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Prof

David Forbes

Professor Director
Psychiatry
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Humans
Psychiatry
Post Traumatic Stress Disorders
Anxiety
Social Sciences
Psychology
Depression
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Prof

David Forbes

 
Division
Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Anxiety and Depression
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Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects by David Forbes.

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Developing a Just-In-Time-Adaptive-Intervention for problem anger

2021 - 2025
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Developing a Just-In-Time-Adaptive-Intervention for problem anger

2021 - 2025
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BNHCRC SCHOLARSHIP - LONG TERM IMPACT OF DISASTERS ON SCHOOL CHILDREN

2019 - 2023
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IMPROVING OUTCOMES FROM EXPOSURE THERAPY FOR PTSD WITH ACUTE EXERCISE: AUGMENTING BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR AS A MECHANISM OF CHANGE?

This project aims to identify ways in which we can improve treatment outcomes for people with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Currently, appr..

2019 - 2022
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School staff support after major emergencies

2020 - 2022
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OPTIMISING MENTAL HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR AUSTRALIA’S MILITARY PERSONNEL AND VETERANS WITH PTSD

Military personnel can experience a range of traumatic events throughout their careers, and many develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD..

2015 - 2021
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OPTIMISING MENTAL HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR AUSTRALIA’S MILITARY PERSONNEL AND VETERANS WITH PTSD

Military personnel can experience a range of traumatic events throughout their careers, and many develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD..

2015 - 2020
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A documentary promoting resilience in men and boys at key transition points in their lives

2014 - 2017
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Bushfires, Social Connectedness and Mental Health

The 2009 Victorian bushfires caused much loss of life, property destruction, and community disturbance. It is important for Promoting Better..

2011 - 2016
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Bushfires, Social Connectedness and Mental Health

The 2009 Victorian bushfires caused much loss of life, property destruction, and community disturbance. It is important for Promoting Better..

2016 - 2016
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Projects

Project Types

8

Research Grant

3

Research Contracts

Additional Information

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by David Forbes.

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Cross-Lagged Relationships Between Insomnia and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Treatment-Receiving Veterans

Dzenana Kartal, Hussain-Abdulah Arjmand, Tracey Varker, Sean Cowlishaw, Meaghan O'Donnell, Andrea Phelps, Alexandra Howard, Malcolm Hopwood, Alexander McFarlane, Richard A Bryant, David Forbes, John Cooper, Mark Hinton

Journal article  |  2021  |  BEHAVIOR THERAPY

Insomnia is a risk factor for the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while it is also plausible that PTSD symptom..

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Massed versus standard prolonged exposure for posttraumatic stress disorder in Australian military and veteran populations (RESTORE trial): Study protocol for a non-inferiority randomized controlled trial.

Lisa Dell, Alyssa M Sbisa, Meaghan O'Donnell, Peter W Tuerk, Richard Bryant, Stephanie Hodson, David Morton, Malcolm Battersby, Andrew Forbes, David Forbes

Journal article  |  2021  |  Contemp Clin Trials

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be a severe problem, affecting veterans and military personnel at higher rates than the g..

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Moral injury: the effect on mental health and implications for treatment Comment

Victoria Williamson, Dominic Murphy, Andrea Phelps, David Forbes, Neil Greenberg

Journal article  |  2021  |  LANCET PSYCHIATRY

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Dropout from guideline-recommended psychological treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Tracey Varker, Kimberley A Jones, Hussain-Abdulah Arjmand, Mark Hinton, Sarah A Hiles, Isabella Freijah, David Forbes, Dzenana Kartal, Andrea Phelps, Richard A Bryant, Alexander McFarlane, Malcolm Hopwood, Meaghan O'Donnell

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Affective Disorders Reports

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Assessment of problematic anger using an Arabic adaptation of the dimensions of anger reactions scale-5 (DAR-5)

Ameer Kakaje, Kinda Alsamara, David Forbes

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Affective Disorders Reports

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Medicinal psychedelics for mental health and addiction: Advancing research of an emerging paradigm

Daniel Perkins, Jerome Sarris, Susan Rossell, Yvonne Bonomo, David Forbes, Christopher Davey, Daniel Hoyer, Colleen Loo, Greg Murray, Sean Hood, Violeta Schubert, Nicole Leite Galvao-Coelho, Meaghen O'Donnell, Olivia Carter, Paul Liknaitzky, Martin Williams, Dan Siskind, David Penington, Michael Berk, David Castle

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

The medical use of psychedelic substances (e.g. psilocybin, ayahuasca, lysergic acid diethylamide and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphet..

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Men

Sonia Terhaag, David J Pedder, Alyssa M Sbisa, David Forbes

Book Chapter  |  2021

A complete and accessible textbook covering current understandings about how mental health issues affect men, and the available tr..

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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...

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The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on event-related potentials in affective and non-affective paradigms: A systematic review with meta-analysis

Lisa N Miller, Julian G Simmons, Sarah Whittle, David Forbes, Kim Felmingham

Journal article  |  2021  |  NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with neural processing deficits affecting early automatic and later conscious ..

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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..

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Keyword Analysis

Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Clinical Sciences
Health Services and Systems
Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)
Other Psychology
Provision of Health and Support Services
Public Health
Applied and Developmental Psychology
Clinical and Health Psychology
Evaluation of Health and Support Services

News

Displaying the 5 most recent news articles by David Forbes.

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A powerful opportunity for change

David Forbes

The challenges we are all facing as a result of the coronavirus pandemic have the potential to cause serious and sometimes long-lasting prob..

May 5, 2020
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What is COVID-19 doing to our mental health?

David Forbes

Australians are faced this week with a ban on attending sports events, theatre, even the movies. It may seem trite to say that being banned ..

March 18, 2020
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Black Saturday: Understanding disaster recovery and resilience

David Forbes, Lisa Gibbs

The Black Saturday bushfires were a seminal event in our history, with the sheer scale of the disaster exposing a need to improve how we hel..

February 6, 2019
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Helping survivors overcome disaster trauma

David Forbes

Disaster survivors are resilient. Many will say without thinking that they are fine. But many just aren’t. A traumatic disaster like a bushf..

June 23, 2016
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Reliving the pain of war: military deployment and PTSD

David Forbes

The risk of PTSD is determined by the frequency and severity of the potentially traumatic events. AAPServing on operational deployments in c..

January 16, 2013
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Credentials

Positions

Professor Director

Psychiatry

Member

Australian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Member

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Member

Australian Psychological Society, College of Clinical Psychologists

Education

Bachelor of Arts

University of Melbourne

Master of Arts

University of Melbourne

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

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