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Impact of combat and non-military trauma exposure on symptom reduction following treatment for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorderDavid Forbes
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Australia
Psychiatry Res 206:33-6. 2013..These findings have implications for considerations of optimal interventions for those with lower levels of combat exposure and additional non-military trauma...- A multisite randomized controlled effectiveness trial of cognitive processing therapy for military-related posttraumatic stress disorderD Forbes
Department of Psychiatry, Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia
J Anxiety Disord 26:442-52. 2012.... - Trauma at the hands of another: longitudinal study of differences in the posttraumatic stress disorder symptom profile following interpersonal compared with noninterpersonal traumaDavid Forbes
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health and Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Clin Psychiatry 73:372-6. 2012..The current study aimed to identify the specific symptom profile of survivors of interpersonal and noninterpersonal trauma, and to examine changes in differences in the symptom profile over time... - The structure of posttraumatic psychopathology in veterans attending primary careDavid Forbes
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health and Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Level 1 340 Albert St, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia
J Anxiety Disord 26:95-101. 2012..Hyperarousal was more closely related to Fear than was Re-experiencing; however, Avoidance was not. Dysphoria was more closely related to the Anxious-Misery factor than all other PTSD factors... 
Testing the latent structure of posttraumatic stress disorder: a taxometric study of combat veteransDavid Forbes
Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Trauma Stress 18:647-56. 2005..Ruscio, Ruscio, & Keane, 2002). Implications are drawn for the conceptualization, etiology, and assessment of PTSD...- Practitioner perceptions of Skills for Psychological Recovery: a training programme for health practitioners in the aftermath of the Victorian bushfiresDavid Forbes
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 44:1105-11. 2010..SPR was developed by the US National Center for PTSD and US National Child Traumatic Stress Network. This study examined health practitioner perceptions of the training in, and usefulness of, SPR... - A guide to guidelines for the treatment of PTSD and related conditionsDavid Forbes
University of Melbourne, 340 Albert Street, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia
J Trauma Stress 23:537-52. 2010..The aim of this article is to examine the various guidelines and to compare and contrast their methodologies and recommendations to aid clinicians in making decisions about their use... - A longitudinal analysis of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and their relationship with Fear and Anxious-Misery disorders: implications for DSM-VDavid Forbes
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Affect Disord 127:147-52. 2010.... - Mechanisms of anger and treatment outcome in combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorderDavid Forbes
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
J Trauma Stress 21:142-9. 2008..To improve treatment effectiveness, clinicians need to assess veterans' anger, aggression, and alcohol use, as well as their current fear of anger and elucidate the relationship between these factors... - Internalizing and externalizing classes in posttraumatic stress disorder: a latent class analysisDavid Forbes
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health and Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Trauma Stress 23:340-9. 2010..A second exploratory LCA using broader comorbidity indicators (MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical scales) demonstrated some support for, although limitations in, using nonpersonality measures to identify these classes directly... - Is mixed-handedness a marker of treatment response in posttraumatic stress disorder?: a pilot studyDavid Forbes
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, West Heidelberg, Victoria and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
J Trauma Stress 19:961-6. 2006..A. Huska, & T. M. Keane, 1993) than did veterans with consistent handedness. These data suggest that mixed-handedness is associated with poorer PTSD treatment response. Several possible explanations for this finding are discussed... - Post-traumatic stress disorder--best practice GP guidelinesDavid Forbes
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, University of Melbourne Psychiatry, Victoria
Aust Fam Physician 38:106-11. 2009..In order to facilitate translation of evidence regarding PTSD into busy clinical practice, and particularly for general practitioners, a more succinct version of the guidelines has been developed... - Naturalistic comparison of models of programmatic interventions for combat-related post-traumatic stress disorderDavid Forbes
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 42:1051-9. 2008..The present study compared clinical presentations and treatment outcomes for Australian veterans with PTSD who participated in a range of models of group-based treatment... - Requiring both avoidance and emotional numbing in DSM-V PTSD: will it help?David Forbes
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health and Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Affect Disord 130:483-6. 2011..This paper investigated the impact of requiring both active avoidance and emotional numbing on the rates of PTSD diagnosis and comorbidity with depression... - Attachment style in the prediction of recovery following group treatment of combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorderDavid Forbes
Department of Psychiatry, Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Nerv Ment Dis 198:881-4. 2010..The results suggest that greater attention should be paid at initial assessment to attachment style of veterans before entering PTSD treatment, particularly group-based interventions... - The MMPI-2 as a predictor of symptom change following treatment for posttraumatic stress disorderDavid Forbes
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, West Heidelberg, Victoria
