Careers of Misconduct

Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Influenza-Related Mortality in Australian Hospitalized Patients: A Propensity Score Analysis.

Monica L Nation, Robert Moss, Matthew J Spittal, Tom Kotsimbos, Paul M Kelly, Allen C Cheng

2021-01-23

BACKGROUND: Data on influenza vaccine effectiveness (IVE) against mortality are limited, with no Australian data to guide vaccine ..

Outcomes of Victorian Prevention and Recovery Care Services: A matched pairs comparison.

John Farhall, Lisa Brophy, John Reece, Holly Tibble, Long Khanh-Dao Le, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Justine Fletcher, Carol Harvey, Emma Morrisroe, Richard Newton, Georgina Sutherland, Matthew J Spittal, Graham Meadows, Ruth Vine, Jane Pirkis

2021-01-11

OBJECTIVE: In Victoria, Prevention and Recovery Care Services have been established to provide a partial alternative to inpatient ..

Violence-related deaths among people released from incarceration: protocol for a systematic review

Melissa Willoughby, Jesse T Young, Matthew J Spittal, Rohan Borschmann, Emilia K Janca, Stuart A Kinner

2021-01-01

INTRODUCTION: Young people and adults released from incarceration have a risk of dying from violence that far exceeds that in the ..

All-cause mortality and the time-varying effects of psychosocial work stressors: A retrospective cohort study using the HILDA survey

Yamna Taouk, Matthew J Spittal, Allison J Milner, Anthony D LaMontagne

2020-12-01

The effects of poor-quality work (high job demands, low job control, job insecurity, and effort-reward imbalance) are harmful to h..

Similarities and differences in people accessing prevention and recovery care services and inpatient units in Victoria, Australia

Georgina Sutherland, Carol Harvey, Holly Tibble, Matthew J Spittal, John Farhall, Justine Fletcher, Graham Meadows, J Richard Newton, Ruth Vine, Lisa Brophy

2020-06-16

BACKGROUND: There is an emerging international literature demonstrating clinical and cost-effectiveness of sub-acute residential m..

Belief in suicide prevention myths and its effect on helping: a nationally representative survey of Australian adults

Angela Nicholas, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Nicola Reavley, Jane Pirkis, Anthony Jorm, Matthew J Spittal

2020-06-15

BACKGROUND: Debunking suicide myths, such as 'asking someone about suicide could make them start thinking about it' is a common st..

Changes in Suicide and Resilience-related Google Searches during the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mark Sinyor, Matthew J Spittal, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler

2020-06-11

Handgun Ownership and Suicide in California

David M Studdert, Yifan Zhang, Sonja A Swanson, Lea Prince, Jonathan A Rodden, Erin E Holsinger, Matthew J Spittal, Garen J Wintemute, Matthew Miller

2020-06-04

BACKGROUND: Research has consistently identified firearm availability as a risk factor for suicide. However, existing studies are ..

High prevalence of health and social risk behaviours among men experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviour: The imperative to undertake holistic assessments

Gregory Armstrong, Tilahun Haregu, Eric D Caine, Jesse T Young, Matthew J Spittal, Anthony F Jorm

2020-05-23

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to examine whether suicidal thoughts and behaviour were independently associated with a wide range of health a..

Public Service Announcements to Change Attitudes about Youth Suicide: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Maria Ftanou, Anna Ross, Anna Machlin, Matthew J Spittal, Kylie King, Angela Nicholas, Jane Hocking, Jo Robinson, Nicola Reavley, Jane Pirkis

2020-05-19

Background: Youth suicide is a major public health concern worldwide. Public service announcements (PSAs) may have a role in suici..

Contact with Mental Health Services After Acute Care for Self-Harm Among Adults Released from Prison: A Prospective Data Linkage Study

Jesse T Young, Rohan Borschmann, Ed Heffernan, Matthew J Spittal, Lisa Brophy, James RP Ogloff, Paul Moran, Gregory Armstrong, David B Preen, Stuart A Kinner

2020-05-02

OBJECTIVE: To determine the care pathway and rate and predictors of mental health care contact within seven days of discharge from..

Psychosocial work stressors and risk of mortality in Australia: analysis of data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey

Yamna Taouk, Anthony D LaMontagne, Matthew J Spittal, Allison Milner

2020-04-01

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between exposures to psychosocial work stressors and mortality in a nationally representativ..

Association between suicide reporting in the media and suicide: systematic review and meta-analysis

Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Marlies Braun, Jane Pirkis, Benedikt Till, Steven Stack, Mark Sinyor, Ulrich S Tran, Martin Voracek, Qijin Cheng, Florian Arendt, Sebastian Scherr, Paul SF Yip, Matthew J Spittal

2020-03-18

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between reporting on suicides, especially deaths of celebrities by suicide, and subsequent s..

