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2025

Journal Article

Comprehensive care processes for substance use disorders in adult mental health services: A systematic review

Reilly, John, Meurk, Carla, Sara, Grant E and Heffernan, Ed (2025). Comprehensive care processes for substance use disorders in adult mental health services: A systematic review. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59 (3), 209-223. doi: 10.1177/00048674241312790

Comprehensive care processes for substance use disorders in adult mental health services: A systematic review

2025

Journal Article

Prevalence and factors associated with polypharmacy in military and veteran populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Raut, Sanket, Mellor, Rebecca, Meurk, Carla, Lam, Michael, Lane, Jonathan, Khoo, Andrew, Cronin, Andrew, Smith, Steve, Heffernan, Ed and Johnson, Luke (2025). Prevalence and factors associated with polypharmacy in military and veteran populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 369, 411-420. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.10.025

Prevalence and factors associated with polypharmacy in military and veteran populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2025

Journal Article

The risk of repeated self-harm and suicide after emergency department presentation with self-harm in mental health presenters: a retrospective cohort study with data linkage in Queensland, Australia

Pellatt, Richard A.F., Painter, David R., Young, Jesse T., Kõlves, Kairi, Keijzers, Gerben, Kinner, Stuart A., Heffernan, Ed and Crilly, Julia (2025). The risk of repeated self-harm and suicide after emergency department presentation with self-harm in mental health presenters: a retrospective cohort study with data linkage in Queensland, Australia. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 54 101263, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101263

The risk of repeated self-harm and suicide after emergency department presentation with self-harm in mental health presenters: a retrospective cohort study with data linkage in Queensland, Australia

2024

Journal Article

The use of a digital wellbeing app (Stay Strong App) with Indigenous people in prison: a randomized controlled trial

Perdacher, Elke, Kavanagh, David, Sheffield, Jeanie, Dale, Penny and Heffernan, Edward (2024). The use of a digital wellbeing app (Stay Strong App) with Indigenous people in prison: a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Mental Health, 11 e53280, 1-16. doi: 10.2196/53280

The use of a digital wellbeing app (Stay Strong App) with Indigenous people in prison: a randomized controlled trial

2024

Journal Article

The concept of distress–widely used but what does it mean for individuals working in the construction industry?

Wittenhagen, Lisa, Gullestrup, Jorgen, Doran, Chris M., Brimelow, Rachel, Thompson, Nicholas, Heffernan, Edward and Meurk, Carla S. (2024). The concept of distress–widely used but what does it mean for individuals working in the construction industry?. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 40 (3), 350-368. doi: 10.1080/15555240.2024.2356799

The concept of distress–widely used but what does it mean for individuals working in the construction industry?

2024

Journal Article

Suicide and suicidality in Australian Defence Force veterans: A systematic scoping review

Oltvolgyi, Csongor G., Meurk, Carla and Heffernan, Ed (2024). Suicide and suicidality in Australian Defence Force veterans: A systematic scoping review. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58 (9), 760-774. doi: 10.1177/00048674241246443

Suicide and suicidality in Australian Defence Force veterans: A systematic scoping review

2024

Journal Article

Supporting equitable care of patients transferred from police watch-houses to the emergency department: A qualitative study of the perspectives of emergency doctors

Brandenburg, Caitlin, Thomas, Stuart D. M., Lincoln, Cathy, Somerville, Annabel, Heffernan, Ed, Kinner, Stuart A., Byrnes, Joshua, Gardiner, Paul, Davidson, Peter, Daley, Nathan, Green, David and Crilly, Julia (2024). Supporting equitable care of patients transferred from police watch-houses to the emergency department: A qualitative study of the perspectives of emergency doctors. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 36 (4), 616-627. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14408

Supporting equitable care of patients transferred from police watch-houses to the emergency department: A qualitative study of the perspectives of emergency doctors

2024

Journal Article

A cohort profile of children and adolescents who had a suicide‐related contact with police or paramedics in Queensland (Australia)

Wittenhagen, Lisa, Hielscher, Emily, Meurk, Carla S., Scott, James G., Steele, Megan L., Bosley, Emma, Watson, Shelby and Heffernan, Ed (2024). A cohort profile of children and adolescents who had a suicide‐related contact with police or paramedics in Queensland (Australia). Emergency Medicine Australasia, 36 (4), 520-526. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14392

A cohort profile of children and adolescents who had a suicide‐related contact with police or paramedics in Queensland (Australia)

2024

Journal Article

Police negotiators and suicide crisis situations: a mixed-methods examination of incident details, characteristics of individuals and precipitating factors

Steele, Megan L., Wittenhagen, Lisa, Meurk, Carla, Phillips, Jane, Clugston, Bobbie, Heck, Peter, Waterson, Elissa and Heffernan, Ed (2024). Police negotiators and suicide crisis situations: a mixed-methods examination of incident details, characteristics of individuals and precipitating factors. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 31 (4), 748-763. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2023.2206878

Police negotiators and suicide crisis situations: a mixed-methods examination of incident details, characteristics of individuals and precipitating factors

2024

Journal Article

Physical health and activity of inpatients under forensic mental health care: a cross-sectional survey and audit of patients in a high secure setting in Queensland, Australia

Moss, Katherine, Meurk, Carla, Steele, Megan L. and Heffernan, Ed (2024). Physical health and activity of inpatients under forensic mental health care: a cross-sectional survey and audit of patients in a high secure setting in Queensland, Australia. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 23 (1), 12-23. doi: 10.1080/14999013.2022.2154872