J Pers Assess 79:321-36. 2002..Regression analyses examining the most salient scales identified 5 items that contributed 14% of the variance in the prediction of change scores independently of the 21% accounted for by pretreatment PTSD severity... - MMPI-2 as a predictor of change in PTSD symptom clusters: a further analysis of the Forbes et al. (2002) data setDavid Forbes
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, West Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
J Pers Assess 81:183-6. 2003..Further replication of the findings of this article and those reported by Forbes et al. (2002) is required... - Imagery rehearsal in the treatment of posttraumatic nightmares in Australian veterans with chronic combat-related PTSD: 12-month follow-up dataDavid Forbes
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, West Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
J Trauma Stress 16:509-13. 2003..This study provides preliminary evidence that the positive treatment effects of IRT on posttraumatic nightmares, PTSD, and broader symptomatology in males with chronic combat-related PTSD are maintained in the longer term... - A concise measure of anger in combat-related posttraumatic stress disorderDavid Forbes
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, PO Box 5444, Heidelberg W, Victoria 3081, Australia
J Trauma Stress 17:249-56. 2004..Assessment of convergent validity indicated that the DAR primarily measures Trait Anger. Results suggest that the DAR is a psychometrically strong measure, potentially useful for the evaluation of anger in PTSD... - Clinical presentations and treatment outcomes of peacekeeper veterans with PTSD: preliminary findingsDavid Forbes
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, P O Box 5444, West Heidelberg, Victoria 3081, Australia
Am J Psychiatry 162:2188-90. 2005..This study examined intake and treatment outcome data for a group of peacekeepers with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)... - Psychological first aid following trauma: implementation and evaluation framework for high-risk organizationsDavid Forbes
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, at the University of Melbourne in Australia
Psychiatry 74:224-39. 2011.... - An examination of the structure of posttraumatic stress disorder in relation to the anxiety and depressive disordersDavid Forbes
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health and Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Affect Disord 132:165-72. 2011..The findings have implications for informing potential revisions to the structure of the diagnosis of PTSD and the diagnostic algorithm to be applied, with the aim of enhancing diagnostic specificity... - Treating adults with acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder in general practice: a clinical updateDavid Forbes
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Med J Aust 187:120-3. 2007..Monoamine oxidase inhibitors may be considered by mental health specialists for use in people with treatment-resistant symptoms... - Comorbidity as a predictor of symptom change after treatment in combat-related posttraumatic stress disorderDavid Forbes
Australian Center for Posttraumatic Mental Health and University of Melbourne, Locked Bag 1, Melbourne, Victoria 3081, Australia
J Nerv Ment Dis 191:93-9. 2003..Further analyses indicated that anger at intake was the most potent predictor of symptom change. Further investigations of anger as an influence on symptom change after treatment of combat-related PTSD is recommended... - Treatment for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: two-year follow-upMark Creamer
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Australia
J Trauma Stress 19:675-85. 2006..Although lack of a control group limits the extent to which improvements can be attributed to the treatment program, the data suggest that specialized treatment programs for combat-related PTSD continue to be of value... - Longitudinal analyses of family functioning in veterans and their partners across treatmentLynette Evans
School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086, Victoria, Australia
J Consult Clin Psychol 78:611-22. 2010..This study evaluated the relations between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and poor family functioning in veterans and their partners... - Patterns of treatment response in chronic posttraumatic stress disorder: an application of latent growth mixture modelingPeter Elliott
Department of Psychiatry, Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, University of Melbourne, West Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
J Trauma Stress 18:303-11. 2005..The groups also varied significantly in terms of their characteristics, with symptom severity and improvements over time reflecting greater comorbidity and younger age. The results have both research and clinical implications... - PTSD among military personnelMark Creamer
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, 340 Albert Street, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia
Int Rev Psychiatry 23:160-5. 2011..Finally, effective treatment for PTSD is reviewed, with particular reference to the challenges posed by this population in a treatment setting... - Trauma-related dreams of Australian veterans with PTSD: content, affect and phenomenologyAndrea J Phelps
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, 340 Albert Street, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 45:853-60. 2011..Conclusions: The findings provide preliminary support for non-replay dreams to satisfy the DSM B2 diagnostic criterion when the affect associated with those dreams is the same as that experienced at the time of the traumatic event... - Disability after injury: the cumulative burden of physical and mental healthMeaghan L O'Donnell
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health and Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Clin Psychiatry 74:e137-43. 2013..Injury is one of the leading contributors to the global burden of disease. The factors that drive long-term disability after injury are poorly understood... - Examination of the latent factor structure of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test in two independent trauma patient groups using confirmatory factor analysisDarryl Wade
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health and Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Subst Abuse Treat 43:123-8. 2012..An algorithm is proposed to inform alcohol screening protocols in a range of health settings for trauma-exposed patient groups... - Australian guidelines for the treatment of adults with acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorderDavid Forbes