Violence-Related Deaths Among People Released From Prison: A Data Linkage Study

Melissa Willoughby, Matthew J Spittal, Rohan Borschmann, Holly Tibble, Stuart A Kinner

2020-02-13

Childhood adversity and clinical and psychosocial outcomes in psychosis.

S Turner, C Harvey, L Hayes, D Castle, C Galletly, S Sweeney, S Shah, L Keogh, MJ Spittal

2020-01-01

AIMS: Associations between childhood abuse and various psychotic illnesses in adulthood are commonly reported. We aim to examine a..

Geographic variation in tobacco use in India: a population-based multilevel cross-sectional study

Ankur Singh, Monika Arora, Rebecca Bentley, Matthew J Spittal, Loc G Do, Nathan Grills, Dallas R English

2020-01-01

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to quantify the extent to which people's use of tobacco products varies by local areas (city ward and v..

Physical activity and depression in men: Increased activity duration and intensity associated with lower likelihood of current depression

Dianne Currier, Remy Lindner, Matthew J Spittal, Stefan Cvetkovski, Jane Pirkis, Dallas R English

2020-01-01

OBJECTIVES: Depression is a significant public health issue for men, however men are less likely to use mental health services. Al..

Psychosocial work stressors and risk of all-cause and coronary heart disease mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Yamna Taouk, Matthew J Spittal, Anthony D LaMontagne, Allison J Milner

2020-01-01

Objectives Psychosocial work stressors are common exposures affecting the working population, and there is good evidence that they..

The Mortality After Release from Incarceration Consortium (MARIC): Protocol for a multi-national, individual participant data meta-analysis

Rohan Borschmann, Holly Tibble, Matthew J Spittal, David Preen, Jane Pirkis, Sarah Larney, David L Rosen, Jesse T Young, Alexander D Love, Frederick L Altice, Ingrid A Binswanger, Anne Bukten, Tony Butler, Zheng Chang, Chuan-Yu Chen, Thomas Clausen, Peer Brehm Christensen, Gabriel J Culbert, Louisa Degenhardt, Anja JE Dirkzwager

2020-01-01

Introduction : More than 30 million adults are released from incarceration globally each year. Many experience complex physical an..

Complaint risk among mental health practitioners compared with physical health practitioners: a retrospective cohort study of complaints to health regulators in Australia

Benjamin G Veness, Holly Tibble, Brin FS Grenyer, Jennifer M Morris, Matthew J Spittal, Louise Nash, David M Studdert, Marie M Bismark

2019-12-01

OBJECTIVES: To understand complaint risk among mental health practitioners compared with physical health practitioners. DESIGN: Re..

Helping actions given and received in response to suicide risk: Findings from an Australian nationally representative telephone survey

Angela Nicholas, Jane Pirkis, Anthony Jorm, Matthew J Spittal, Nicola Reavley

2019-12-01

We conducted a nationally representative telephone survey of 3000 Australian adults. We assessed helping responses toward people i..

Smoking prevalence following tobacco tax increases in Australia between 2001 and 2017: an interrupted time-series analysis

Anna L Wilkinson, Michelle M Scollo, Melanie A Wakefield, Matthew J Spittal, Frank J Chaloupka, Sarah J Durkin

2019-12-01

The association between mental disorders and suicide: A systematic review and meta-analysis of record linkage studies

Lay San Too, Matthew J Spittal, Lyndal Bugeja, Lennart Reifels, Peter Butterworth, Jane Pirkis

2019-12-01

Background: There has long been debate about the extent to which mental disorders contribute to suicide. We aimed to examine the e..

Does sexual orientation vary between disabled and non-disabled men? findings from a population-based study of men in Australia

Anne-Marie Bollier, Tania King, S Bryn Austin, Tom Shakespeare, Matthew Spittal, Anne Kavanagh

2019-11-26

Suicides in Australia following media reports of the death of Robin Williams

Jane Pirkis, Dianne Currier, Lay San Too, Marc Bryant, Sara Bartlett, Mark Sinyor, Matthew J Spittal

2019-11-21

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the extent to which local reporting of Robin Williams' suicide (on 11 August 2014) was associated w..

Primary Health Network mental health reform lead site project. Link-me: First report

Susan Fletcher, Mathew Spittal, Victoria Palmer, Mary Lou Chatterton, Panagiota Chondros, Bridget Bassilios, Meredith Harris, Philip BURGESS, Cathrine Mihalopolous, Jane Pirkis, Jane Gunn

2019-10-31

Prevention and Recovery Care Services in Australia: Describing the Role and Function of Sub-Acute Recovery-Based Residential Mental Health Services in Victoria

Justine Fletcher, Lisa Brophy, Helen Killaspy, Priscilla Ennals, Bridget Hamilton, Laura Collister, Teresa Hall, Carol Harvey

2019-10-24

Background: Prevention and Recovery Care (PARC) services are relatively new sub-acute residential services that have supported peo..

