Louise Harms

Being a Parent after a Disaster: The New Normal after the 2009 Victorian Black Saturday Bushfires

Lauren Kosta, Louise Harms, Lisa Gibbs, David Rose

Journal article  |  2021  |  The British Journal of Social Work

Abstract This article explores parental experiences over nearly seven years that followed catastrophic Australian b..

Being a parent: Findings from a grounded theory of memory-making in neonatal end-of-life care.

Rebecca Thornton, Patricia Nicholson, Louise Harms

Journal article  |  2021  |  J Pediatr Nurs

PURPOSE: Neonatal palliative care guidelines increasingly recommend that parents be encouraged to provide care for their dying bab..

Stressors and Supports in Postdisaster Recovery: Experiences After the Black Saturday Bushfires

Louise Harms, Lisa Gibbs, Greg Ireton, Colin MacDougall, Kate Brady, Lauren Kosta, Karen Block, Elyse Baker, H Colin Gallagher, Connie Kellett, David Forbes, Richard Bryant

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALIAN SOCIAL WORK

Many studies show that long-term poor mental health outcomes for disaster-affected people are predicted by postdisaster stressors...

Public reassurance following a collective trauma event: a scoping review of the evidence to inform police practice

Lyndal Hickey, Louise Harms, Lauren Kosta

Journal article  |  2021  |  Policing: An International Journal

Purpose: This paper examines the empirical research on police reassurance following a collective trauma event (CTE). Design/meth..

The dynamic course of psychological outcomes following the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires

Richard A Bryant, Lisa Gibbs, H Colin Gallagher, Phillipa Pattison, Dean Lusher, Colin MacDougall, Louise Harms, Karen Block, Greg Ireton, John Richardson, David Forbes, Robyn Molyneaux, Meaghan O'Donnell

Journal article  |  2020  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

OBJECTIVES: To profile the long-term mental health outcomes of those affected by the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires and to document..

Anger Dimensions and Mental Health Following a Disaster: Distribution and Implications After a Major Bushfire

Sean Cowlishaw, Olivia Metcalf, Tracey Varker, Caleb Stone, Robyn Molyneaux, Lisa Gibbs, Karen Block, Louise Harms, Colin MacDougall, Colin H Gallagher, Richard Bryant, Ellie Lawrence-Wood, Connie Kellett, Meaghan O'Donnell, David Forbes

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF TRAUMATIC STRESS

Anger is an important dimension of affect and a prominent feature of posttraumatic mental health, but it is commonly overlooked in..

Creating Evidence: Findings from a Grounded Theory of Memory-Making in Neonatal Bereavement Care in Australia

Rebecca Thornton, Patricia Nicholson, Louise Harms

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC NURSING-NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES

PURPOSE: Perinatal and neonatal palliative care guidelines recommend the provision of photographs and other mementos as an element..

Parenting after a disaster: Challenges for family health and wellbeing after the Black Saturday bushfires

Lauren Kosta, Louise Harms

Media  |  2020

Post-disaster social work research: A scoping review of the evidence for practice

Louise Harms, Jennifer Boddy, Lyndal Hickey, Kathryn Hay, Melinda Alexander, Lynne Briggs, Lesley Cooper, Margaret Alston, Patricia Fronek, Amanda Howard, Carole Adamson, Tricia Hazeleger

Journal article  |  2020  |  INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK

The aim of this study was to understand the extent, range and nature of social work research activity after natural disasters and ..

The psychosocial complexities of acute burn patients in an Australian trauma hospital

Rose Knol, Emma Kelly, Eldho Paul, Heather Cleland, Anna Wellington-Boyd, Caroline Lambert, Louise Harms

Journal article  |  2020  |  BURNS

INTRODUCTION: Psychosocial risk and protective factors specific to acute burn patients have been shown to impact on longer-term he..