Louise Newman

Australian guidelines for the prevention and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: Updates in the third edition

Andrea J Phelps, Ros Lethbridge, Sue Brennan, Richard A Bryant, Penelope Burns, John A Cooper, David Forbes, Joanne Gardiner, Graham Gee, Kim Jones, Justin Kenardy, Jayashri Kulkarni, Brett McDermott, Alexander C McFarlane, Louise Newman, Tracey Varker, Carolyn Worth, Derrick Silove

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

OBJECTIVE: This paper describes the development of the third edition of the National Health and Medical Research Australian Guidel..

A systematic narrative review of psychological interventions available in the antenatal period to prepare parents for parenting

Clare Bellhouse, Louise Newman, Jade E Bilardi, Meredith Temple-Smith

Journal article  |  2021  |  CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY

The transition to parenthood is a high-risk time in a person’s mental health and requires significant psychological adaptation to ..

Identifying post-traumatic stress disorder in women of refugee background at a public antenatal clinic

Rebecca Blackmore, Kylie M Gray, Glenn A Melvin, Louise Newman, Jacqueline A Boyle, Melanie Gibson-Helm

Journal article  |  2021  |  ARCHIVES OF WOMENS MENTAL HEALTH

The aim of this study was to investigate symptomatology and diagnoses of PTSD and subthreshold PTSD and the screening properties o..

Improving perinatal sleep via a scalable cognitive behavioural intervention: findings from a randomised controlled trial from pregnancy to 2 years postpartum.

Bei Bei, Donna M Pinnington, Nina Quin, Lin Shen, Michelle Blumfield, Joshua F Wiley, Sean PA Drummond, Louise K Newman, Rachel Manber

Journal article  |  2021  |  Psychol Med

BACKGROUND: Sleep disturbance is common in gestational parents during pregnancy and postpartum periods. This study evaluated the f..

Subjective experiences of participating in an attachment-based early intervention parenting program

Sophie Li-Shan Tan, Lesley Stafford, Christina Bryant, Hannah Jensen, Angela Komiti, Louise Newman

Journal article  |  2021  |  CLINICAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

This qualitative study evaluated an attachment-based group parenting program that utilises mentalisation-based approach. The Build..

Feasibility of Enhancing Parenting in Cancer, a psychoeducational intervention for communicating with children about parental cancer

Lesley Stafford, Michelle Sinclair, Paula Rauch, Jane Turner, G Bruce Mann, Louise Newman, Claire E Wakefield, Leslie Gilham, Kylie Mason, Julia Cannell, Ruth Little, Penelope Schofield

Journal article  |  2021  |  PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY

Longitudinal data estimate that 1 in 353 Australian children under 12 experience parental cancer diagnosis; and this number is inc..

Cancer during pregnancy: A qualitative study of healthcare experiences of Australian women

Lesley Stafford, Michelle Sinclair, Katrin Gerber, Leah Collins, Louise Newman, Christobel Saunders, Angela Ives, Kylie D Mason, Michelle Peate, Jocelyn Lippey, Mark P Umstad, Kerry Shanahan, Ruth Little

Journal article  |  2021  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER CARE

OBJECTIVES: To identify features enhancing the quality of healthcare experiences for women with gestational cancer, and explore th..

A psychological group intervention for high-risk pregnant women: a protocol of a feasibility and acceptability study of the STAR Mums program

Clare Bellhouse, Angela Komiti, Meredith Temple-Smith, Jade Bilardi, Louise Newman

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE AND INFANT PSYCHOLOGY

BACKGROUND: In pregnancy, the attachment relationship between a mother and her baby begins to develop and women are more motivated..

Health professionals confront the intentional harms of indefinite immigration detention: an Australian overview, evaluation of alternative responses and proposed strategy

Michael Dudley, Peter Young, Louise Newman, Fran Gale, Rohanna Stoddart

Journal article  |  2020  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MIGRATION HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

Purpose: Indefinite immigration detention causes well-documented harms to mental health, and international condemnation and resist..

Thinking about parents and infants - finding a home for perinatal and infant psychiatry

Louise Newman

Journal article  |  2020  |  AUSTRALASIAN PSYCHIATRY

OBJECTIVES: To describe current issues facing the field of perinatal and infant psychiatry, the issues involved in developing serv..