By Professor Angela Marissa Nickerson

Journal articles

Le L; Morina N; Schnyder U; Schick M; Bryant RA; Nickerson A, 2018, 'The effects of perceived torture controllability on symptom severity of posttraumatic stress, depression and anger in refugees and asylum seekers: A path analysis', Psychiatry Research, 264, pp. 143 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.03.055

Specker P; Liddell BJ; Byrow Y; Bryant RA; Nickerson A, 2018, 'A factor analytic investigation of DSM-5 PTSD symptoms in a culturally diverse sample of refugees resettled in Australia', Conflict and Health, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13031-018-0155-z

Minihan S; Liddell BJ; Byrow Y; Bryant RA; Nickerson A, 2018, 'Patterns and predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder in refugees: A latent class analysis', Journal of Affective Disorders, 232, pp. 252 - 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2018.02.010

Bryant RA; Edwards B; Creamer M; O'Donnell M; Forbes D; Felmingham KL; Silove D; Steel Z; Nickerson A; McFarlane AC; Van Hooff M; Hadzi-Pavlovic D, 2018, 'The effect of post-traumatic stress disorder on refugees' parenting and their children's mental health: a cohort study', Lancet Public Health, 3, pp. e249 - e258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30051-3

Liddell BJ; Nickerson A; Bryant RA, 2018, 'Clinical science and torture survivors' rights to rehabilitation', Lancet Psychiatry, 5, pp. 101 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(17)30332-2

Bryant RA; Kenny L; Joscelyne A; Rawson N; Maccallum F; Cahill C; Hopwood S; Nickerson A, 2018, 'Erratum: Correction. Treating Prolonged Grief Disorder: A 2-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Trial (The Journal of clinical psychiatry (2017) 78 9 (1363-1368) PII: 18lcx12157)', Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.4088/JCP.18lcx12157

Morina N; Kuenburg A; Schnyder U; Bryant RA; Nickerson A; Schick M, 2018, 'The association of post-traumatic and postmigration stress with pain and other somatic symptoms: An explorative analysis in traumatized refugees and asylum seekers', Pain Medicine United States, 19, pp. 50 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnx005

Morina N; Bryant RA; Doolan EL; Martin-Sölch C; Plichta MM; Pfaltz MC; Schnyder U; Schick M; Nickerson A, 2018, 'The impact of enhancing perceived self-efficacy in torture survivors', Depression and Anxiety, 35, pp. 58 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/da.22684

Le L; Moulds ML; Nickerson AM, 2018, 'Anxiety moderates the effects of stressor controllability and cognitive reappraisal on distress following aversive exposure: An experimental investigation', Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

O'Donnell ML; Schaefer I; Varker T; Kartal D; Forbes D; Bryant RAA; Silove D; Creamer M; McFarlane A; Mahli G; Felmingham K; Van Hoof M; Hadzi-Pavlovic D; Nickerson A; Steel Z, 2017, 'A systematic review of person-centered approaches to investigating patterns of trauma exposure', Clinical Psychology Review, 57, pp. 208 - 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2017.08.009

Bryant RA; Kenny L; Joscelyne A; Rawson N; Maccallum F; Cahill C; Hopwood S; Nickerson A, 2017, 'Treating prolonged grief disorder: A 2-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial', Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 78, pp. 1363 - 1368, http://dx.doi.org/10.4088/JCP.16m10729

Morina N; Ewers SM; Passardi S; Schnyder U; Knaevelsrud C; Müller J; Bryant RA; Nickerson A; Schick M, 2017, 'Mental health assessments in refugees and asylum seekers: Evaluation of a tablet-assisted screening software', Conflict and Health, 11, pp. 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13031-017-0120-2

Nickerson A; Schick M; Schnyder U; Bryant RA; Morina N, 2017, 'Comorbidity of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression in Tortured, Treatment-Seeking Refugees', Journal of Traumatic Stress, 30, pp. 409 - 415, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.22205

Morina N; Malek M; Nickerson A; Bryant RA, 2017, 'Meta-analysis of interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in adult survivors of mass violence in low- and middle-income countries', Depression and Anxiety, 34, pp. 679 - 691, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/da.22618

Bryant RA; Creamer M; O'Donnell M; Forbes D; Felmingham KL; Silove D; Malhi G; Van Hoof M; McFarlane AC; Nickerson A, 2017, 'Separation from parents during childhood trauma predicts adult attachment security and post-traumatic stress disorder', Psychological Medicine, 47, pp. 2028 - 2035, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291717000472

Doolan EL; Bryant RA; Liddell BJ; Nickerson A, 2017, 'The conceptualization of emotion regulation difficulties, and its association with posttraumatic stress symptoms in traumatized refugees', Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 50, pp. 7 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2017.04.005