Physical health and activity of inpatients under forensic mental health care: a cross-sectional survey and audit of patients in a high secure setting in Queensland, Australia

2024

Journal Article

Persons with mental disorders and suicidality in crisis or high-risk situations involving police negotiation: a systematic review

Clugston, Bobbie, Meurk, Carla, Harris, Meredith, Burgess, Philip and Heffernan, Ed (2024). Persons with mental disorders and suicidality in crisis or high-risk situations involving police negotiation: a systematic review. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 31 (1), 57-75. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2023.2175066

Persons with mental disorders and suicidality in crisis or high-risk situations involving police negotiation: a systematic review

2023

Journal Article

Our Ways, Your Ways, Both Ways – a multi-disciplinary collaboration to develop, embed and evaluate a model of social and emotional wellbeing care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people who experience detention – Phase 1

Dale, Penny R., Meurk, Carla, Williams, Megan, Watson, Marshall, Steele, Megan L., Wittenhagen, Lisa, Harden, Scott, Stathis, Stephen, Scott, James G., Kinner, Stuart and Heffernan, Ed (2023). Our Ways, Your Ways, Both Ways – a multi-disciplinary collaboration to develop, embed and evaluate a model of social and emotional wellbeing care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people who experience detention – Phase 1. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14 1207103, 1-15. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1207103

Our Ways, Your Ways, Both Ways – a multi-disciplinary collaboration to develop, embed and evaluate a model of social and emotional wellbeing care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people who experience detention – Phase 1

2023

Journal Article

Police perspectives on the economic considerations of providing healthcare in short-term custodial settings in Australia

Brandenburg, Caitlin, Crilly, Julia, Thomas, Stuart, Gardiner, Paul, Kinner, Stuart A., Heffernan, Ed, Lincoln, Cathy, Somerville, Annabel, Davidson, Peter, Wilson, Daniel, Green, David and Byrnes, Joshua (2023). Police perspectives on the economic considerations of providing healthcare in short-term custodial settings in Australia. Medicine, Science and the Law, 64 (3), 217-223. doi: 10.1177/00258024231198915

Police perspectives on the economic considerations of providing healthcare in short-term custodial settings in Australia

2023

Journal Article

Australian Defence Force Centre for Mental Health Second Opinion Clinic – first ten years of operation

Wallace, Duncan, Meurk, Carla, Moss, Andrew and Heffernan, Ed (2023). Australian Defence Force Centre for Mental Health Second Opinion Clinic – first ten years of operation. Australasian Psychiatry, 31 (5), 669-673. doi: 10.1177/10398562231190780

Australian Defence Force Centre for Mental Health Second Opinion Clinic – first ten years of operation

2023

Journal Article

Sexual knowledge of Queensland forensic mental health patients: A cross-sectional quantitative study

Brand, Elnike, Tham, Ching, Ratsch, Angela and Heffernan, Edward (2023). Sexual knowledge of Queensland forensic mental health patients: A cross-sectional quantitative study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14 1160277, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1160277

Sexual knowledge of Queensland forensic mental health patients: A cross-sectional quantitative study

2023

Journal Article

Bipolar disorder in the Australian Defence Force: estimating prevalence from Defence Electronic Health System Records

Wallace, D., Heffernan, E., Meurk, C., McKay, D. and Jones, C. Nas (2023). Bipolar disorder in the Australian Defence Force: estimating prevalence from Defence Electronic Health System Records. Journal of Military and Veterans Health, 31 (2), 13-21.

Bipolar disorder in the Australian Defence Force: estimating prevalence from Defence Electronic Health System Records

2023

Journal Article

Substance use disorder screening and brief intervention in routine clinical practice in specialist adult mental health services: a systematic review

Reilly, John, Meurk, Carla, Heffernan, Ed and Sara, Grant (2023). Substance use disorder screening and brief intervention in routine clinical practice in specialist adult mental health services: a systematic review. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57 (6), 1-18. doi: 10.1177/00048674221148394

Substance use disorder screening and brief intervention in routine clinical practice in specialist adult mental health services: a systematic review

2022

Journal Article

Understanding and enhancing responses to distress in the construction industry: protocol for a data linkage study

Wittenhagen, Lisa, Doran, Christopher, Brady, John, Heffernan, Edward and Meurk, Carla (2022). Understanding and enhancing responses to distress in the construction industry: protocol for a data linkage study. BMJ Open, 12 (12) e061695, 1-7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061695

Understanding and enhancing responses to distress in the construction industry: protocol for a data linkage study

2022

Journal Article

The sexuality and sexual experiences of forensic mental health patients: An integrative review of the literature

Brand, Elnike, Ratsch, Angela, Nagaraj, Dinesh and Heffernan, Edward (2022). The sexuality and sexual experiences of forensic mental health patients: An integrative review of the literature. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13 975577, 1-13. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.975577

The sexuality and sexual experiences of forensic mental health patients: An integrative review of the literature

2022

Journal Article

Association between contact with mental health and substance use services and reincarceration after release from prison

Thomas, Emma G., Spittal, Matthew J., Taxman, Faye S., Puljević, Cheneal, Heffernan, Edward B. and Kinner, Stuart A. (2022). Association between contact with mental health and substance use services and reincarceration after release from prison. PLoS One, 17 (9) e0272870, 1-15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272870

Association between contact with mental health and substance use services and reincarceration after release from prison