The Centre for Women's Mental Health research agenda reflects priority clinical areas as well as being informed by known gaps in research within the area of women’s mental health.
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Each of these projects is central to maintaining the best possible mental health and wellbeing for women by supporting mental wellbeing, preventing mental ill-health, and diagnosing and treating mental health conditions / illness.
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- Resilience in older survivors of gynaecological cancers - Kerry Gemmell, Christina Bryant, Fiona Judd
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 | This PhD project is a qualitative study of older women’s experiences of gynaecological cancers. Women will be interviewed and asked to speak about their experiences.
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- Anxiety during pregnancy: the contribution of social support - Ella Duckworth, Christina Bryant, Fiona Judd
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| This recently completed study examined the role of social support during pregnancy and found that a predisposition to anxiety was an important predictor of anxiety during pregnancy.
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- Anxiety during pregnancy: development of a scale to measure pregnancy-related anxiety - Janine Petrass, Christina Bryant, Fiona Judd
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| This recently completed study developed a scale for measuring anxiety during pregnancy, with a view to examining the validity of the concept of pregnancy specific anxiety.
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- Anxiety after childbirth: relationship to perfectionism - Zeljka Sabo, Sarah Langlet, Christina Bryant, Fiona Judd
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| This study will follow up a cohort of pregnant women in order to examine the course of anxiety after childbirth. The relationship of anxiety with perfectionism, and the impact of anxiety on the experience of mother hood will also be examined.
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- Perinatal anxiety and depression - Naomi Thomas, Tram Nguyen
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| This study evaluates the effectiveness of psychological intervention for women who are assessed as depressed or anxious in the perinatal period.
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- Outcomes of pregnancy in WADS patients with substance use and personality disorde rs - Olivia Wong, Chantal Esnault, Tram Nguyen Fiona Judd
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| This study examines the outcome of pregnancy with respect to both maternal and infant markers of well being in women with comorbid alcohol dependency and personality disorders.
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- Illness perceptions in women with chronic pelvic pain - Olivia Fitzgibbon, Christina Bryant
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| This study investigates whether participation in a multi-disciplinary pain mangment programme changes women’s beliefs about their chronic pain.
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- Memory problems in menopausal women - Anne Unkenstein, Christina Bryant
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- Gender differences in rates and reasons for suicide - Fiona Judd, Henry Jackson, Angela Komiti, Cait Fraser
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Affiliations:
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Christina Bryant [1,8], Alex Cockram [14], Jeremy Couper [18], John Edington [15], Jane Fisher [6], Elizabeth Foley [17], Cait Fraser [15], John Humphreys [12], Anthony Jackson [15], Henry Jackson [8], Litza Kiropoulos [8], Fiona Judd [1,7], Maggie Kirkman [6], Angela Komiti [7], Lia Laios [1], Leon Piterman [10], Bruce Mann [2], Paul Martin [11], Graham Meadows [11], Barbara Murphy [9], Alison Nankervis [3], Susan Nicolson [1], Jeremy Oats [3], Michael Quinn [4], Garry Robins [8], Zindel Segal [13], Penelope Sheehan [5], Lesley Stafford [1,7,8], Frances Thomson-Salo [1,16]
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