By Professor Susan Rees

Journal articles

Wells R; Klein L; Mohsin M; Greene MC; Fisher J; Silove D; Steel Z; Rees S, 2024, 'Longitudinal Protective Factors against Intimate Partner Violence for Women Born in Australia and Women from Refugee Backgrounds', Women, 4, pp. 317 - 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/women4030024

Wheatley L; Mastrogiovanni C; Pebole M; McKeon G; Rosenbaum S; Rees S; Teasdale SB, 2024, 'Physical activity levels and sedentary behavior in people who have experienced gender-based violence: A systematic review', Mental Health and Physical Activity, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2024.100596

Rees SJ; Moussa B, 2024, 'Invisible wounds of the Israel–Gaza war in Australia', Medical Journal of Australia, 220, pp. 4 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52168

Wheatley L; Rosenbaum S; Mastrogiovanni C; Pebole M; Wells R; Rees S; Teasdale S; McKeon G, 2024, 'Readiness of Exercise Physiologists, Physiotherapists and Other Allied Health Professionals to Respond to Gender-Based Violence: A Mixed-Methods Study', Violence Against Women, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10778012241257245

Tay AK; Mohsin M; Foo CYS; Rees S; Silove D, 2023, 'Long-term efficacy of brief psychological treatments for common mental disorders in Myanmar refugees in Malaysia: 12-month follow-up of a randomized, active-controlled trial of integrative adapt therapy v. cognitive behavioral therapy', Psychological Medicine, 53, pp. 6055 - 6067, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291722003245

Wheatley L; McKeon G; Pebole M; Wells R; Rees S; B. Ward P; Rosenbaum S, 2023, 'Gender-Based Violence is a Blind Spot for Sports and Exercise Medicine Professionals', Sports Medicine, 53, pp. 1491 - 1493, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40279-022-01742-8

Reilly L; Adams M; Diamond B; Deemal P; Diamond J; Koometra C; Silove D; Rees S, 2023, 'Enabling dads and improving First Nations adolescent mental health: a pragmatic randomised controlled study', BMJ Open, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072202

Rees SJ; Mohsin M; Tay AK; Moussa B; Klein L; Nadar N; Hussain F; Krishna Y; Khalil B; Yousif M; Silove D; Fisher J, 2023, 'COVID-19 stressors and mental health problems amongst women who arrived as refugees and those born in Australia', PLOS Global Public Health, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002073

Rees SJ; Hamad N, 2023, 'The need to accelerate COVID-19 education across medical schools', International journal of medical education, 14, pp. 75 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.5116/ijme.6488.1a6e

Greene MC; Ventevogel P; Likindikoki SL; Bonz AG; Turner R; Rees S; Misinzo L; Njau T; Mbwambo JKK; Tol WA, 2023, 'Why local concepts matter: Using cultural expressions of distress to explore the construct validity of research instruments to measure mental health problems among Congolese women in Nyarugusu refugee camp', Transcultural Psychiatry, 60, pp. 496 - 507, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13634615221122626

Nguyen TA; Mohsin M; Moussa B; Fisher J; Nadar N; Hassoun F; Khalil B; Youssef M; Krishna Y; Kalucy M; Rees S, 2023, 'Determinants of Antenatal Education and Breastfeeding Uptake in Refugee-Background and Australian-Born Women', Women, 3, pp. 263 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/women3020020

Rees S; Fisher J, 2023, 'Forced migration, trauma, and the risk of mental health disorders among women in the perinatal period', The Lancet Public Health, 8, pp. e166 - e167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00009-9

Rees SJ; Mohsin M; Kuowei Tay A; Moussa B; Klein L; Nadar N; Hussain F; Krishna Y; Khalil B; Yousif M; Silove D; Fisher J, 2023, 'Correction: COVID-19 stressors and mental health problems amongst women who arrived as refugees and those born in Australia.', PLOS Glob Public Health, 3, pp. e0002455, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002455

Rees SJ; Mohsin M; Tay AK; Moussa B; Klein L; Nadar N; Hussain F; Krishna Y; Khalil B; Yousif M; Silove D; Fisher J, 2023, 'Correction: COVID-19 stressors and mental health problems amongst women who arrived as refugees and those born in Australia.', PLOS Glob Public Health, 3, pp. e0002666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002666

Tay AK; Mohsin M; Rees S; Silove D, 2022, 'Prevalence and correlates of DSM-IV and DSM-5 Intermittent Explosive Disorder amongst Myanmar refugees living in Malaysia: a population-based study', Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S2045796022000257

