Alexander McFarlane

Incidence and factors impacting PTSD following the 2005 Eyre Peninsula bushfires in South Australia - A 7 year follow up study.

Richard Watts, Wai-Man Liu, Miranda Van Hooff, Alexander McFarlane, Vimal Sekhar, Tharun Kathiravan, Venkatesan Thiruvenkatarajan

Journal article  |  2023  |  Aust J Rural Health

OBJECTIVES: To identify the incidence and factors impacting post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at 6 months, 2 and 7 years follo..

Potential peripheral biomarkers associated with the emergence and presence of posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology: A systematic review

Alyssa M Sbisa, Kelsey Madden, Catherine Toben, Alexander C McFarlane, Lisa Dell, Ellie Lawrence-Wood

Journal article  |  2023  |  PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Evidence suggests posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) involves an interplay between psychological manifestations and ..

Toward staging differentiation for posttraumatic stress disorder treatment.

Mirjam J Nijdam, Eric Vermetten, Alexander C McFarlane

Journal article  |  2023  |  Acta Psychiatr Scand

OBJECTIVES: Several medical and psychiatric disorders have stage-based treatment decision-making methods. However, international t..

A Qualitative Study of the Expectations, Experiences, and Perceptions That Underpin Decisions Regarding PTSD Treatment in Help-seeking Veterans

Mark Hinton, Olivia Metcalf, Tracey Varker, Greg Roebuck, Violette McGaw, Loretta Watson, Julia Fredrickson, Lucinda Johnson, David Forbes, Andrea Phelps, Dzenana Kartal, Lisa Dell, Richard Bryant, Alexander C McFarlane, Malcolm Hopwood, Meaghan O'Donnell

Journal article  |  2022  |  MILITARY MEDICINE

INTRODUCTION: A range of evidence-based treatments are available for PTSD. However, many veterans with PTSD do not engage in these..

Longitudinal Relationship Between Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Physical Symptoms in Military Veterans

Kristin Graham, Ellie Lawrence-Wood, Alexander McFarlane

Journal article  |  2022  |  PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the temporal relationship of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and physical symp..

The mental health of Farsi-Dari speaking asylum- seeking children and parents facing insecure residency in Australia

Reza Rostami, Ruth Wells, Jila Solaimani, David Berle, Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic, Derrick Silove, Angela Nickerson, Meaghan O'Donnell, Richard Bryant, Alexander McFarlane, Zachary Steel

Journal article  |  2022  |  LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-WESTERN PACIFIC

BACKGROUND: This research examined the mental health of a cohort of asylum-seeking children, adolescents and their primary caregiv..

Impact of displacement context on psychological distress in refugees resettled in Australia: a longitudinal population-based study

Angela Nickerson, Shraddha Kashyap, David Keegan, Ben Edwards, Walter Forrest, Richard A Bryant, Meaghan O'Donnell, Kim Felmingham, Alexander C McFarlane, Wietse A Tol, Lonneke Lenferink, Joel Hoffman, Belinda J Liddell

Journal article  |  2022  |  EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRIC SCIENCES

AIMS: Refugees typically spend years in a state of protracted displacement prior to permanent resettlement. Little is known about ..

Using an ecological momentary assessment protocol to understand problem anger in veterans

Tracey Varker, Hussain-Abdulah Arjmand, Olivia Metcalf, Sean Cowlishaw, Meaghan O'Donnell, David Forbes, Alexander McFarlane, Richard A Bryant, Malcolm Hopwood, Andrea Phelps, Mark Hinton

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHIATRY

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Problem anger is highly destructive, and is one of the most commonly reported issues in military and ve..

Prevalence of gambling problems, help-seeking, and relationships with trauma in veterans

Olivia Metcalf, Ellie Lawrence-Wood, Jenelle Baur, Miranda Van Hooff, David Forbes, Meaghan O'Donnell, Nicole Sadler, Stephanie Hodson, Helen Benassi, Tracey Varker, Malcolm Battersby, Alexander C McFarlane, Sean Cowlishaw

Journal article  |  2022  |  PLOS ONE

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Veterans who have recently left the military (i.e., transitioned) may be vulnerable to the development of psy..

Problem anger in veterans and military personnel: Prevalence, predictors, and associated harms of suicide and violence

Tracey Varker, Sean Cowlishaw, Jenelle Baur, Alexander C McFarlane, Ellie Lawrence-Wood, Olivia Metcalf, Miranda Van Hooff, Nicole Sadler, Meaghan L O'Donnell, Stephanie Hodson, Helen Benassi, David Forbes

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH

BACKGROUND: Problem anger is increasingly identified as an important issue, and may be associated with suicidality and violence. T..