By Professor Zachary Steel

Journal articles

Steel ZP; Chey T; Silove DM; Marnane CL; Bryant RA; Van ommeren M, 2009, 'Association of torture and other potentially traumatic events with mental health outcomes among populations exposed to mass conflict and displacement', JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 302, pp. 537 - 549, http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/302/5/537

Silove DM; Brooks RT; Steel CB; Steel ZP; Hewage K; Rodger J; Soosay I; Hewage , 2009, 'Explosive anger as a response to human rights violations in post-conflict Timor-Leste', Social Science and Medicine, 69, pp. 670 - 677, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.06.030

Nickerson AM; Bryant RA; Brooks RT; Steel ZP; Silove DM, 2009, 'Fear of cultural extinction and psychopathology among mandaean refugees: An exploratory path analysis', CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics, 15, pp. 227 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-5949.2009.00094.x

Steel ZP; Steel CB; Silove DM, 2009, 'Human rights and trauma model: Genuine partners or uneasy allies?', Journal of traumatic stress, 22, pp. 358 - 365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.20449

Steel ZP; Silove DM; Giao N; Phan TTB; Chey T; Whelan AM; Bauman A; Bryant RA, 2009, 'International and indigenous diagnoses of mental disorder among Vietnamese living in Vietnam and Australia', British Journal of Psychiatry, 194, pp. 326 - 333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.108.050906

Steel ZP; Silove DM, 2009, 'The Composite International Diagnostic Interview in low- and middle-income countries Reply', British Journal of Psychiatry, 195, pp. 178 - 179

Esposito CA; Steel ZP; Gioi TM; Huyen TTN; Tarantola D, 2009, 'The Prevalence of Depression Among Men Living With HIV Infection in Vietnam', American Journal of Public Health, 99, pp. S439 - S444, http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2008.155168

Newman L; Dudley MJ; Steel Z, 2008, 'Asylum, detention, and mental health in Australia', Refugee Survey Quarterly, 27, pp. 110 - 127

Silove DM; Bateman C; Brooks RT; Fonseca C; Steel ZP; Rodger J; Soosay I; Fox G; Patel V; Bauman A, 2008, 'Estimating clinically relevant mental disorders in a rural and an urban setting in postconflict Timor Leste', JAMA Psychiatry, 65, pp. 1205 - 1212

Merom D; Phongsavan P; Wagner R; Chey T; Marnane CL; Steel ZP; Silove DM; Bauman A, 2008, 'Promoting walking as an adjunct intervention to group cognitive behavioral therapy for an anxiety disorders - A pilot group randomized trial', Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22, pp. 959 - 968

Newman L; Steel ZP, 2008, 'The child asylum seeker: Psychological and developmental impact of immigration detention', Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 17, pp. 665 - 665, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chc.2008.02.009

Silove DM; Austin P; Steel ZP, 2007, 'No refugee from terror: The impact of detention on the mental health of trauma-effected refugees seeking asylum in Australia', Transcultural Psychiatry, 44, pp. 359 - 393, http://tps.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/44/3/359

Silove DM; Steel ZP; Susljik I; Frommer N; Loneragan C; Chey T; Brooks R; Le Touze D; Ceollo M; Smith M; Harris E; Bryant RA; Brooks , 2007, 'The impact of the refugee decision on the trajectory of PTSD, anxiety and depressive symptoms in asylum seekers: a longitudinal study', American Journal of Disater Medicine, 2, pp. 321 - 329, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18297952

Silove DM; Steel ZP; Bauman A; Chey T; McFarlane A, 2007, 'Trauma, PTSD and the longer-term mental health burden amongst Vietnamese refugees: a comparsion with the Australian-born population', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 42, pp. 467 - 476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-007-0194-z

Steel Z; McDonald R; Silove D; Bauman A; Sandford P; Herron J; Minas IH, 2006, 'Pathways to the first contact with specialist mental health care', AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, 40, pp. 347 - 354, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01801.x

Schweitzer R; Melville F; Steel Z; Lacherez P, 2006, 'Trauma, post-migration living difficulties, and social support as predictors of psychological adjustment in resettled Sudanese refugees', AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, 40, pp. 179 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01766.x

Momartin S; Steel ZP; Coello M; Aroche J; Silove DM; Brooks RT, 2006, 'A comparsion of the mental health of refugees with temporary versus permanent protection visas', Medical Journal of Australia, 185, pp. 357 - 361, http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/185_07_021006/mom10496_fm.pdf

