By Professor Susan Rees

Journal articles

Silove D; Tay AK; Kareth M; Rees S, 2017, 'The Relationship of Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in a Culturally Distinct, Conflict-Affected Population: A Study among West Papuan Refugees Displaced to Papua New Guinea', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 8, pp. 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00073

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

Rees SJ; Tay AK; Savio E; Costa ZMD; Silove D, 2017, 'Identifying a combined construct of grief and explosive anger as a response to injustice amongst survivors of mass conflict: A latent class analysis of data from Timor-Leste', PLoS ONE, 12, pp. e0175019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175019

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

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

Silove DM; Tay AK; Tol WA; Tam N; dos Reis N; da Costa Z; Soares C; Rees S, 2016, 'Patterns of separation anxiety symptoms amongst pregnant women in conflict-affected Timor-Leste: Associations with traumatic loss, family conflict, and intimate partner violence', Journal of Affective Disorders, 205, pp. 292 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2016.07.052

Horsley P; Moussa B; Fisher J; Rees S, 2016, 'Intimate partner violence and LGBTIQ people : Raising awareness in general practice', Medicine Today, 17, pp. 26 - 31

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

Rees SJ; Tol W; Mohammad M; Tay AK; Tam N; Dos Reis N; da Costa E; Soares C; Silove DM, 2016, 'Erratum: A high-risk group of pregnant women with elevated levels of conflict-related trauma, intimate partner violence, symptoms of depression and other forms of mental distress in post-conflict Timor-Leste.', Transl Psychiatry, 6, pp. e767 - e767, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/tp.2016.33

Tay AK; Rees S; Kareth M; Silove D, 2016, 'Associations of adult separation anxiety disorder with conflict-related trauma, ongoing adversity, and the psychosocial disruptions of mass conflict among west papuan refugees', American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 86, pp. 224 - 235, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ort0000126

Rees S; Fisher J, 2016, 'Gender-based violence and women's mental health: How should the GP respond?', Medicine Today, 17, pp. 14 - 20

Rees SJ; Tol W; Mohammad M; Tay AK; Tam N; Dos Reis N; Da Costa E; Soares C; Silove DM; Mohsin M, 2016, 'A high-risk group of pregnant women with elevated levels of conflict-related trauma, intimate partner violence, symptoms of depression and other forms of mental distress in post-conflict Timor-Leste', Translational Psychiatry, 6, pp. e767 - e767, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/tp.2015.212

Rees S; Mohsin M; Tay AK; Thorpe R; Murray S; Savio E; Fonseca M; Tol W; Silove D, 2016, 'Associations between bride price obligations and women’s anger, symptoms of mental distress, poverty, spouse and family conflict and preoccupations with injustice in conflict-affected Timor-Leste', BMJ Global Health, 1, pp. e000025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2015-000025

Tay AK; Rees S; Chen J; Kareth M; Silove D, 2016, 'Factorial structure of complicated grief: associations with loss-related traumatic events and psychosocial impacts of mass conflict amongst West Papuan refugees', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-015-1099-x

Rees S; Tay AK; Kareth M; Silove D, 2016, 'No justice in sight: The mental health and wellbeing of West Papuan refugees', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 50, pp. 96 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867415603215

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

Tay AK; Rees S; Chen J; Kareth M; Silove D, 2015, 'The structure of post-traumatic stress disorder and complex post-traumatic stress disorder amongst West Papuan refugees', BMC Psychiatry, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-015-0480-3

Tay AK; Rees S; Chen J; Kareth M; Silove D, 2015, 'Pathways from conflict-related trauma and ongoing adversity to posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms amongst West Papuan refugees: The mediating role of anxiety and panic-like symptoms', Comprehensive Psychiatry, 63, pp. 36 - 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2015.08.005

Tay AK; Rees S; Chen J; Kareth M; Silove D, 2015, 'Pathways involving traumatic losses, worry about family, adult separation anxiety and posttraumatic stress symptoms amongst refugees from West Papua', Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 35, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2015.07.001

