Overview
Background
Carmen is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow at the National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research. She is passionate about understanding why young people start using substances and dedicated to advance public health through her research. She leads a research program focused on the etiology of youth vaping and drug use, using social media data for surveillance to track trends and tackle emerging challenges. Carmen is also interested in exploring the disparities in substance use in low- and middle-income countries where she aims to deepen her understanding of substance use patterns and develop effective preventative initiatives, striving to create equitable solutions that address the unique challenges faced in these region.
Carmen has qualifications in biostatistics, public health and epidemiology and experiences in teaching and mentoring. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers in addiction and mental health (Google Scholar: >8.8K citations, h-index = 37, 31% output in top 10% citation percentile). She has supported and mentored students from diverse demographic and cultural backgrounds. She’s on the lookout for self-driven, curious students with backgrounds in public health, psychology, epidemiology, or statistics to join her team.
Availability
- Dr Carmen Lim is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy of Psychology, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Substance Use
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Mental health
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Social media
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Digital advertising
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Biostatistics
Works
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2018
Journal Article
The associations between psychotic experiences, and substance use and substance use disorders: Findings from the World Health Organisation World Mental Health Surveys
Degenhardt, Louisa, Saha, Sukanta, Lim, Carmen C. W., Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio, Al-Hamzawi, Ali, Alonso, Jordi, Andrade, Laura H., Bromet, Evelyn J., Bruffaerts, Ronny, Caldas-de-Almeida, José M., de Girolamo, Giovanni, Florescu, Silvia, Gureje, Oye, Haro, Josep M., Karam, Elie G., Karam, Georges, Kovess-Masfety, Viviane, Lee, Sing, Lepine, Jean-Pierre, Makanjuola, Victor, Medina-Mora, Maria E., Mneimneh, Zeina, Navarro-Mateu, Fernando, Piazza, Marina, Posada-Villa, José, Sampson, Nancy A., Scott, Kate M., Stagnaro, Juan C., Ten Have, Margreet ... WHO World Mental Health Survey Collaborators (2018). The associations between psychotic experiences, and substance use and substance use disorders: Findings from the World Health Organisation World Mental Health Surveys. Addiction (Abingdon, England), 113 (5), 924-934. doi: 10.1111/add.14145
2018
Journal Article
Psychotic experiences and religiosity: data from the WHO world mental health surveys
Kovess-Masfety, V., Saha, S., Lim, C. C. W., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Al-Hamzawi, A., Alonso, J., Borges, G., de Girolamo, G., de Jonge, P., Demyttenaere, K., Florescu, S., Haro, J. M., Hu, C., Karam, E. G., Kawakami, N., Lee, S., Lepine, J. P., Navarro-Mateu, F., Stagnaro, J. C., Ten Have, M., Viana, M. C., Kessler, R. C., McGrath, J. J. and WHO World Mental Health Survey Collaborators (2018). Psychotic experiences and religiosity: data from the WHO world mental health surveys. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 137 (4), 306-315. doi: 10.1111/acps.12859
2018
Conference Publication
Randomised controlled trial of social cognition interaction training
Dark, Frances, Scott, James, Baker, Andrea, Parker, Stephen, Gordon, Anne, Newman, Ellie, Gore-Jones, Victoria, Saha, Sukanta, Lim, Carmen and Penn, David (2018). Randomised controlled trial of social cognition interaction training. 6th Biennial Conference of the Schizophrenia-International-Research-Society (SIRS), Florence Italy, 4-8 April 2018. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
2018
Book Chapter
Panic disorder and panic attacks
de Jonge, Peter, Roest, Annelieke M., Lim, Carmen C. W., Levinson, Daphna and Scott, Kate M. (2018). Panic disorder and panic attacks. Mental disorders around the world: facts and figures from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. (pp. 93-105) edited by Kate M. Scott, Peter de Jonge, Dan J. Stein and Ronald C. Kessler. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781316336168.007
2018
Book Chapter
Psychotic experiences
McGrath, John J., Saha, Sukanta, Lim, Carmen C. W., Gureje, Oye and Florescu, Silvia (2018). Psychotic experiences. Mental disorders around the world: facts and figures from the WHO World Mental Health surveys. (pp. 286-296) edited by Kate M. Scott, Peter de Jonge, Dan J. Stein and Ronald C. Kessler. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781316336168.019
2018
Book Chapter
Agoraphobia
Roest, Annelieke M., de Jonge, Peter, Lim, Carmen C. W., Stein, Dan J., Medina-Mora, Maria Elena and Scott, Kate M. (2018). Agoraphobia. Mental disorders around the world: facts and figures from the WHO World Mental Health surveys. (pp. 106-119) edited by Kate M. Scott, Peter de Jonge, Dan J. Stein and Ronald C. Kessler. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781316336168.008
2018
Book Chapter
Intermittent explosive disorder
Scott, Kate M., Lim, Carmen C. W., Al-Hamzawi, Ali and Alonso, Jordi (2018). Intermittent explosive disorder. Mental disorders around the world: facts and figures from the WHO World Mental Health surveys. (pp. 182-194) edited by Kate M. Scott, Peter de Jonge, Dan J. Stein and Ronald C. Kessler. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781316336168.013
2018
Conference Publication
Randomized controlled trial of social cognition interaction training
Dark, F., Scott, J. G., Baker, A., Parker, S., Gordon, A., Newman, E., Gore-Jones, V., Saha, S., Lim, C. C. W. and Penn, D. (2018). Randomized controlled trial of social cognition interaction training. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists RANZCP 2018 Congress, Auckland, New Zealand, 13-17 May 2018. London, United Kingdom: Sage.
