australian National University
2009-2013
Putative cyber addictions are of significant interest. There remains little experimental research into excessive use first person shooter (FPS) games, despite their global popularity. Moreover, the role between gaming and impulsivity unclear, with previous showing conflicting findings. The current study investigated performances on a number neuropsychological tasks (go/no-go, continuous performance task, Iowa gambling task) trait measure for group regular FPS gamers (n=25), addicted (n=22),...
Patient portals are secure online platforms that offer patients access to various functions such as personal health information. While patient being increasingly offered by services, there limited data on their use for persons living with home mechanical ventilation (HMV) and/or long-term tracheostomy. This study, conducted at an Australian hospital's and tracheostomy aimed explore the perspectives attitudes of carers regarding introduction a portal. There were 231 survey responses 6...
Abstract Problematic anger affects up to 30% of individuals who have experienced trauma. Digital mental health approaches, such as ecological momentary assessment (EMA) delivered via smartphone and wearable devices (i.e., wearables ), hold significant potential for the development novel digital technology treatments. The objective this cohort study was examine acceptability, feasibility, outcomes from 10 days usage a tool combining EMA use among trauma‐exposed adults with problematic anger....
This Viewpoint discusses addressing women’s anger after trauma.
Abstract Background Access to healthcare significantly influences health outcomes, and rural, regional remote populations face greater challenges in accessing than urban populations. Digital tools, such as patient monitoring (RPM), have significant potential address these challenges, yet there is little research on the facilitators barriers of RPM regions. Aim This study aims identify understand staff implementing rural Australia, with focus that arose after onset COVID-19 pandemic. Methods...
Background: Digital technologies offer tremendous potential to predict dysregulated mood and behavior within an individual's environment, in doing so can support the development of new digital health interventions. However, no prediction models have been built trauma-exposed populations that leverage real-world data.Objective: This project aimed determine if wearable-derived physiological data anger intensity adults.Method: Heart rate variability (i.e. a commercial wearable stress score) was...
To determine the patterns and predictors of treatment response trajectories for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Conditional latent growth mixture modelling was used to identify classes class membership. In total, 2686 treated PTSD between 2002 2015 across 14 hospitals in Australia completed Checklist at intake, discharge, 3 9 months follow-up. Predictor variables included co-morbid mental health problems, relationship functioning, employment compensation status.Five...
Abstract Anger is an important dimension of affect and a prominent feature posttraumatic mental health, but it commonly overlooked in postdisaster settings. We aimed to examine the distribution implications significant anger problems aftermath natural disaster, via analyses Beyond Bushfires survey data from 736 residents rural communities 5 years after 2009 Black Saturday bushfires Victoria, Australia. Assessments included five‐item Dimensions Reaction (DAR‐5) scale along with measures PTSD,...
Skills for Psychological Recovery (SPR) is a brief skills-based approach to assist community members better cope after disaster or other tragedy. This paper reports on an evaluation of large SPR training and support program following floods cyclones in Queensland, Australia. The sought recruit, train competent trainers; provide systematic high-quality skills practitioners; improve the confidence number practitioners use SPR; encourage practitioners' with members. Trainers recruited...
Problematic anger is a significant clinical issue in military personnel, and further complicated by comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Despite increasing numbers of personnel returning from deployment with aggression difficulties, the treatment problematic has received scant attention. There are currently no interventions that directly target context military-related PTSD. The aim this case series to examine effectiveness an intervention specifically developed for treating...
Background: Research has shown that posttraumatic anger is common after a traumatic experience, represents risk factor for post-trauma psychopathology, and can be screened using the Dimensions of Anger Reactions Scale-5 (DAR-5), concise five-item measure. However, French version DAR-5 not yet available.Objective: We aimed to provide adaptation (DAR-5-F) replicate, in community sample, psychometric properties original DAR-5.Method: After translation transcultural principles, DAR-5-F was...
There has been significant discussion surrounding the psychopathology of excessive gaming and whether it constitutes an addiction. The current study investigated physiological subjective levels arousal in gamers two genres relationship between sensation seeking addiction.Heart rate (HR), blood pressure (BP) skin conductance were recorded at baseline, during for 15 min after 30 massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) first-person shooter (FPS) male gamers. Gamers identified as...