Tay AK; Rees S; Chen J; Kareth M; Mohsin M; Silove D, 2015, 'The Refugee-Mental Health Assessment Package (R-MHAP); rationale, development and first-stage testing amongst West Papuan refugees', International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13033-015-0018-6

Tay AK; Rees S; Chen J; Kareth M; Silove D, 2015, 'The coherence and correlates of intermittent explosive disorder amongst West Papuan refugees displaced to Papua New Guinea', Journal of Affective Disorders, 177, pp. 86 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.02.009

Tay AK; Rees S; Chan J; Kareth M; Silove D, 2015, 'Examining the broader psychosocial effects of mass conflict on PTSD symptoms and functional impairment amongst West Papuan refugees resettled in Papua New Guinea (PNG)', Social Science and Medicine, 132, pp. 70 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.03.020

Tay AK; Rees S; Chen J; Kareth M; Lahe S; Kitau R; David K; Sonoling J; Silove D, 2015, 'Associations of Conflict-Related Trauma and Ongoing Stressors with the Mental Health and Functioning of West Papuan Refugees in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG)', PLoS One, 10, pp. e0125178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125178

Rees S; Thorpe R; Tol W; Fonseca M; Silove D, 2015, 'Testing a cycle of family violence model in conflict-affected, low-income countries: A qualitative study from Timor-Leste', Social Science and Medicine, 130, pp. 284 - 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.02.013

Silove D; Rees S; Tay AK; da Costa ZM; Savio ES; Soares C; Tol W, 2015, 'Pathways to perinatal depressive symptoms after mass conflict in Timor-Leste: A modelling analysis using cross-sectional data', The Lancet Psychiatry, 2, pp. 161 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(14)00054-6

Rees SJ; Silove DM, 2015, 'Interventions for intimate partner violence - Authors' reply', The Lancet, 385, pp. 112 - 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60014-9

Silove D; Rees S; Tam N; Mohsin M; Tay AK; Tol W, 2015, 'Prevalence and correlates of explosive anger among pregnant and post-partum women in post-conflict Timor-Leste', BJPsych Open, 1, pp. 34 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.000190

Rees S; Steel Z; Creamer M; Teesson M; Bryant R; McFarlane AC; Mills KL; Slade T; Carragher N; O'Donnell M; Forbes D; Silove D, 2014, 'Onset of common mental disorders and suicidal behavior following women's first exposure to gender based violence: A retrospective, population-based study', BMC Psychiatry, 14, pp. 312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-014-0312-x

Silove D; Ivancic L; Rees S; Bateman-Steel C; Steel Z, 2014, 'Clustering of symptoms of mental disorder in the medium-term following conflict: An epidemiological study in Timor-Leste', Psychiatry Research, 219, pp. 341 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2014.05.043

Silove D; Rees S, 2014, 'Separation anxiety disorder across the lifespan: DSM-5 lifts age restriction on diagnosis', Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 11, pp. 98 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2014.06.021

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

Forbes D; Lockwood E; Phelps A; Wade D; Creamer M; Bryant RA; McFarlane A; Silove D; Rees S; Chapman C; Slade T; Mills K; Teesson M; O'Donnell M, 2014, 'Trauma at the hands of another: Distinguishing PTSD patterns following intimate and nonintimate interpersonal and noninterpersonal trauma in a nationally representative sample', Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 75, pp. 147 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.4088/JCP.13m08374

Rees S; Silove D, 2014, 'Why primary healthcare interventions for intimate partner violence do not work', The Lancet, 384, pp. 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61203-4

Rees S; Steel Z; Creamer M; Teesson M; Bryant R; McFarlane AC; Mills KL; Slade T; Carragher N; O'Donnell M; Forbes D; Silove D, 2014, 'Onset of common mental disorders and suicidal behavior following women's first exposure to gender based violence: a retrospective, population-based study', BMC Psychiatry, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-014-0312-x