Can Watching a Television Documentary Change the Way Men View Masculinity?

K King, M Schlichthorst, L Keogh, L Reifels, MJ Spittal, A Phelps, J Pirkis

2019-10-01

<jats:p> Men’s conformity to masculine norms, such as stoicism and self-reliance, has been shown to be associated with a range of ..

The impact of substance use on treatment as a compulsory patient

Ruth Vine, Holly Tibble, Jane Pirkis, Matthew Spittal, Fiona Judd

2019-08-01

OBJECTIVES: This paper considers the impact of having a diagnosis of substance use disorder on the utilisation of compulsory order..

Looking for the 'active ingredients' in a men's mental health promotion intervention

Jane Pirkis, Marisa Schlichthorst, Kylie King, Anne Lockley, Louise Keogh, Lennart Reifels, Matthew J Spittal, Andrea Phelps

2019-07-03

Socioeconomic Disadvantage, Mental Health and Substance Use in Young Men in Emerging Adulthood

D Currier, G Patton, L Sanci, S Sahabandu, M Spittal, D English, A Milner, J Pirkis

2019-06-22

Identification of practitioners at high risk of complaints to health profession regulators

Matthew J Spittal, Marie M Bismark, David M Studdert

2019-06-13

Prevention and Recovery Care Services in Australia: Developing a State-Wide Typology of a Subacute Residential Mental Health Service Model

Carol Harvey, Lisa Brophy, Holly Tibble, Helen Killaspy, Matthew J Spittal, Bridget Hamilton, Priscilla Ennals, Richard Newton, Paul Cruickshank, Teresa Hall, Justine Fletcher

2019-06-11

Aims: Community-based residential alternatives to hospitalization are an emerging service model. Evidence for their acceptability ..

Characteristics of Lawyers Who Are Subject to Complaints and Misconduct Findings

Tara Sklar, Yamna Taouk, David Studdert, Matthew Spittal, Ron Paterson, Marie Bismark

2019-06-01

Impact of a mass media campaign on participation rates in a National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: a field experiment

Sarah J Durkin, Kate Broun, Matthew J Spittal, Melanie A Wakefield

2019-06-01

Does legislative change affect the use and duration of compulsory treatment orders?

Ruth Vine, Holly Tibble, Jane Pirkis, Fiona Judd, Matthew J Spittal

2019-05-01

DOES LEGISLATIVE CHANGE AFFECT THE USE AND DURATION OF COMPULSORY TREATMENT ORDERS?

R Vine, H Tibble, J Pirkis, F Judd, M Spittal

2019-04-01

Emergency health service contact and reincarceration after release from prison: A prospective cohort study

Dominique F de Andrade, Matthew J Spittal, Kathryn J Snow, Faye S Taxman, Julia L Crilly, Stuart A Kinner

2019-04-01

Modifiable risk factors for external cause mortality after release from prison: a nested case-control study

MJ Spittal, S Forsyth, R Borschmann, JT Young, SA Kinner

2019-04-01

Age-specific incidence of injury-related hospital contact after release from prison: a prospective data-linkage study.

Jesse T Young, Rohan Borschmann, David B Preen, Matthew J Spittal, Lisa Brophy, Emily A Wang, Ed Heffernan, Stuart A Kinner

2019-03-30

BACKGROUND: In population studies, the risk of injury declines after early adulthood. It is unclear if a similar age difference in..

Changes in Practice among Physicians with Malpractice Claims

David M Studdert, Matthew J Spittal, Yifan Zhang, Derek S Wilkinson, Harnam Singh, Michelle M Mello

2019-03-28

Evaluating the effectiveness of a website about masculinity and suicide to prompt help-seeking.

Kylie King, Marisa Schlichthorst, Jackie Turnure, Andrea Phelps, Matthew J Spittal, Jane Pirkis

2019-02-25

ISSUE ADDRESSED: A website was designed to form the core of a multimedia strategy surrounding the Man Up documentary - a three-par..

Accuracy of Clinician Predictions of Future Self-Harm: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Predictive Studies

Rachel Woodford, Matthew J Spittal, Allison Milner, Katie McGill, Navneet Kapur, Jane Pirkis, Alex Mitchell, Gregory Carter

2019-02-01

Population attributable risk of factors associated with the repetition of self-harm behaviour in young people presenting to clinical services: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Katrina Witt, Allison Milner, Matthew J Spittal, Sarah Hetrick, Jo Robinson, Jane Pirkis, Gregory Carter

2019-01-01

Venous Thrombotic Risk in Transgender Women Undergoing Estrogen Therapy: A Systematic Review and Metaanalysis

Jenna Khan, Robert L Schmidt, Matthew J Spittal, Zil Goldstein, Kristi J Smock, Dina N Greene

2019-01-01