2017
Journal Article
The cross-national structure of mental disorders: results from the World Mental Health Surveys
de Jonge, Peter, Wardenaar, Klaas J., Lim, Carmen, Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio, Alonso, Jordi, Andrade, Laura Helena, Bunting, Brendan, Chatterji, Somnath, Ciutan, Marius, Gureje, Oye, Karam, Elie G., Lee, Sing, Medina-More, Maria Elena, Moskalewicz, Jacek, Navarro-Mateu, Fernando, Pennell, Beth-Ellen, Piazza, Marina, Posada-Villa, Jose, Torres, Yolanda, Kessler, Ronald and Scott, Kate (2017). The cross-national structure of mental disorders: results from the World Mental Health Surveys. Psychological Medicine, 48 (12), 1-12. doi: 10.1017/S0033291717003610
2017
Journal Article
Trauma and psychotic experiences: transnational data from the World Mental Health Survey
McGrath, John J., Saha, Sukanta, Lim, Carmen C. W., Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio, Alonso, Jordi, Andrade, Laura H., Bromet, Evelyn J., Bruffaerts, Ronny, de Almeida, José M. Caldas, Cardoso, Graça, de Girolamo, Giovanni, Fayyad, John, Florescu, Silvia, Gureje, Oye, Haro, Josep M., Kawakami, Norito, Medina-Mora, Karestan C., Navarro-Mateu, Fernando, Ojagbemi, Akin, Posada-Villa, Jose, Sampson, Nancy, Scott, Kate M., Tachimori, Hisateru, ten Have, Margreet, Kendler, Kenneth S. and Kessler, Ronald C. (2017). Trauma and psychotic experiences: transnational data from the World Mental Health Survey. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 211 (5), 1-8. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.117.205955
2017
Journal Article
Prior mental disorders and subsequent onset of chronic back or neck pain: findings from 19 countries
Viana, Maria Carmen, Lim, Carmen C. W., Pereira, Flavia Garcia, Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio, Alonso, Jordi, Bruffaerts, Ronny, de Jonge, Peter, Caldas-de-Almeida, Jose Miguel, O'Neill, Siobhan, Stein, Dan J., Al-Hamzawi, Ali, Benjet, Corina, Cardoso, Graça, Florescu, Silvia and de Girolamo, Giovanni (2017). Prior mental disorders and subsequent onset of chronic back or neck pain: findings from 19 countries. Journal of Pain, 19 (1), 99-110. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2017.08.011
2017
Journal Article
Association Between Psychotic Experiences and Subsequent Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors: A Cross-National Analysis From the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.