Forbes D; Lockwood E; Phelps A; Wade D; Creamer M; O'Donnell M; Bryant RA; Silove D; Rees S; Chapman C; Slade T; Mills K; Teesson M; McFarlane A, 2014, 'Trauma at the hands of another: Distinguishing PTSD patterns following intimate and nonintimate interpersonal and noninterpersonal trauma in a nationally representative sample', Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 75, pp. 147 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.4088/JCP.13m08374

Rees S, 2013, 'Gender differences among patients with social phobia in Egypt', Arab Journal of Psychiatry, 24, pp. 52 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.12816/0000099

Tol WA; Rees SJ; Silove DM, 2013, 'Broadening the scope of epidemiology in conflict-affected settings: Opportunities for mental health prevention and promotion', Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 22, pp. 197 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S2045796013000188

Rees S; Silove DM; Tay K; Kareth M, 2013, 'Human rights trauma and the mental health of West Papuan refugees resettled in Australia', Medical Journal of Australia, 199, pp. 280 - 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja12.11651

Liddell B; Silove DM; Tay K; Tam N; Nickerson AM; Brooks R; Rees S; Zwi AB; Steel Z, 2013, 'Achieving convergence between a community-based measure of explosive anger and a clinical interview for intermittent explosive disorder in Timor-Leste.', Journal of Affective Disorders, 150, pp. 1242 - 1246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2013.06.006

Eapen V; Johnston D; Apler A; Rees S; Silove DM, 2013, 'Adult separation anxiety during pregnancy and its relationship to depression and anxiety', Journal of Perinatal Medicine, 41, pp. 159 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jpm-2012-0111

Eapen V; Silove DM; Johnston D; Apler A; Rees S, 2013, 'Adult separation anxiety in pregnancy: how common is it?', International Journal of Women's Health, 4, pp. 251 - 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S30981

Rees S; Silove DM; Verdial T; Tam N; Savio E; Fonseca Z; Thorpe R; Liddell B; Zwi AB; Tay K; Brooks R; Steel Z, 2013, 'Intermittent Explosive Disorder amongst women in conflict affected Timor-Leste: associations with human rights trauma, ongoing violence, poverty and injustice.', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. Art. No. e69207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069207

Rees S, 2012, 'GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, MENTAL DISORDERS, DISABILITY AND SUICIDE', Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse Newsletter, 47, pp. 12 - 13

Rees S; Silove DM; Chey T; Steel Z; Bauman A; Phan TTB, 2012, 'Physical activity and psychological distress amongst Vietnamese living in the Mekong Delta', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 46, pp. 966 - 971, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867412459568

Rees S, 2012, 'Violence against women: the right to protection from mental disorders', Human Rights Defender, 21, pp. 10 - 13

Rees S; Silove D, 2011, 'Gender-based violence in women and mental disorders - Reply', JAMA, 306, pp. 1862 - 1863, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.1581

Silove D; Rees S; Tam N; Liddell B; Zwi A, 2011, 'Staff management and capacity building under conditions of insecurity: Lessons from developing mental health service and research programs in post-conflict Timor-Leste', Australasian Psychiatry, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10398562.2011.583076

Brooks R; Silove D; Steel Z; Steel CB; Rees S; Brooks , 2011, 'Explosive anger in postconflict Timor Leste: Interaction of socio-economic disadvantage and past human rights-related trauma', Journal of Affective Disorders, 131, pp. 268 - 276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2010.12.020

Rees S; Silove DM, 2011, 'Gender-based violence and the threat to women's mental health.', Medical Journal of Australia, 195, pp. 434 - 435, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja11.11073

Rees S; Silove DM; Chey T; Ivancic L; Steel Z; Creamer M; Teesson M; Bryant RA; McFarlane AJ; Mills K; Slade T; Carragher N; O Donnell M; Forbes D, 2011, 'Lifetime prevalence of gender-based violence in women and the relationship with mental disorders and psychosocial function', JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 306, pp. 513 - 521, http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/306/5/513.full

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