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, West Heidelberg, Vic, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 41:637-48. 2007..Structured interventions such as psychological debriefing, with a focus on recounting the traumatic event and ventilation of feelings, should not be offered on a routine basis... - Exploration of delayed-onset posttraumatic stress disorder after severe injuryMeaghan L O'Donnell
Australian Center for Posttraumatic Mental Health, East Melbourne, VIC 3002, Australia
Psychosom Med 75:68-75. 2013..The second aim was to determine what variables differentiated delayed-onset PTSD from chronic PTSD... - Stepped early psychological intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder, other anxiety disorders, and depression following serious injuryMeaghan L O'Donnell
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, East Melbourne Victoria, Australia
J Trauma Stress 25:125-33. 2012..A stepped model can effectively identify and treat injury patients with high psychiatric symptoms within 3 months of the initial trauma... - Problem gambling in Australian PTSD treatment-seeking veteransDirk Biddle
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Trauma Stress 18:759-67. 2005.... - Inpatient versus day hospital treatment for chronic, combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: a naturalistic comparisonMark Creamer
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Nerv Ment Dis 190:183-9. 2002..In line with current mental health policy directions, the current study lends broad support to the recommendation that treatment services for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder be delivered in the least restrictive environment... - Response categories and anger measurement: do fewer categories result in poorer measurement?: development of the DAR5Graeme Hawthorne
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 41:164-72. 2006..Additionally, our previous analysis suggested there were two redundant items within the DAR... - Guidelines for peer support in high-risk organizations: an international consensus study using the Delphi methodMark C Creamer
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Trauma Stress 25:134-41. 2012..This international consensus may be used as a starting point for the design and implementation of future peer-support programs in high-risk organizations... - Anger in PTSD: is there a need for a concept of PTSD-related posttraumatic anger?Tony McHugh
The Victorian Psychological Trauma Recovery Service, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Clin Psychol Rev 32:93-104. 2012..An argument is advanced for including visual imagery in an integrated (visual-linguistic) cognitive model of anger in PTSD. Directions for research on visual imagery in anger in PTSD and its treatment implications are discussed... - Understanding posttraumatic nightmares: an empirical and conceptual reviewAndrea J Phelps
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Australia
Clin Psychol Rev 28:338-55. 2008..Three alternate explanatory models are proposed that draw on existing knowledge within both the PTSD and dreaming fields to explain the full range of nightmares following trauma... - Mental health initiatives for veterans and serving personnelJohn A Cooper
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Med J Aust 185:453. 2006 - Preventing post traumatic stress disorder: are drugs the answer?Susan Fletcher
Australian Centre for Post traumatic Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 44:1064-71. 2010..There remain a number of ethical and practical questions to be answered before the widespread use of chemoprophylaxis can be recommended... - Non-eating disorders psychopathology in children and adolescents with eating disorders: implications for malnutrition and symptom severityBrett McDermott
Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
J Psychosom Res 60:257-61. 2006..To compare the general psychopathology in an eating disorders (ED) and a child mental health outpatient sample and investigate the implications of comorbidity on psychological and physical measures of ED severity... - Clinical symptomatology of posttraumatic stress disorder-diagnosed Australian and United States Vietnam combat veterans: an MMPI-2 comparisonJon D Elhai
Disaster Mental Health Institute, University of South Dakota, 414 E. Clark Street, SDU 114, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069-2390, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 191:458-64. 2003..Results suggest that American and Australian Vietnam combat PTSD samples are very similar to each other, with implications for the treatment outcome literature... - MMPI-2 based subgroups of veterans with combat-related PTSD: differential patterns of symptom change after treatmentDavid Forbes
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health and University of Melbourne, Victoria Australia
J Nerv Ment Dis 191:531-7. 2003..The subclinical group demonstrated little change after treatment. In contrast, the trauma profile and global groups both improved, although the trauma profile group demonstrated greater PTSD symptom reduction than the global group... - Eating disorder attitudes and psychopathology in Caucasian Australian, Asian Australian and Thai university studentsPiangchai S Jennings
School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 40:143-9. 2006..To examine eating disorder attitudes and psychopathology among female university students in Australia and Thailand... - Acculturation and eating disorders in Asian and Caucasian Australian adolescent girlsPiangchai S Jennings
School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 59:56-61. 2005..Within the Asian group, the less acculturated girls had higher scores on the EAT-26 and the EDI-2 than the more acculturated. Less acculturated Asian girls appeared to have unhealthier attitudes and psychopathology toward eating... - Re: Chronic constipation in children: organic disorders are a major causeColin Sherrington
J Paediatr Child Health 41:610-1; author reply 611-2. 2005 - Acculturation and eating disorders in Asian and Caucasian Australian university studentsPiangchai S Jennings
School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences at UDP Level 4, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, The University of Western Australia, GPO Box D184, Perth, Western Australia 6840, Australia
Eat Behav 7:214-9. 2006....