Silove DM; Brooks RT; Steel ZP; Blaszczynski A; Hillman KM; Tyndall K; Blaszczynski , 2006, 'Can structured interviews for posttraumatic stress disorder assist clinical decision-making after motor vehicle accidents? An exploratory analysis', Comprehensive Psychiatry, 47, pp. 194 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.08.004

Brooks RT; Beard J; Steel ZP, 2006, 'Factor structure and interpretation of the K-10', Psychological Assessment, 18, pp. 62 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.18.1.62

Steel ZP; Silove DM; Brooks RT; Momartin S; Susljik I, 2006, 'Impact of immigration detention and temporary protection on the mental health of refugees', British Journal of Psychiatry, 188, pp. 58 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.104.007864

Steel ZP; McDonald R; Silove DM; Bauman A; Sandford P; Herron J; Minas IH, 2006, 'Pathways to the first contact with specialist mental health care', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, pp. 347 - 354, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01801.x

Silove DM; Steel ZP; Susljik I; Frommer N; Loneragan C; Brooks RT; Le Touze D; Manicavasagar VL; Ceollo M; Smith M; Harris E, 2006, 'Torture,Mental Health Status and the Outcomes of Refugee applications among recently arrived asylum seekers in Australia', International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, 2, pp. 4 - 14, http://pierprofessional.metapress.com/content/u8j532185248045l/

Schweitzer R; Melville F; Steel ZP; Lacherez P, 2006, 'Trauma, post-migration living difficulties, and social support as predictors of psychological adjustment in resettled Sudanese refugees', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, pp. 179 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01766.x

Silove DM; Steel ZP; Psychol M, 2006, 'Understanding community psychosocial needs after disasters: Implications for mental health services', JOURNAL OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE, 52, pp. 121 - 125, http://www.jpgmonline.com/text.asp?2006/52/2/121/25157

Boufous S; Silove DM; Bauman A; Steel ZP, 2005, 'Disability and health service utilisation associated with psychological distress: The influence of ethnicity', Mental Health Services Research, 7, pp. 171 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11020-005-5785-2

Blaszczynski A; Drobny J; Steel ZP; Blaszczynski , 2005, 'Home-based imaginal desensitisation in pathological gambling: Short-term outcomes', Behaviour Change, 22, pp. 13 - 21, http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=778820339397747;res=IELHEA

Steel ZP; Silove DM; Chey T; Bauman A; Phan T, 2005, 'Mental disorders, disability and health service use amongst Vietnamese refugees and the host Australian population', ACTA Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 111, pp. 300 - 309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2004.00458.x

Steel ZP; Silove DM; Giao N; Bateman C, 2005, 'Psychiatric epidemiology in post-conflict societies - Some Australian initiatives', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 39, pp. A151 - A151

Dudley MJ; Mares S; Newman L; Silove DM; Steel ZP; Jureidini J, 2005, 'Psychiatry and human rights: A symposium', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 39, pp. A118 - A118

Momartin S; Silove D; Manicavasagar V; Steel Z, 2004, 'Complicated grief in Bosnian refugees: Associations with posttraumatic stress disorder and depression', COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRY, 45, pp. 475 - 482, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.07.013

Phan T; Steel ZP; Silove DM, 2004, 'An Ethnographically derived measure of anxiety, depression and somatization: The Phan Vietnamese psychiatric scale', Transcultural Psychiatry, 41, pp. 200 - 232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363461504043565

Davidson N; Skull S; Burgner D; Kelly P; Raman S; Silove DM; Steel ZP; Vora R; Smith M, 2004, 'An issue of access: Delivering equitable health care for newly arrived refugee children in Australia', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13), 40, pp. 569 - 575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00466.x

Momartin S; Silove DM; Manicavasagar VL; Steel ZP, 2004, 'Comorbidity of PTSD and depression: associations with trauma exposure, symptom severity and functional impairment in Bosnian refugees resettled in Australia', Journal of Affective Disorders, 80, pp. 231 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-0327(03)00131-9

Momartin S; Silove DM; Manicavasagar VL; Steel ZP, 2004, 'Complicated grief in Bosnian refugees: Associations with posttraumatic stress disorder and depression', Comprehensive Psychiatry, 45, pp. 475 - 482, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.07.013

