Winnie Lau

Investigating the associations between cognitive appraisals, emotion regulation and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder among Asian American and European American trauma survivors.

Laura Jobson, Casey Willoughby, Philippa Specker, Joshua Wong, Adriana Draganidis, Winnie Lau, Belinda Liddell

Journal article  |  2022  |  Sci Rep

This study investigated whether the associations between emotion regulation and cognitive appraisals and symptoms of posttraumatic..

Examining Cultural Differences in the Associations between Appraisals and Emotion Regulation and PostTraumatic Stress Disorder in Malaysian and Australian Trauma Survivors.

Laura Jobson, Shamsul Haque, Siti Zainab Abdullah, Bryan Lee, Haoxiang Li, Tamsyn Reyneke, Britney Kerr Wen Tan, Winnie Lau, Belinda Liddell

Journal article  |  2022  |  Int J Environ Res Public Health

Appraisals and emotional regulation play a central role in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Despite research demonstrating cu..

The SOLAR Group Program to Promote Recovery After Disaster and Trauma-A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial Among German Trauma Survivors

Annett Lotzin, Imke Hinrichsen, Laura Kenntemich, Renee-Christine Freyberg, Winnie Lau, Meaghan O'Donnell

Journal article  |  2021  |  PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA-THEORY RESEARCH PRACTICE AND POLICY

INTRODUCTION: Many disaster and trauma survivors experience persistent subclinical distress that places them at risk of developing..

Skills fOr Life Adjustment and Resilience Program Brief intervention for reduction of persisting subclinical distress after catastrophes and other severe stressors

Annett Lotzin, Imke Hinrichsen, Laura Kenntemich, Renee-Christin Freyberg, Winnie Lau, Kari Gibson, Meaghan O'Donnell

Journal article  |  2021  |  PSYCHOTHERAPEUT

BACKGROUND: After catastrophes, trauma and other highly stressful experiences, a proportion of individuals develop mental illness,..

A Pilot Study of the Efficacy of the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Treating Posttraumatic Psychopathology: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Meaghan L O'Donnell, Winnie Lau, Katherine Chisholm, James Agathos, Jonathon Little, Sonia Terhaag, Rachel Brand, Andrea Putica, Alexander CN Holmes, Lynda Katona, Kim L Felmingham, Kim Murray, Fardous Hosseiny, Matthew W Gallagher

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF TRAUMATIC STRESS

The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (UP) is an intervention that targets common mechanisms t..

Defining post-traumatic stress disorder recovery in veterans: Benchmarking symptom change against functioning indicators

Mark Hinton, Meaghan O'Donnell, Sean Cowlishaw, Dzenana Kartal, Olivia Metcalf, Tracey Varker, Alexander C McFarlane, Malcolm Hopwood, Richard A Bryant, David Forbes, Alexandra Howard, Winnie Lau, John Cooper, Andrea J Phelps

Journal article  |  2020  |  STRESS AND HEALTH

Improved metrics of Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment response that extend beyond a focus on symptom reduction to in..

Strategies for Delivering Mental Health Services in Response to Global Climate Change: A Narrative Review

Lawrence A Palinkas, Meaghan L O'Donnell, Winnie Lau, Marleen Wong

Journal article  |  2020  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH

This narrative review examined strategies for preparedness and response to mental health impacts of three forms of climate change ..

An Open Label Pilot Study of a Brief Psychosocial Intervention for Disaster and Trauma Survivors

Meaghan Louise O'Donnell, Winnie Lau, Julia Fredrickson, Kari Gibson, Richard Allan Bryant, Jonathan Bisson, Susie Burke, Walter Busuttil, Andrew Coghlan, Mark Creamer, Debbie Gray, Neil Greenberg, Brett McDermott, Alexander C McFarlane, Candice M Monson, Andrea Phelps, Josef I Ruzek, Paula P Schnurr, Janette Ugsang, Patricia Watson, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY

BACKGROUND: In the aftermath of disaster, a large proportion of people will develop psychosocial difficulties that impair recovery..

Adjustment Disorder: Current Developments and Future Directions

Meaghan L O'Donnell, James A Agathos, Olivia Metcalf, Kari Gibson, Winnie Lau

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Despite its high prevalence in clinical and consultant liaison psychiatry populations, adjustment disorder research has traditiona..

Adjustment of refugee children and adolescents in Australia: outcomes from wave three of the Building a New Life in Australia study

Winnie Lau, Derrick Silove, Ben Edwards, David Forbes, Richard Bryant, Alexander McFarlane, Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic, Zachary Steel, Angela Nickerson, Miranda Van Hooff, Kim Felmingham, Sean Cowlishaw, Nathan Alkemade, Dzenana Kartal, Meaghan O'Donnell

Journal article  |  2018  |  BMC MEDICINE

BACKGROUND: High-income countries like Australia play a vital role in resettling refugees from around the world, half of whom are ..