A5057700963- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Resilience and Mental Health
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Memory Processes and Influences
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
The University of Queensland
2018-2025
UNSW Sydney
2010-2021
Columbia University
2015
Liverpool Hospital
2001-2004
Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) is a potentially disabling condition that affects approximately 10% of bereaved people. Grief-focused cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) has been shown to be effective in treating PGD. Although treatments for PGD have focused on exposure therapy, much debate remains about whether optimal PGD.To determine the relative efficacies CBT with (CBT/exposure) or alone PGD.A randomized clinical trial 80 patients attending outpatient University New South Wales Traumatic...
While a large proportion of conflict-affected populations have been dually exposed to trauma and loss, there is inadequate research identifying differential symptom profiles related bereavement exposure in these groups. The objective this study were (1) determine whether are distinct classes posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prolonged grief (PGD) symptoms bereaved survivors conflict persecution, (2) examine particular types refugee experiences stressors differentially predict profiles....
Abstract Background Complicated and persistent grief reactions afflict approximately 10% of bereaved individuals are associated with severe disruptions functioning. These maladaptive patterns were defined in Diagnostic Statistical Manual Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) as complex bereavement disorder (PCBD), but its criteria remain debated. The condition has been studied using network analysis, showing potential for an improved understanding PCBD. However, previous studies limited to...
Introduction: COVID-19 and related travel social restrictions caused significant stress for university students in Australia globally. Learning quickly moved online many (particularly international students) were separated from economic support. This study examined the impact of pandemic pre-pandemic (2019) to Omicron wave (2022) on domestic students’ mental health. Methods: Participants 1540 (72% females, 28% international) four first-year cohorts (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022). We screened...
Importance Although grief-focused cognitive behavior therapies are the most empirically supported treatment for prolonged grief disorder, many people find this difficult. A viable alternative is mindfulness-based therapy. Objective To examine relative efficacies of therapy and to reduce disorder severity. Design, Setting, Participants single-blind, parallel, randomized clinical trial was conducted among adults aged 18 70 years with as defined in International Classification Diseases , 11th...
The cognitive model of gambling argues that irrational beliefs and erroneous perceptions including illusions control, superstitious beliefs, expectancies winning, attributional biases, selective memory, entrapment play a pivotal role in the development maintenance impaired control over patterns behaviours. Assessment strategies using self-report, behavioural inferences, verbalizations produced by 'thinking aloud' techniques, effectiveness treatment interventions designed to correct...
Pathological gambling represents a major public health issue. Risk factors for suicide such as depression, substance abuse, marital breakdown, unemployment, financial crises, and legal difficulties are commonly found in populations of pathological gamblers. The objective this study was to systematically investigate the nature suicidal behavior among treatment‐seeking gamblers its relationship characteristics depression. Indices suicidality were assessed sample 85 diagnosed High rates...
The death of a loved one can trigger range emotional, behavioral, motivational and cognitive reactions collectively labeled as "grief." There has been recent resurgence empirical interest in grief reactions, there is now general consensus that 7%-10% bereaved individuals experience intense chronic termed Prolonged Grief (PG). However, ongoing debate about how best to conceptualize the construct. Recent studies have advanced this by applying network, or causal systems approach. Whereas...
The ability to accurately perceive cues contextual demands across different situations has been identified as a crucial component of successful self-regulation. However, previous attempts measure context sensitivity have suffered from serious methodological limitations, most notably the possibility that respondents may not possess sufficient knowledge their own abilities, confounding perception with response context, use only one or two variations, and failure consider abilities both detect...
Abstract Prolonged grief (PGD) is a potentially debilitating consequence of bereavement that experienced by 7%–10% bereaved individuals. In recent years, PGD has been the focus increasing interest as it associated with range significant negative physical and mental health outcomes. To date, however, there little understanding how impairment individual symptom interactions. Network analysis an innovative statistical approach productively applied to examine symptoms psychopathology influence...
Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many areas of life, including culturally accepted practices at end-of-life care, funeral rites, and access to social, community, professional support. This survey investigated the mental health outcomes Australians bereaved during this time determine how these factors might have impacted bereavement outcomes. Methods An online indexing experiences, levels grief, depression, anxiety, health, work, social impairment. Latent class analysis...
The objective of this study was to determine the rates substance use problems in a sample diagnosed pathological gamblers seeking treatment university teaching hospital cognitive behavioural outpatient clinic.A semistructured interview schedule and composite international diagnostic (CIDI-auto) were administered assess dependence 75 poker-machine meeting DSM-IV South Oaks gambling screen (SOGS) criteria for gambling. Both self-reported proportion psychiatric disorder determined.The within...
Background: Complicated Grief (CG) is a chronic and debilitating consequence of bereavement. Although sharing features with depression anxiety, CG associated independent negative health outcomes. Despite these significant costs, relatively little known about the cognitive mechanisms that contribute to maintenance CG. The ability envisage future important for adaptive functioning. This study investigates future-related thinking in Method: Twenty-one individuals 24 bereaved without were asked...
Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) causes significant impairment in approximately 7% of bereaved people. Although cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has been shown to effectively treat PGD, there is no evidence long-term effects CBT.To determine the efficacies CBT with exposure or without treating PGD by assessing outcome at 2 years.A randomized controlled trial patients (N = 80) attending an outpatient clinic took place between September 2007 and June 2010, a 2-year follow-up occurred December...