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| Vaughan J CarrSummaryAffiliation: New South Wales Country: Australia Publications
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Comparisons between schizophrenia patients recruited from Australian general practices and public mental health servicesVaughan J Carr
Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
Acta Psychiatr Scand 105:346-55. 2002..To examine differences between samples of schizophrenia patients recruited from general practice and public mental health services...- Costs of schizophrenia and other psychoses in urban Australia: findings from the Low Prevalence (Psychotic) Disorders StudyVaughan J Carr
Centre for Mental Health Studies, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 37:31-40. 2003.... - Patterns of service use among persons with schizophrenia and other psychotic disordersVaughan J Carr
University of Newcastle, Centre for Mental Health Studies, Australia
Psychiatr Serv 54:226-35. 2003..This study assessed 12-month service use patterns among people with psychotic disorders and sought to identify determinants of service use... - Attitudes and roles of general practitioners in the treatment of schizophrenia compared with community mental health staff and patientsVaughan J Carr
Centre for Mental Health Studies, University of Newcastle and Hunter Area Health Service, Newcastle, Australia
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 39:78-84. 2004..This paper examines the attitudes and roles of Australian GPs in the treatment of schizophrenia and their relationships with specialist services... - Premorbid, psychosocial and clinical predictors of the costs of schizophrenia and other psychosesVaughan J Carr
Centre for Mental Health Studies, University of Newcastle and Hunter Area Health ServiceCallaghan, NSW, Australia
Br J Psychiatry 184:517-25. 2004..Predictors of the costs of psychosis have received insufficient research attention, particularly factors associated with indirect costs... - Characteristics of smokers with a psychotic disorder and implications for smoking interventionsAmanda Baker
Centre for Mental Health Studies, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
Psychiatry Res 150:141-52. 2007..These and other subgroup differences in smoking characteristics are used to illustrate potential implications for the nature and timing of smoking interventions among people with a psychotic disorder... 
Measuring observed mental state in acute psychiatric inpatientsKetrina A Sly
Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research, Hunter New England Mental Health, University of Newcastle, P O Box 833, Newcastle, NSW, 2300, Australia
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 44:151-61. 2009..Relationships within acute psychiatric units between patient-level experiences and events and fluctuations in mental state have rarely been examined...- Shift climate profiles and correlates in acute psychiatric inpatient unitsTerry J Lewin
Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research CBMHR, Hunter New England Mental Health, University of Newcastle, PO Box 833, Newcastle, NSW, 2300, Australia
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 47:1429-40. 2012..Among the goals of this multi-centre service evaluation project was an assessment of shift-to-shift changes in unit-level events and their impact on the social-emotional environment... - Determinants of mental health and well-being within rural and remote communitiesBrian J Kelly
Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research, University of Newcastle and Hunter New England Health, Room 5010, Level 5, McAuley Building, The Mater, Edith Street, Waratah, P O Box 833, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 46:1331-42. 2011..The individual and contextual factors influencing current mental health and well-being within rural communities are poorly understood... - Randomized controlled trial of cognitive-behavioural therapy for coexisting depression and alcohol problems: short-term outcomeAmanda L Baker
Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
Addiction 105:87-99. 2010.... - Brief cognitive behavioural interventions for regular amphetamine users: a step in the right directionAmanda Baker
Centre for Mental Health Studies, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
Addiction 100:367-78. 2005..Pharmacotherapy and/or longer-term psychotherapy may be suitable for non-responders. An RCT of a stepped-care approach among regular amphetamine users is suggested... - What is the value of treating schizophrenia?Vaughan J Carr
Centre for Mental Health Studies, University of Newcastle and Hunter New England Mental Health, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 40:963-71. 2006..This paper explores and illustrates some possible strategies for valuing mental health states, with the broad goal of improving resource allocation decisions... - Cognitive-behavioural therapy for substance use disorders in people with psychotic disorders: Randomised controlled trialAmanda Baker
Centre for Mental Health Studies, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
Br J Psychiatry 188:439-48. 2006..Few randomised controlled trials have been aimed specifically at substance use reduction among people with psychotic disorders... - Comparisons between psychosis samples with different patterns of substance use recruited for clinical and epidemiological studiesAmanda Baker
Centre for Mental Health Studies, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
Psychiatry Res 134:241-50. 2005.... - The psychological impact of chronic environmental adversity: Responding to prolonged droughtHelen J Stain
Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health, University of Newcastle, Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Soc Sci Med 73:1593-9. 2011.... - A randomized controlled trial of a smoking cessation intervention among people with a psychotic disorderAmanda Baker
Centre for Mental Health Studies, University of Newcastle, University Dr, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
