Karen Block

Addressing alcohol and other drug use among young people from migrant and ethnic minority backgrounds: Perspectives of service providers in Melbourne, Australia

Caitlin H Douglass, Karen Block, Danielle Horyniak, Margaret E Hellard, Megan SC Lim

Journal article  |  2021  |  HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY

Young people from migrant and ethnic minority backgrounds are recognised as emerging priority populations for reducing alcohol and..

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...

Spaces of well-being and regional settlement: International migrants and the rural idyll

Natascha Klocker, Paul Hodge, Olivia Dun, Eliza Crosbie, Rae Dufty-Jones, Celia McMichael, Karen Block, Margaret Piper, Emmanuel Musoni, Lynda Ford, Carly Jordan, David Radford

Journal article  |  2021  |  POPULATION SPACE AND PLACE

Regionalisation is a hallmark of Australia's approach to international migration, reflecting governments' growing concern with whe..

“It’s about Building a Network of Support”: Australian Service Provider Experiences Supporting Refugee Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

Karen Block, Jeanine Hourani, Claire Sullivan, Cathy Vaughan

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies

Refugees face a heightened risk of sexual and gender-based violence during conflict, transit and in countries of refuge. Despite l..

The Continuum of Gender-Based Violence Across the Refugee Experience

Claire Sullivan, Karen Block, Cathy Vaughan

Book Chapter  |  2021

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..

Reducing stigma and discrimination towards people with mental illness. Targeted consultations: Interim report for the Department of Health

Nicola Reavley, Angela Nicholas, Judith Wright, Anna Ross, Anthony Jorm, Eva Alisic, Georgina Sutherland, Karen Block, Ashley McAllister, Claudia Marck, Jane Pirkis, Lisa Brophy, Catherine Minshall, Deborah Warr

Report  |  2020

Multicultural and Settlement Services supporting women experiencing violence: The MuSeS project

Catherine Vaughan, Jasmin CHEN, Claire Sullivan, Suha Mariyam, Monisha Sandhu, Jeanine Hourani, Yara Jarallah, Lana Zannettino, Carolyn Gregoric, Linda Murray, Sarah Khaw, Karen Block, Adele Murdolo

Report  |  2020

The Multicultural and Settlement Services supporting women experiencing violence project (known as the MuSeS project) aimed to pro..

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

BACKGROUND: Disasters pose a documented risk to mental health, with a range of peri- and post-disaster factors (both pre-existing ..