Tay AK; Rees S; Steel Z; Liddell B; Nickerson A; Tam N; Silove D, 2017, 'The role of grief symptoms and a sense of injustice in the pathways to post-traumatic stress symptoms in post-conflict Timor-Leste', Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 26, pp. 403 - 413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S2045796016000317

Nickerson A; Garber B; Liddell BJ; Litz BT; Hofmann SG; Asnaani A; Ahmed O; Cheung J; Huynh L; Pajak R; Bryant RA, 2017, 'Impact of Cognitive Reappraisal on Negative Affect, Heart Rate, and Intrusive Memories in Traumatized Refugees', Clinical Psychological Science, 5, pp. 497 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2167702617690857

Morina N; Malek M; Nickerson A; Bryant RA, 2017, 'Psychological interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder and depression in young survivors of mass violence in low- and middle-income counries: Meta-analysis', British Journal of Psychiatry, 210, pp. 247 - 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.115.180265

Moul C; Nickerson A, 2017, 'Psychopathic Personality Traits as a Protective Factor against the Development of Intrusive Memories', Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 8, pp. 2 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.5127/jep.055516

Nickerson A; Cloitre M; Bryant RA; Schnyder U; Morina N; Schick M, 2017, 'Response to the letter to the editor regarding ‘the factor structure of complex posttraumatic stress disorder in traumatized refugees’', European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2017.1308200

Spiller TR; Schick M; Schnyder U; Bryant RA; Nickerson A; Morina N, 2017, 'Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in a clinical sample of refugees: a network analysis', European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 8, pp. 1318032, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2017.1318032

Nickerson A; Creamer M; Forbes D; McFarlane AC; O'Donnell ML; Silove D; Steel Z; Felmingham K; Hadzi-Pavlovic D; Bryant RA, 2017, 'The longitudinal relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder and perceived social support in survivors of traumatic injury', Psychological Medicine, 47, pp. 115 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291716002361

Morina N; Schnyder U; Schick M; Nickerson A; Bryant RA, 2016, 'Attachment style and interpersonal trauma in refugees', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 50, pp. 1161 - 1168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867416631432

Liddell BJ; Nickerson A; Sartor L; Ivancic L; Bryant RA, 2016, 'The generational gap: Mental disorder prevalence and disability amongst first and second generation immigrants in Australia', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 83, pp. 103 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.08.011

Haldane J; Nickerson A, 2016, 'The Impact of Interpersonal and Noninterpersonal Trauma on Psychological Symptoms in Refugees: The Moderating Role of Gender and Trauma Type', Journal of Traumatic Stress, 29, pp. 457 - 465, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.22132

Li SSY; Liddell BJ; Nickerson A, 2016, 'The Relationship Between Post-Migration Stress and Psychological Disorders in Refugees and Asylum Seekers', Current Psychiatry Reports, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11920-016-0723-0

Nickerson A; Garber B; Ahmed O; Asnaani A; Cheung J; Hofmann SG; Huynh L; Liddell B; Litz BT; Pajak R; Bryant RA, 2016, 'Emotional suppression in torture survivors: Relationship to posttraumatic stress symptoms and trauma-related negative affect', Psychiatry Research, 242, pp. 233 - 239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2016.05.048

Forbes D; Alkemade N; Nickerson A; Bryant RA; Creamer M; Silove D; McFarlane AC; Van Hoof M; Phelps AJ; Rees S; Steele Z; ODonnell M, 2016, 'Prediction of late-onset psychiatric disorder in survivors of severe injury: Findings of a latent transition analysis', Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 77, pp. 807 - 812, http://dx.doi.org/10.4088/JCP.15m09854

Liddell BJ; Kemp AH; Steel Z; Nickerson A; Bryant RA; Tam N; Tay AK; Silove D, 2016, 'Heart rate variability and the relationship between trauma exposure age, and psychopathology in a post-conflict setting', BMC Psychiatry, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-016-0850-5

Schick M; Zumwald A; Knopfli B; Nickerson A; Bryant RA; Schnyder U; Muller J; Morina N, 2016, 'Challenging future, challenging past: The relationship of social integration and psychological impairment in raumatized refugees', European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v7.28057

Spiller TR; Schick M; Schnyder U; Bryant RA; Nickerson A; Morina N, 2016, 'Somatisation and anger are associated with symptom severity of posttraumatic stress disorder in severely traumatised refugees and asylum seekers', Swiss Medical Weekly, 146, pp. w14311, http://dx.doi.org/10.4414/smw.2016.14311

Nickerson A; Cloitre M; Bryant RA; Schnyder U; Morina N; Schick M, 2016, 'The factor structure of complex posttraumatic stress disorder in traumatized refugees', European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 7, pp. 33253, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v7.33253