Am J Psychiatry 163:1934-42. 2006..The purpose of this study was to compare an integrated psychological and nicotine replacement therapy intervention for people with a psychotic disorder with routine care alone... - Computer-based psychological treatment for comorbid depression and problematic alcohol and/or cannabis use: a randomized controlled trial of clinical efficacyFrances J Kay-Lambkin
Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Addiction 104:378-88. 2009..To evaluate computer- versus therapist-delivered psychological treatment for people with comorbid depression and alcohol/cannabis use problems... - Long-term follow-up of people with co-existing psychiatric and substance use disorders: patterns of use and outcomesRenay L Greig
Centre for Mental Health Studies, University of Newcastle, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 25:249-58. 2006..Given the differences in outcomes between groups with varied gradations of substance use, a harm minimisation approach for research and practice among people with co-existing psychiatric and substance use disorders is endorsed... - Mental health and well-being within rural communities: the Australian rural mental health studyBrian J Kelly
Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health, University of Newcastle, Orange, Australia
Aust J Rural Health 18:16-24. 2010..This paper outlines the methods and baseline data from a multisite cohort study of the determinants and outcomes of mental health and well-being within rural and remote communities... - Aggression and trauma experiences among carer-relatives of people with psychosisCarmel M Loughland
Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research, Hunter New England Mental Health, The University of Newcastle, PO Box 833, Newcastle, NSW 2300, Australia
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 44:1031-40. 2009..Exposure to aggression and associated psychological outcomes are poorly characterised among carer-relatives of people with psychosis... - Smoking restrictions and treatment for smoking: policies and procedures in psychiatric inpatient units in AustraliaPaula M Wye
School of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Behavioural Sciences Building, University Dr, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
Psychiatr Serv 60:100-7. 2009.... - Allocation of resources and psychosisAmanda L Neil
Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 37:15-23. 2003.... - Adverse incidents in acute psychiatric inpatient units: rates, correlates and pressuresVaughan J Carr
Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 42:267-82. 2008.... - Caring for depressed patients in rural communities: general practitioners' attitudes, needs and relationships with mental health servicesMegan J Wright
Hunter New England Mental Health and the Centre for Mental Health Studies, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Aust J Rural Health 13:21-7. 2005..To examine the needs and practices of rural GPs and their relationships with local acute mental health services, particularly in the provision of care to depressed patients... - Is a national framework for implementing early psychosis services necessary? Results of a survey of Australian mental health service directorsStanley V Catts
Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Early Interv Psychiatry 4:25-30. 2010..We aimed to collect evidence regarding this view from the first national survey of adult public mental health services about their self-reported efforts to implement specialist early psychosis intervention (EPI)... - Drug use patterns and mental health of regular amphetamine users during a reported 'heroin drought'Amanda Baker
Centre for Mental Health Studies, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
Addiction 99:875-84. 2004..It compares key features between current participants in a state capital city (Brisbane) and a regional city (Newcastle) and between the 1998 and current Newcastle sample... - Assessing personality disorders in a national mental health surveyTerry J Lewin
Hunter Mental Health and the Centre for Mental Health Studies, University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308, Australia
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 40:87-98. 2005..This paper documents the measurement of PD in a large Australian survey, with a particular focus on the characteristics of the screening instrument and the consequences of its mode of administration and scoring... - Beauty and belief: William James and the aesthetics of delusions in schizophreniaVaughan J Carr
Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, and Schizophrenia Research Institute, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
Cogn Neuropsychiatry 15:181-201. 2010..This paper proposes the hypothesis that aesthetics plays an important role in the construction and maintenance of delusional ideas in schizophrenia... - Potential sampling and recruitment source impacts in schizophrenia researchCarmel M Loughland
Neuroscience Institute of Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders, The Garvan Institute, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, 2001 Australia
Psychiatry Res 125:117-27. 2004..The implications of these findings for sampling strategies in schizophrenia research are discussed... - RBANS neuropsychological profiles within schizophrenia samples recruited from non-clinical settingsCarmel M Loughland
Neuroscience Institute of Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders NISAD 384 Victoria Street Darlinghurst NSW 2010, Australia
Schizophr Res 89:232-42. 2007.... - Neuroscience Institute of Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders (NISAD): 10 years of Australia's first virtual research instituteDaren M Draganic
Neuroscience Institute of Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 41:78-88. 2007..To review the first 10 years of operation of the Neuroscience Institute of Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders (NISAD), Australia's first virtual research institute...