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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Current Projects
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- Women’s well-being in mid-life - Christina Bryant, Lydia Brown, Fiona Judd
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- Psychosocial and behavioural outcomes of women at risk of breast and/or ovarian cancer - Lesley Stafford, Fiona Judd, Bruce Mann, Geoff Lindeman, Maira Kentwell, Penny Gibson (Research Assistant)
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- Women’s experiences of hot flushes - Christina Bryant, Bei Bei, Martha Hickey, Fiona Judd
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- Memory problems in menopausal women - Anne Unkenstein, Christina Bryant
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Completed Projects
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- Resilience in older survivors of gynaecological cancers - Kerry Gemmell, Christina Bryant, Fiona Judd
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 | This PhD project was a qualitative study of older women’s experiences of gynaecological cancers. Women were 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 followed 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 was also examined.
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- Outcomes of pregnancy in WADS patients with substance use and personality disorders - 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 investigated whether participation in a multi-disciplinary pain managment programme changed women’s beliefs about their chronic pain.
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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], Bei Bei [1, 8], Lydia Brown [8], Valerie Brown [8], Alex Cockram [14], Jeremy Couper [18], John Edington [15], Jane Fisher [6], Elizabeth Foley [17], Cait Fraser [15], Penny Gibson [1], Martha Hickey [19, 20], 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], Geoff Lindeman [23, 24, 25], 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], Anne Unkenstein [1]
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