By Professor Zachary Steel

Journal articles

Wells R; Steel Z; Plested B; Abo-Hilal M; Hunt C; Hassan M; Lawsin C, 2020, 'Community Readiness in the Syrian Refugee Community in Jordan: A Rapid Ecological Assessment Tool to Build Psychosocial Service Capacity', American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 90, pp. 212 - 222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ort0000404

Badawi A; Berle D; Rogers K; Steel Z, 2019, 'Do cognitive tasks reduce intrusive memory frequency after exposure to analogue trauma? An experimental replication', Clinical Psychological Science

Fibbins H; Ward PB; Stanton R; Czsonek L; Cudmore J; Michael S; Steel Z; Rosenbaum S, 2019, 'Embedding an exercise professional within an inpatient mental health service: A qualitative study', Mental Health and Physical Activity, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2019.100300

Nickerson A; Hadzi-Pavlovic D; Edwards B; O’Donnell M; Creamer M; Felmingham KL; Forbes D; McFarlane AC; Silove D; Steel Z; van Hoof M; Bryant RA, 2019, 'Identifying distinctive psychological symptom profiles among a nationally representative sample of refugees resettled in Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53, pp. 908 - 919, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867419846403

McKeon G; Steel Z; Wells R; Newby JM; Hadzi-Pavlovic D; Vancampfort D; Rosenbaum S, 2019, 'Mental health informed physical activity for first responders and their support partner: A protocol for a stepped-wedge evaluation of an online, codesigned intervention', BMJ Open, 9, pp. e030668, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030668

Nickerson A; Liddell BJ; Keegan D; Edwards B; Felmingham KL; Forbes D; Hadzi-Pavlovic D; McFarlane AC; O'Donnell M; Silove D; Steel Z; Van Hooff M; Bryant RA, 2019, 'Longitudinal association between trust, psychological symptoms and community engagement in resettled refugees', Psychological Medicine, 49, pp. 1661 - 1669, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291718002246

Wells R; Némorin S; Steel Z; Guhathakurta M; Rosenbaum S, 2019, 'Physical activity as a psychosocial intervention among Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh: A rapid ecological community assessment', Intervention, 17, pp. 140 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/INTV.INTV_15_19

Rees SJ; Fisher JR; Steel Z; Mohsin M; Nadar N; Moussa B; Hassoun F; Yousif M; Krishna Y; Khalil B; Mugo J; Tay AK; Klein L; Silove D, 2019, 'Prevalence and risk factors of major depressive disorder among women at public antenatal clinics from refugee, conflict-affected, and Australian-Born Backgrounds', JAMA Network Open, 2, pp. e193442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.3442

Forbes D; Nickerson A; Bryant RA; Creamer M; Silove D; McFarlane AC; Van Hooff M; Phelps A; Felmingham KL; Malhi GS; Steel Z; Fredrickson J; Alkemade N; O’Donnell M, 2019, 'The impact of post-traumatic stress disorder symptomatology on quality of life: The sentinel experience of anger, hypervigilance and restricted affect', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53, pp. 336 - 349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867418772917

Rees S; Steel Z; Reilly L, 2019, 'Intimate partner violence against men How can GPS respond?', Medicine Today, 20, pp. 39 - 41

Wells R; Lawsin C; Hunt C; Said Youssef O; Abujado F; Steel Z, 2018, 'An ecological model of adaptation to displacement: individual, cultural and community factors affecting psychosocial adjustment among Syrian refugees in Jordan', Global Mental Health, 5, pp. e42 - e42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2018.30

Othman M; Steel Z; Lawsin C; Wells R, 2018, 'Addressing occupational stress among medical staff in non-government controlled Northern Syria: Supporting resilience in a dangerous workplace', Torture : quarterly journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture, 28, pp. 104 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/torture.v28i3.111200

Lau W; Silove D; Edwards B; Forbes D; Bryant R; McFarlane A; Hadzi-Pavlovic D; Steel Z; Nickerson A; Van Hooff M; Felmingham K; Cowlishaw S; Alkemade N; Kartal D; O'Donnell M, 2018, 'Adjustment of refugee children and adolescents in Australia: Outcomes from wave three of the Building a New Life in Australia study', BMC Medicine, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-018-1124-5