Bromet, Evelyn J., Nock, Matthew K., Saha, Sukanta, Lim, Carmen, Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio, Al-Hamzawi, Ali, Alonso, Jordi, Borge, Guilherme, Bruffaerts, Ronny, Degenhardt, Louisa, de Girolamo, Giovanni, de Jonge, Peter, Florescu, Silvia, Gureje, Oye, Haro, Josep M., He, Yanling, Hu, Chiyi, Karam, Elie G., Kovess-Masfety, Viviane, Lee, Sing, Lepine, Jean-Pierre, Mneimneh, Zeina, Navarro-Mateu, Fernando, Ojagbemi, Akin, Posada-Villa, José, Sampson, Nancy A., Scott, Kate M., Stagnaro, Juan C., Viana, Maria C. ... for the World Health Organization World Mental Health Survey Collaborators (2017). Association Between Psychotic Experiences and Subsequent Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors: A Cross-National Analysis From the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.. JAMA Psychiatry, 74 (11), 1136-1144. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.2647
2017
Journal Article
The cross-national epidemiology of social anxiety disorder: Data from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative
Stein, Dan J ., Lim, Carmen, Roest, Annelieke M., de Jonge, Peter, Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio, Al-Hamzawi, Ali, Alonso, Jordi, Benjet, Corina, Bromet, Evelyn J., Bruffaert, Ronny, de Girolamo, Giovanni, Florescu, Silvia, Gureje, Oye, Haro, Josep Maria, Harris, Meredith G., He, Yanling, Hinkov, Hristo, Horiguchi, Itsuko, Hu, Chiyi, Karam, Aimee, Karam, Elie G., Lee, Sing, Lepine, Jean-Pierre, Navarro-Mateu, Fernando, Pennell, Beth-Ellen, Piazza, Marina, Posada-Villa, Jose, ten Have, Margreet, Torres, Yolanda ... WHO World Mental Health Survey Collaborators (2017). The cross-national epidemiology of social anxiety disorder: Data from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative. BMC Medicine, 15 (1) 143, 143. doi: 10.1186/s12916-017-0889-2
2017
Journal Article
The association between psychotic experiences and disability: results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
Navarro-Mateu, F., Alonso, J., Lim, C. C. W. , Saha, S. , Aguilar-Gaxiola, S. , Al-Hamzawi, A. , Andrade, L. H., Bromet, E. J., Bruffaerts, R., Chatterji, S., Degenhardt, L., de Girolamo, G., de Jonge, P., Fayyad, J., Florescu, S., Gureje, O., Haro, J. M., Hu, C., Karam, E. G., Kovess-Masfety, V., Lee, S., Medina-Mora, M. E., Ojagbemi, A., Pennell, B. -E., Piazza, M., Posada-Villa, J., Scott, K. M., Stagnaro, J. C., Xavier, M. ... McGrath, J. J. (2017). The association between psychotic experiences and disability: results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 136 (1), 74-84. doi: 10.1111/acps.12749
2017
Journal Article
Fear and distress disorders as predictors of heart disease: A temporal perspective
Roest, A. M., de Jonge, P., Lim, C. W. W., Stein, D. J., Al-Hamzawi, A., Alonso, J., Benjet, C., Bruffaerts, R., Bunting, B., Caldas-de-Almeida, J. M., Ciutan, M., de Girolamo, G., Hu, C., Levinson, D., Nakamura, Y., Navarro-Mateu, F., Piazza, M., Posada-Villa, J., Torres, Y., Wojtyniak, B., Kessler, R. C. and Scott, K. M. (2017). Fear and distress disorders as predictors of heart disease: A temporal perspective. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 96, 67-75. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2017.03.015
2017
Journal Article
Cross-sectional comparison of the epidemiology of DSM-5 generalized anxiety disorder across the globe
Ruscio, Ayelet Meron, Hallion, Lauren S., Lim, Carmen C. W., Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio, Al-Hamzawi, Ali, Alonso, Jordi, Andrade, Laura Helena, Borges, Guilherme, Bromet, Evelyn J., Bunting, Brendan, de Almeida, Jose Miguel Caldas, Demyttenaere, Koen, Florescu, Silvia, de Girolamo, Giovanni, Gureje, Oye, Haro, Josep Maria, He, Yanling, Hinkov, Hristo, Hu, Chiyi, de Jonge, Peter, Karam, Elie G., Lee, Sing, Lepine, Jean-Pierre, Levinson, Daphna, Mneimneh, Zeina, Navarro-Mateu, Fernando, Posada-Villa, Jose, Slade, Tim, Stein, Dan J. ... Scott, Kate M. (2017). Cross-sectional comparison of the epidemiology of DSM-5 generalized anxiety disorder across the globe. JAMA Psychiatry, 74 (5), 465-475. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.0056
2017
Journal Article
Posttraumatic stress disorder in the World Mental Health Surveys
Koenen, K. C., Ratanatharathorn, A., Ng, L., McLaughlin, K. A., Bromet, E. J., Stein, D. J., Karam, E. G., Meron Ruscio, A., Benjet, C., Scott, K., Atwoli, L., Petukhova, M., Lim, C. C. W., Aguilar-Gaxiola. S., Al-Hamzawi, A., Alonso, J., Bunting, B., Ciutan, M., de Girolamo, G., Degenhardt, L., Gureje, O., Haro, J. M., Huang, Y., Kawakami, N., Lee, S., Navarro-Mateu, F., Pennell, B.-E., Piazza, M., Sampson, N. ... Kessler, R. C. (2017). Posttraumatic stress disorder in the World Mental Health Surveys. Psychological Medicine, 47 (13), 1-15. doi: 10.1017/S0033291717000708
2017
Journal Article
The cross-national epidemiology of specific phobia in the World Mental Health Surveys
