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Alexandra Howard

Clinical Specialist
Psychiatry
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anxiety
stress disorders, post-traumatic
psychiatry
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Alexandra Howard

 
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Medicine, Dentistry And Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Traumatic Stress
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Alexandra Howard

 

Alexandra Howard is a senior clinical specialist at Phoenix Australia - Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne. Alexandra is a registered clinical psychologist with more than eight years’ experience in posttraumatic mental health.

She has worked with emergency service and military personnel, traumatic injury patients, disaster-impacted communities, and the health professionals who support them. Alexandra has contributed to and led a range of service development and training projects at Phoenix Australia; her work focusses on translating evidence into practice, and disseminating best practice through policy and training frameworks that best suit the needs of each organisation. Alexandra’s interests lie in post-disaster and workplace trauma support, with a particular focus on vulnerable populations. She has published in the field of posttraumatic mental health, and has presented her work at national and international conferences.

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Displaying the 9 most recent scholarly works by Alexandra Howard.

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Psychiatric comorbidity for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): A latent profile analysis and implications for treatment.

Sonia Terhaag, Sean Cowlishaw, Zachary Steel, Douglas Brewer, Alexandra Howard, Renee Armstrong, Berquin Human, David Forbes, Andrea Phelps

Journal article  |  2019  |  Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Psychiatric comorbidity is common among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but there is..

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Comparing the profiles of UK and Australian military veterans supported by national treatment programmes for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Dominic Murphy, A Howard, D Forbes, W Busuttil, A Phelps

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to compare and contrast the profiles of military veterans seeking formal support for post-..

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Effectiveness of an Anger Intervention for Military Members with PTSD: A Clinical Case Series

Richard Cash, Tracey Varker, Tony McHugh, Olivia Metcalf, Alexandra Howard, Delyth Lloyd, Jacqueline Costello, David Said, David Forbes

Journal article  |  2018  |  Military Medicine

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Treatment Outcomes for Military Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Response Trajectories by Symptom Cluster

Andrea J Phelps, Zachary Steele, Sean Cowlishaw, Olivia Metcalf, Nathan Alkemade, Peter Elliott, Meaghan O'Donnell, Suzy Redston, Katelyn Kerr, Alexandra Howard, Jane Nursey, John Cooper, Renee Armstrong, Lea Fitzgerald, David Forbes

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Traumatic Stress

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Key patterns and predictors of response to treatment for military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder: a growth mixture modelling approach

AJ Phelps, Z Steel, O Metcalf, N Alkemade, K Kerr, M O'Donnell, J Nursey, J Cooper, A Howard, R Armstrong, D Forbes

Journal article  |  2018  |  Psychological Medicine

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Skills for Psychological Recovery: Evaluation of a post-disaster mental health training program.

Darryl Wade, David Crompton, Alexandra Howard, Naomi Stevens, Olivia Metcalf, Melissa Brymer, Josef Ruzek, Patricia Watson, Richard Bryant, David Forbes

Journal article  |  2014  |  Disaster Health

Skills for Psychological Recovery (SPR) is a brief skills-based approach to assist community members to better cope after a disast..

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Improving the retention rate for residential treatment of substance abuse by sequential intervention for social anxiety.

Petra K Staiger, Michael Kyrios, James S Williams, Nicolas Kambouropoulos, Alexandra Howard, Stefan Gruenert

Journal article  |  2014  |  BMC Psychiatry

BACKGROUND: Residential drug rehabilitation is often seen as a treatment of last resort for people with severe substance abuse iss..

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Early response to psychological trauma What GPs can do

Darryl Wade, Alexandra Howard, Susan Fletcher, John Cooper, David Forbes

Journal article  |  2013  |  Australian Family Physician

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A randomized controlled trial of intranasal oxytocin as an adjunct to exposure therapy for social anxiety disorder

Adam J Guastella, Alexandra L Howard, Mark R Dadds, Philip Mitchell, Dean S Carson

Journal article  |  2009  |  Psychoneuroendocrinology

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Keyword Analysis

Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Public Health and Health Services
Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)
Clinical Sciences
Health and Support Services
Psychology

Credentials

Positions

Positions

Clinical Specialist

Psychiatry

Member

Internaltional Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Registered Psychologist - Clinical Psychology Endorsement

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

Education

Education

of Psychology

University of New South Wales

of Psychology

University of New South Wales

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