Carper TL; Mills MA; Steenkamp MM; Nickerson A; Salters-Pedneault K; Litz BT, 2015, 'Early PTSD symptom sub-clusters predicting chronic posttraumatic stress following sexual assault', Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy, 7, pp. 442 - 447, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0000060

Forbes D; Nickerson A; Alkemade N; Bryant RA; Creamer M; Silove D; McFarlane AC; Van Hooff M; Fletcher SL; O'Donnell M, 2015, 'Longitudinal analysis of latent classes of psychopathology and patterns of class migration in survivors of severe injury', Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 76, pp. 1193 - 1199, http://dx.doi.org/10.4088/JCP.14m09075

Schnyder U; Müller J; Morina N; Schick M; Bryant RA; Nickerson A, 2015, 'A Comparison of DSM-5 and DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Traumatized Refugees', Journal of Traumatic Stress, 28, pp. 267 - 274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.22023

O'Connor M; Nickerson A; Aderka IM; Bryant RA, 2015, 'The temporal relationship between change in symptoms of prolonged grief and posttraumatic stress following old age spousal bereavement', Depression and Anxiety, 32, pp. 335 - 340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/da.22349

Bryant RA; Nickerson A; Creamer M; O'Donnell M; Forbes D; Galatzer-Levy I; McFarlane AC; Silove D, 2015, 'Trajectory of post-traumatic stress following traumatic injury: 6-year follow-up', British Journal of Psychiatry, 206, pp. 417 - 423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.114.145516

Nickerson A; Schnyder U; Bryant RA; Schick M; Mueller J; Morina N, 2015, 'Moral injury in traumatized refugees', Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 84, pp. 122 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000369353

Nickerson A; Bryant RA; Schnyder U; Schick M; Mueller J; Morina N, 2015, 'Emotion dysregulation mediates the relationship between trauma exposure, post-migration living difficulties and psychological outcomes in traumatized refugees', Journal of Affective Disorders, 173, pp. 185 - 192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2014.10.043

Forbes D; Lockwood E; Creamer M; Bryant RA; McFarlane AC; Silove D; Nickerson A; O'Donnell M, 2015, 'Latent structure of the proposed ICD-11 post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms: Implications for the diagnostic algorithm', British Journal of Psychiatry, 206, pp. 245 - 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.114.150078

Forbes D; Lockwood E; Elhai JD; Creamer M; Bryant R; McFarlane A; Silove D; Miller MW; Nickerson A; O'Donnell M, 2015, 'An evaluation of the DSM-5 factor structure for posttraumatic stress disorder in survivors of traumatic injury', Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 29, pp. 43 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.11.004

Bryant RA; Kenny L; Joscelyne A; Rawson N; Maccallum F; Cahill C; Hopwood S; Aderka I; Nickerson A, 2014, 'Treating prolonged grief disorder a randomized clinical trial', JAMA Psychiatry, 71, pp. 1332 - 1339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.1600

O'Donnell ML; Alkemade N; Nickerson A; Creamer M; McFarlane AC; Silove D; Bryant RA; Forbes D, 2014, 'Impact of the diagnostic changes to post-traumatic stress disorder for DSM-5 and the proposed changes to ICD-11', British Journal of Psychiatry, 205, pp. 230 - 235, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.113.135285

Nickerson A; Bryant RA; Rosebrock L; Litz BT, 2014, 'The mechanisms of psychosocial injury following human rights violations, mass trauma, and torture', Clinical Psychology Science and Practice, 21, pp. 172 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cpsp.12064

Silove D; Liddell B; Rees S; Chey T; Nickerson A; Tam N; Zwi AB; Brooks R; Sila LL; Steel Z, 2014, 'Effects of recurrent violence on post-traumatic stress disorder and severe distress in conflict-affected Timor-Leste: a 6-year longitudinal study', The Lancet Global Health, 2, pp. e293 - e300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70196-2

Nickerson A; Liddell BJ; Maccallum F; Steel Z; Silove D; Bryant RA, 2014, 'Posttraumatic stress disorder and prolonged grief in refugees exposed to trauma and loss', BMC Psychiatry, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-14-106

Nickerson A; Priebe S; Bryant RA; Morina N, 2014, 'Mechanisms of psychological distress following war in the former Yugoslavia: The role of interpersonal sensitivity', Plos One, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090503

Litz BT; Schorr Y; Delaney E; Au T; Papa A; Fox AB; Morris S; Nickerson A; Block S; Prigerson HG, 2014, 'A randomized controlled trial of an internet-based therapist-assisted indicated preventive intervention for prolonged grief disorder', Behaviour Research and Therapy, 61, pp. 23 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2014.07.005

Nickerson A; Barnes JB; Creamer M; Forbes D; McFarlane AC; O'Donnell M; Silove D; Steel Z; Bryant RA, 2014, 'The temporal relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and: Problem alcohol use following traumatic injury', Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 123, pp. 821 - 834, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0037920

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