Rees S; Mohsin M; Moussa B; Fisher J; Steel Z; Nadar N; Hassoun F; Khalil B; Youssef M; Krishna Y, 2022, 'Cohort profile: intimate partner violence and mental health among women from refugee background and a comparison group of Australian-born - the WATCH cohort study', BMJ Open, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051887

Rees SJ; Mohsin M; Klein L; Steel Z; Tol W; Dadds M; Eapen V; Da Costa Z; Savio E; Tam N; Silove D, 2022, 'The impact of maternal depressive symptoms and traumatic events on early childhood mental health in conflict-affected Timor-Leste', BJPsych Open, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2022.20

Reilly L; Adams M; Rees SJ, 2021, 'The Intensifying Threat of COVID-19 among First Nations People of Australia: Making Up for Lost Time', JAMA Health Forum, 2, pp. E214356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.4356

Claire Greene M; Bencomo C; Rees S; Ventevogel P; Likindikoki S; Nemiro A; Bonz A; Mbwambo JKK; Tol WA; McGovern TM, 2021, 'Multilevel determinants of integrated service delivery for intimate partner violence and mental health in humanitarian settings', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312484

Rees SJ; Wells R; Mohsin M; Nadar N; Moussa B; Hassoun F; Yousif M; Khalil B; Krishna Y; Nancarrow H; Silove D; Fisher J, 2021, 'The Association between Intimate Partner Violence, Depression and Influenza-like Illness Experienced by Pregnant Women in Australia', Women, 1, pp. 192 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/women1040017

Hicks MHR; Mohsin M; Silove D; Fisher J; Moussa B; Steel Z; Nancarrow H; Nadar N; Klein L; Hasoun F; Yousif M; Khalil B; Krishna Y; Rees SJ, 2021, 'Attitudes towards gender roles and prevalence of intimate partner violence perpetrated against pregnant and postnatal women: Differences between women immigrants from conflict-affected countries and women born in Australia', PLoS ONE, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255105

Baker JR; Silove D; Horswood D; Al-Shammari A; Mohsin M; Rees S; Eapen V, 2021, 'Psychological distress, resettlement stress, and lower school engagement among Arabicspeaking refugee parents in Sydney, Australia: A cross-sectional cohort study', PLoS Medicine, 18, pp. e1003512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003512

Tay AK; Rees S; Kareth M; Mohsin M; Tam N; Silove D, 2021, 'Associations between family-level adversity and society-level trauma with emotional and behavioural problems amongst children of West Papuan refugees', European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 30, pp. 909 - 920, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-020-01569-6

Claire Greene M; Likindikoki S; Rees S; Bonz A; Kaysen D; Misinzo L; Njau T; Kiluwa S; Turner R; Ventevogel P; Mbwambo JKK; Tol WA, 2021, 'Evaluation of an integrated intervention to reduce psychological distress and intimate partner violence in refugees: Results from the Nguvu cluster randomized feasibility trial', PLoS ONE, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252982

Rees S; Wells R, 2020, 'Bushfires, COVID-19 and the urgent need for an Australian Task Force on gender, mental health and disaster', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 54, pp. 1135 - 1136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867420954276

Rees S; Fisher J, 2020, 'COVID-19 and the Mental Health of People From Refugee Backgrounds', International Journal of Health Services, 50, pp. 415 - 417, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020731420942475

Tay AK; Mung HK; Miah MAA; Balasundaram S; Ventevogel P; Badrudduza M; Khan S; Morgan K; Rees S; Mohsin M; Silove D, 2020, 'An Integrative Adapt Therapy for common mental health symptoms and adaptive stress amongst Rohingya, Chin, and Kachin refugees living in Malaysia: A randomized controlled trial', PLoS Medicine, 17, pp. e1003073, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/JOURNAL.PMED.1003073

Silove D; Mohsin M; Klein L; Tam NDJ; Dadds M; Eapen V; Tol WA; Da Costa Z; Savio E; Soares R; Steel Z; Rees SJ, 2020, 'Longitudinal path analysis of depressive symptoms and functioning among women of child-rearing age in postconflict Timor-Leste', BMJ Global Health, 5, pp. e002039, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002039

Tay AK; Rees S; Miah MAA; Khan S; Badrudduza M; Morgan K; Fadil Azim D; Balasundaram S; Silove D, 2019, 'Functional impairment as a proxy measure indicating high rates of trauma exposure, post-migration living difficulties, common mental disorders, and poor health amongst Rohingya refugees in Malaysia', Translational Psychiatry, 9, pp. 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41398-019-0537-z