Rees S; Mohsin M; Tay AK; Steel Z; Tam N; da Costa Z; Soares C; Tol W; Eapen V; Dadds M; Silove D, 2018, 'Risk of perpetrating intimate partner violence amongst men exposed to torture in conflict-affected Timor-Leste', GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2018.16

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

Berle D; Hilbrink D; Russell-Williams C; Kiely R; Hardaker L; Garwood N; Gilchrist A; Steel Z, 2018, 'Personal wellbeing in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): association with PTSD symptoms during and following treatment', BMC Psychology, 6, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40359-018-0219-2

Dawson K; Joscelyne A; Meijer C; Steel Z; Silove D; Bryant RA, 2018, 'A controlled trial of trauma-focused therapy versus problem-solving in Islamic children affected by civil conflict and disaster in Aceh, Indonesia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 52, pp. 253 - 261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867417714333

Berle D; Starcevic V; Viswasam K; Milicevic D; Hannan A; Brakoulias V; Steel Z, 2018, 'Confirmatory factor analysis of the Nepean Dysphoria Scale in a clinical sample', Psychiatric Quarterly, 89, pp. 621 - 629, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11126-018-9564-9

Phelps AJ; Steel Z; Metcalf O; Alkemade N; Kerr K; O'Donnell M; Nursey J; Cooper J; Howard A; Armstrong R; Forbes D, 2018, 'Key patterns and predictors of response to treatment for military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder: A growth mixture modelling approach', Psychological Medicine, 48, pp. 95 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291717001404

Hewage K; Steel Z; Mohsin M; Tay AK; De Oliveira JC; Da Piedade M; Tam N; Silove D, 2018, 'Wait-list controlled study of a trauma-focused cognitive behavioral treatment for intermittent explosive disorder in Timor-Leste', American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 88, pp. 282 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ort0000280

Rees S; Mohsin M; Tay AK; Steel Z; Tam N; da Costa Z; Soares C; Tol W; Eapen V; Dadds M; Silove D, 2018, 'Risk of perpetrating intimate partner violence amongst men exposed to torture in conflict-affected Timor-Leste – CORRIGENDUM', Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health, 5, pp. e26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2018.23

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

Silove D; Mohsin M; Tay AK; Steel Z; Tam N; Savio E; Da Costa ZM; Rees S, 2017, 'Six-year longitudinal study of pathways leading to explosive anger involving the traumas of recurrent conflict and the cumulative sense of injustice in Timor-Leste', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 52, pp. 1281 - 1294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-017-1428-3

Cvejic E; Parker G; Harvey SB; Steel Z; Hadzi-Pavlovic D; Macnamara CL; Vollmer-Conna U, 2017, 'The health and well-being of Australia's future medical doctors: Protocol for a 5-year observational cohort study of medical trainees', BMJ Open, 7, pp. e016837, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016837

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

Tay AK; Mohsin M; Rees S; Steel Z; Tam N; Soares Z; Baker J; Silove D, 2017, 'The factor structures and correlates of PTSD in post-conflict Timor-Leste: An analysis of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire', BMC Psychiatry, 17, pp. 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1340-0

Logan S; Steel Z; Hunt C, 2017, 'Ethnic status and engagement with health services: Attitudes toward help-seeking and intercultural willingness to interact among South East Asian students in Australia', Transcultural Psychiatry, 54, pp. 192 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363461517696437

Logan S; Rouen D; Wagner R; Steel Z; Hunt C, 2017, 'Mental health service use and ethnicity: An analysis of service use and time to access treatment by South East Asian-, Middle Eastern-, and Australian-born patients within Sydney, Australia', Australian Journal of Psychology, 69, pp. 12 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajpy.12113

Silove ; Baker ; Mohsin ; Teesson M; O'Donnell M; Creamer M; Forbes D; Carragher N; Slade T; Mills K; Bryant R; McFarlane A; Steel Z; Felmingham K; Rees S, 2017, 'The contribution of gender-based violence and network trauma to gender differences in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder', PLoS One, 12, pp. e0171879, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171879

Berle DM; Steel Z; Essue BM; Keay L; Jan S; Tan Phuc H; Hackett ML, 2017, 'Multisite prospective investigation of psychological outcomes following cataract surgery in Vietnam', BMJ Global Health, 2, pp. e000162 - e000162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000162