Wardenaar, K. J., Lim, C. C. W., Al-Hamzawi, A. O., Alonso, J., Andrade, L .H., Benjet, C., Bunting, B., de Girolamo, G., Demytthenaere, K., Florescu, S. E., Gureje, O., Hisateru, T., Hu, C., Huang, Y., Karam, E., Kiejna, A., Lepine, J. P., Navarro-Mateu, F., Oakley Browne, M., Piazza, M., Posada-Villa, J., ten Have, M. L., Torres, Y., Xavier, M., Zarkov, Z., Kessler, R. C., Scott, K. M. and de Jonge, P. (2017). The cross-national epidemiology of specific phobia in the World Mental Health Surveys. Psychological Medicine, 47 (10), 1-17. doi: 10.1017/S0033291717000174
2017
Journal Article
The association between childhood adversities and subsequent first onset of psychotic experiences: a cross-national analysis of 23 998 respondents from 17 countries
McGrath, J. J., McLaughlin, K. A., Saha, S., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Al-Hamzawi, A., Alonso, J., Bruffaerts, R., de Girolamo, G., de Jonge, P., Esan, O., Florescu, S., Gureje, O., Haro, J. M., Hu, C., Karam, E. G., Kovess-Masfety, V., Lee, S., Lepine, J. P., Lim, C. C. W., Medina-Mora, M. E., Mneimneh, Z., Pennell, B. E., Piazza, M., Posada-Villa, J., Sampson, N., Viana, M. C., Xavier, M., Bromet, E. J., Kendler, K. S. and Kessler, R. C. (2017). The association between childhood adversities and subsequent first onset of psychotic experiences: a cross-national analysis of 23 998 respondents from 17 countries. Psychological Medicine, 47 (7), 1-16. doi: 10.1017/S0033291716003263
2017
Book Chapter
Generalized anxiety disorder
Ruscio, Ayelet Meron, Hallion, Lauren S., Demyttenaere, Koen, Lee, Sing and Lim, Carmen C. W. (2017). Generalized anxiety disorder. Mental disorders around the world: Facts and figures from the WHO world mental health surveys. (pp. 79-92) edited by Kate M. Scott, Peter de Jonge, Dan J. Stein and Ronald C. Kessler. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781316336168.006
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Carmen Lim is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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The Impact of Social Media Advertising on Youth Perceptions of Vaping
This PhD project aims to assess how targeted advertising on social media platforms affects youth perceptions of vaping. A mixed-methods approach could be used to analyze both quantitative and qualitative data.
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Understanding the Biopsychosocial Impact of Vaping on Adolescent Mental Health
This research could take a comprehensive approach, examining the biological, psychological, and social factors that link vaping to mental health outcomes in youth.
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Social Media Advertising on Youth Perceptions of Vaping
This PhD project aims to assess how targeted advertising on social media platforms affects youth perceptions of vaping. A mixed-methods approach could be used to analyze both quantitative and qualitative data.
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Understanding the Biopsychosocial Impact of Vaping on Adolescent Mental Health
This research could take a comprehensive approach, examining the biological, psychological, and social factors that link vaping to mental health outcomes in youth.
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Social Media Advertising on Youth Perceptions of Vaping
This PhD project aims to assess how targeted advertising on social media platforms affects youth perceptions of vaping. A mixed-methods approach could be used to analyze both quantitative and qualitative data.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Digital Deterrence: Exploring innovative social media interventions to curtail youth vaping
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jason Connor, Professor Coral Gartner
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Doctor Philosophy
Population-level of substance use and health outcomes
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Gary Chung Kai Chan, Professor Leanne Hides, Associate Professor Janni Leung
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Doctor Philosophy
Enhancing self-confidence in school-aged adolescents for prevention impulsive behaviors (substance addiction, risky sexual behavior, gambling and internet addiction) and mental illnesses
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Gary Chung Kai Chan, Professor Leanne Hides, Associate Professor Janni Leung
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Doctor Philosophy
The influence of social media upon alcohol use: An investigation of effects and mechanisms
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Gary Chung Kai Chan, Professor Jason Connor
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Doctor Philosophy
The influence of social media upon alcohol use: An investigation of effects and mechanisms
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Gary Chung Kai Chan, Professor Jason Connor
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