Greene MC; Rees S; Likindikoki S; Bonz AG; Joscelyne A; Kaysen D; Nixon RDV; Njau T; Tankink MTA; Tiwari A; Ventevogel P; Mbwambo JKK; Tol WA, 2019, 'Developing an integrated intervention to address intimate partner violence and psychological distress in Congolese refugee women in Tanzania', Conflict and Health, 13, pp. 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13031-019-0222-0

Rees S; Simpson L; McCormack CA; Moussa B; Amanatidis S, 2019, 'Believe #metoo: Sexual violence and interpersonal disclosure experiences among women attending a sexual assault service in Australia: A mixed-methods study', BMJ Open, 9, pp. e026773, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026773

Tay AK; Rees S; Tam N; Kareth M; Silove D, 2019, 'Defining a combined constellation of complicated bereavement and PTSD and the psychosocial correlates associated with the pattern amongst refugees from West Papua', Psychological Medicine, 49, pp. 1481 - 1489, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291718002027

Tay AK; Mohsin M; Rees S; Tam N; Kareth M; Silove D, 2019, 'The structure and psychosocial correlates of complicated bereavement amongst refugees from West Papua', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 54, pp. 771 - 780, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-019-01666-1

Tay A; Miah MA; Khan S; Badrudduza M; Alam R; Balasundaram S; Rees S; Morgan K; Silove D, 2019, 'Implementing Integrative Adapt Therapy with Rohingya refugees in Malaysia: A training-implementation model involving lay counsellors', Intervention, 17, pp. 267 - 277, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/INTV.INTV_45_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

Horswood D; Baker J; Fazel M; Rees S; Heslop L; Silove D, 2019, 'School factors related to the emotional wellbeing and resettlement outcomes of students from refugee backgrounds: Protocol for a systematic review', Systematic Reviews, 8, pp. 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-019-1016-6

Tay AK; Rees S; Tam N; Kareth M; Silove D, 2019, 'Developing a measure of adaptive stress arising from the psychosocial disruptions experienced by refugees based on a sample of displaced persons from West Papua', International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 28, pp. e1770, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1770

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

Silove D; Rees S; Mohsin M; Tam N; Kareth M; Tay AK, 2018, 'Differentiating ICD-11 complex post-traumatic stress disorder from other common mental disorders based on levels of exposure to childhood adversities, the traumas of persecution and postmigration living difficulties among refugees from West Papua', BJPsych Open, 4, pp. 361 - 367, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2018.49

Tay AK; Mohsin M; Rees S; Tam N; Kareth M; Silove D, 2018, 'Factor structures of Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and PTSD in a community sample of refugees from West Papua', Comprehensive Psychiatry, 85, pp. 15 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2018.05.001

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

Reilly L; Rees S, 2018, 'Fatherhood in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: An Examination of Barriers and Opportunities to Strengthen the Male Parenting Role', American Journal of Men's Health, 12, pp. 420 - 430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988317735928

Tol WA; Rees SJ; Tay AK; Tam N; Saldanha Segurado ADC; da Costa ZM; da Costa Soares ES; da Costa Alves A; Martins N; Silove DM, 2018, 'Cohort Profile: Maternal mental health and child development in situations of past violent conflict and ongoing adversity: The DILI birth cohort study', International Journal of Epidemiology, 47, pp. 17 - 17h, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyw130

Bruhn M; Rees S; Mohsin M; Silove D; Carlsson J, 2018, 'The range and impact of postmigration stressors during treatment of trauma-affected refugees', Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 206, pp. 61 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000000774

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

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

Rees S; Mohsin M; Tay AK; Soares E; Tam N; da Costa Z; Tol W; Silove D, 2017, 'Associations between bride price stress and intimate partner violence amongst pregnant women in Timor-Leste', Globalization and Health, 13, pp. 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-017-0291-z

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; Rees SJ; Tam N; Savio E; Costa ZMD; Silove D, 2017, 'The Role of Trauma-Related Injustice in Pathways to Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Among Conjugal Couples: A Multilevel, Dyadic Analysis in Postconflict Timor-Leste', SAGE Open, 7, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244017723688

Silove D; Ventevogel P; Rees S, 2017, 'The contemporary refugee crisis: an overview of mental health challenges', World Psychiatry, 16, pp. 130 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wps.20438

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