Davidson N; Skull S; Chaney G; Frydenberg A; Isaacs D; Kelly P; Lampropoulos B; Raman S; Silove DM; Buttery J; Smith M; Steel ZP; Burgner D, 2004, 'Comprehensive health assessment for newly arrived refugee children in Australia', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13), 40, pp. 562 - 568, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00465.x

Dudley M; Jureidini J; Mares S; Newman L; Phillips N; Powrie R; Rosen A; Silove D; Steel Z; Tennant C, 2004, 'Correspondence', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 38, pp. 978 - 979, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1614.2004.01502.x

Silove DM; Steel ZP, 2004, 'Down the abyss into torture: The road from September 11 to ABUGHRAIB prison', Refugee Transitions, 15, pp. 4 - 9

Dudley MJ; Jureidini J; Mares S; Newman L; Phillips N; Powrie R; Rosen A; Silove DM; Steel ZP, 2004, 'In Protest', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 38, pp. 978 - 979

Kenny M; Silove DM; Steel ZP, 2004, 'Legal and ethical implications of medically enforced feeding of detained asylum seekers on hunger strike', Medical Journal of Australia, 180, pp. 237 - 240, http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/180_05_010304/ken10552_fm.pdf

Steel ZP; Frommer N; Silove DM, 2004, 'Part I--The mental health impacts of migration: the law and its effects: Failing to understand: refugee determination and the traumatized applicant', International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 27, pp. 511 - 528, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2004.08.006

Kamau M; Silove DM; Steel ZP; Catanzaro R; Bateman C; Ekblad S, 2004, 'Psychiatric disorders in an African refugee camp', Intervention, International Journal of mental health, 2, pp. 84 - 89, http://www.interventionjournal.com/downloads/22pdf/084_089%20Kamau.pdf

Steel ZP; Momartin S; Bateman C; Hafshejani A; Silove DM; Everson N; Roy K; Dudley MJ; Newman L; Blick B; Mares S, 2004, 'Psychiatric status of asylum seeker families held for a protracted period in a remote detention centre in Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 28, pp. 527 - 536, http://www.mhcc.org.au/images/uploaded/Psychiatric%20status%20of%20asylum%20seeker%20families.pdf

Steel ZP; Silove DM, 2004, 'Science and the common good: Indefinite, non-reviewable mandatory detention of asylum seekers and the research imperative', Monash Bioethics Review, 23, pp. 93 - 103, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15688517

Steel ZP, 2004, 'When the welfare of children no longer matters', UNIKEN, 15, pp. 16 - 16, http://www.unsw.edu.au/news/pad/uniken/uniken0407/Uniken15.pdf

Momartin S; Silove DM; Manicavasagar VL; Steel ZP, 2003, 'Dimensions of trauma assocaiated with posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD caseness, severity and functional impairment: a study of Bosnian refugees resettled in Australia', Social Science and Medicine, 57, pp. 775 - 781, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00452-5

Silove D; Coello M; Tang K; Aroche J; Soares M; Lingam R; Chaussivert M; Manicavasagar V; Steel Z, 2002, 'Towards a Researcher-Advocacy Model for Asylum Seekers: A Pilot Study Amongst East Timorese Living in Australia', Transcultural Psychiatry, 39, pp. 452 - 468, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363461502039004491

Ruddock P; Sultan A; O'Sullivan K; Silove DM; Steel Z; Halasz G; Block M; Petchkovsky L; Cooper H; Achimovich L; Adlard S; Balint E; Blom G; Bruxner G; Carne J; Chazan R; Firestone A; Grant DC; Lancaster J; Lawrence J; Leonard D; Lonie D; Lonie I; McGlade F; New H; Quadrio C; Randles J; Taryan S; Wigg P; Graves D; Van Der Weyden MB; Armstrong RM; Randall HM, 2002, 'Asylum seekers and healthcare (multiple letters)', Medical Journal of Australia, 176, pp. 85 - 87

Silove DM; Steel ZP, 2002, 'Asylum seekers and healthcare', Medical Journal of Australia, 176, pp. 86 - 86, http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/176_02_210102/matters.pdf

Steel ZP; Silove DM; Phan T; Bauman A, 2002, 'Long-term effect of psychological trauma on the mental health of Vietnamese refugees resettled in Australia: a population-based study', Lancet, 360, pp. 1056 - 1062, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11142-1

Momartin S; Silove DM; Manicavasagar VL; Steel ZP, 2002, 'Range and Dimensions of Trauma Experienced by Bosnian Refugees Resettled in Australia', Australian Psychologist, 37, pp. 149 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00050060210001706806

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