Silove DM; Tay AK; Steel Z; Tam N; Soares Z; Soares C; Dos Reis N; Alves A; Rees S, 2017, 'Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, severe psychological distress, explosive anger and grief amongst partners of survivors of high levels of trauma in post-conflict Timor-Leste', Psychological Medicine, 47, pp. 149 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291716002233

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

O'Donnell ML; Alkemade N; Creamer M; McFarlane AC; Silove D; Bryant RA; Felmingham K; Steel Z; Forbes D, 2016, 'A longitudinal study of adjustment disorder after trauma exposure', American Journal of Psychiatry, 173, pp. 1231 - 1238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.16010071

Logan S; Steel Z; Hunt C, 2016, 'Intercultural willingness to communicate within health services: Investigating anxiety, uncertainty, ethnocentrism and help seeking behaviour', International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 54, pp. 77 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2016.07.007

Wells R; Steel Z; Abo-Hilal M; Hassan AH; Lawsin C, 2016, 'Psychosocial concerns reported by Syrian refugees living in Jordan: Systematic review of unpublished needs assessments', British Journal of Psychiatry, 209, pp. 99 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.115.165084

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

Rosenbaum S; Steel Z, 2016, 'Breaking down the silos of treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder: integrating mind and body.', Med J Aust, 204, pp. 337 - 338, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja15.01165

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

Vancampfort D; Rosenbaum S; Ward PB; Steel Z; Lederman O; Lamwaka AV; Richards JW; Stubbs B, 2016, 'Type 2 Diabetes among People with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', Psychosomatic Medicine, 78, pp. 465 - 473, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000000297

Charlson FJ; Flaxman A; Ferrari AJ; Vos T; Steel Z; Whiteford HA, 2016, 'Post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression in conflict-affected populations: an epidemiological model and predictor analysis', GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2015.26

Tay AK; Rees S; Steel Z; Tam N; Soares Z; Soares C; Silove DM, 2016, 'Six-year trajectories of post-traumatic stress and severe psychological distress symptoms and associations with timing of trauma exposure, ongoing adversity and sense of injustice: A Latent transition analysis of a community cohort in conflict-affected Timor-Leste', BMJ Open, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010205

Rosenbaum S; Vancampfort D; Steel Z; Newby J; Ward PB; Stubbs B, 2015, 'Physical activity in the treatment of Post-traumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Psychiatry Research, 230, pp. 130 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2015.10.017

Steel Z; Momartin S; Silove D; Coello M; Aroche J; Tay AK, 2015, 'Corrigendum to "Two year psychosocial and mental health outcomes for refugees subjected to restrictive or supportive immigration policies" [Soc. Sci. Med. 72 (2011) 1149-1156] 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.02.007.', Social Science and Medicine, 138, pp. 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.05.031

Rosenbaum S; Vancampfort D; Tiedemann A; Stubbs B; Steel Z; Ward PB; Berle D; Sherrington C, 2015, 'Among inpatients PTSD symptom severity is negatively associated with time spent walking.', Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 204, pp. 15 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000000415

Rosenbaum S; Tiedemann A; Berle D; Ward PB; Zachary S, 2015, 'Exercise as a novel treatment option to address cardiometabolic dysfunction associated with PTSD', Metabolism Clinical and Experimental, 64, pp. e5 - e6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2015.01.016

Rosenbaum S; Newby JM; Steel Z; Andrews G; Ward PB, 2015, 'Online physical activity interventions for mental disorders: A systematic review', Internet Interventions, 2, pp. 214 - 220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2015.04.001

Rosenbaum S; Stubbs B; Ward PB; Steel Z; Lederman O; Vancampfort D, 2015, 'The Prevalence and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome and its Components Among People with Posttraumatic Sstress Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis', Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2015.04.009

Berle D; Steel Z, 2015, 'Families of returned defence force personnel: A changing landscape of challenges', Australasian Psychiatry, 23, pp. 399 - 402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856215590031

Logan S; Steel Z; Hunt C, 2015, 'Investigating the Effect of Anxiety, Uncertainty and Ethnocentrism on Willingness to Interact in an Intercultural Communication', Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 46, pp. 39 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022022114555762

Rosenbaum S; Stubbs B; Ward PB; Steel Z; Lederman O; Vancampfort D, 2015, 'The prevalence and risk of metabolic syndrome and its components among people with posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Metabolism Clinical and Experimental, 64, pp. 926 - 933, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2015.04.009

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