Louise Harms

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

L Harms, L Gibbs, G Ireton, C MacDougall, K Brady, L Kosta, K Block, E Baker, HC Gallagher, C Kellett, D Forbes, R Bryant

Journal article  |  2021  |  Australian Social Work

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

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..

Interpersonal violence and mental health outcomes following disaster

Robyn Molyneaux, Lisa Gibbs, Richard A Bryant, Cathy Humphreys, Kelsey Hegarty, Connie Kellett, H Colin Gallagher, Karen Block, Louise Harms, John F Richardson, Nathan Alkemade, David Forbes

Journal article  |  2020  |  BJPSYCH OPEN

Prenatal yoga for young women a mixed methods study of acceptability and benefits

Amanda Styles, Virginia Loftus, Susan Nicolson, Louise Harms

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

BACKGROUND: High rates of psychological-distress, trauma and social complexity are reported among young pregnant women. At the Roy..

Hearing voices, sexual abuse and service system responses

Kath Sellick, David Rose, Louise Harms

Journal article  |  2019  |  Psychosis