Overview
Background
Dr Byrne completed a PhD and Masters of Clinical Psychology in child anxiety at Macquarie University in 2015. Since then, he has held postdoctoral positions at Yale, Westmead Hospital Psychiatry and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Drug Health in Sydney, Australia. Since 2021 he has been a Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at University of Queensland. His research has focused on unconventional use of psychiatric drugs to treat mental disorders, treatments for anxiety and treatments for children.
Availability
- Dr Simon Byrne is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, University of New South Wales
- Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), University of Sydney
- Masters (Coursework), Macquarie University
- Doctor of Philosophy, Macquarie University
Works
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2021
Conference Publication
Prevalence, risk correlates and health comorbidities of insomnia in U.S. military veterans: results from the 2019-2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study
Byrne, S. (2021). Prevalence, risk correlates and health comorbidities of insomnia in U.S. military veterans: results from the 2019-2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Australian Association for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Conference, Fremantle, WA Australia, 28-29 October 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Pushing the boundaries of mobile health for mental health: activity trackers to manage agitation in an acute psychiatric unit
Byrne, S. (2021). Pushing the boundaries of mobile health for mental health: activity trackers to manage agitation in an acute psychiatric unit. Digital Health Week 2021, Virtual, February 2021.
2021
Journal Article
Prevalence, risk correlates, and health comorbidities of insomnia in US military veterans: results from the 2019-2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study
Byrne, Simon P., McCarthy, Elissa, DeViva, Jason C., Southwick, Steven M. and Pietrzak, Robert H. (2021). Prevalence, risk correlates, and health comorbidities of insomnia in US military veterans: results from the 2019-2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 17 (6), 1267-1277. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.9182
2020
Journal Article
Integrating a mobile health device into a community youth mental health team to manage severe mental illness: protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Byrne, Simon, Kotze, Beth, Ramos, Fabio, Casties, Achim, Starling, Jean and Harris, Anthony (2020). Integrating a mobile health device into a community youth mental health team to manage severe mental illness: protocol for a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 9 (11) 19510, e19510. doi: 10.2196/19510
2020
Journal Article
Using a mobile health device to manage severe mental illness in the community: what is the potential and what are the challenges?
Byrne, Simon, Kotze, Beth, Ramos, Fabio, Casties, Achim and Harris, Anthony (2020). Using a mobile health device to manage severe mental illness in the community: what is the potential and what are the challenges?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 54 (10), 964-969. doi: 10.1177/0004867420945782
2020
Conference Publication
Integrating mobile health devices into a youth mental health team: feasibility and preliminary results of the unWIRED project.
Byrne, S. (2020). Integrating mobile health devices into a youth mental health team: feasibility and preliminary results of the unWIRED project.. eHealth@Sydney Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, February 2020.
2019
Conference Publication
Integrating personal health devices into a youth mental health team: the unWIRED Project
Byrne, S. (2019). Integrating personal health devices into a youth mental health team: the unWIRED Project. Society of Mental Health Research, Melbourne, VIC Australia, December 2019.
2019
Journal Article
Cue exposure therapy for alcohol use disorders: what can be learned from exposure therapy for anxiety disorders?
Byrne, Simon P., Haber, Paul, Baillie, Andrew, Giannopolous, Vickie and Morley, Kirsten (2019). Cue exposure therapy for alcohol use disorders: what can be learned from exposure therapy for anxiety disorders?. Substance Use and Misuse, 54 (12), 2053-2063. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2019.1618328
2019
Journal Article
Systematic reviews of mindfulness and acceptance and commitment therapy for alcohol use disorder: Should we be using Third Wave Therapies?
Byrne, Simon P., Haber, Paul, Baillie, Andrew, Costa, Daniel S.J., Fogliati, Vincent and Morley, Kirsten (2019). Systematic reviews of mindfulness and acceptance and commitment therapy for alcohol use disorder: Should we be using Third Wave Therapies?. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 54 (2), 159-166. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agy089
2019
Journal Article
Latent typologies of DSM-5 PTSD symptoms in U.S. military veterans
Byrne, Simon P., Harpaz-Rotem, Ilan, Tsai, Jack, Southwick, Steven M. and Pietrzak, Robert H. (2019). Latent typologies of DSM-5 PTSD symptoms in U.S. military veterans. Psychiatry Research, 273, 266-273. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.12.094
2019
Journal Article
Facial emotion recognition during pregnancy: examining the effects of facial age and affect
Byrne, Simon P., Mayo, Alexandria, O'Hair, Cayla, Zankman, Melissa, Austin, Grace M., Thompson-Booth, Chloe, McCrory, Eamon J., Mayes, Linda C. and Rutherford, Helena J.V. (2019). Facial emotion recognition during pregnancy: examining the effects of facial age and affect. Infant Behavior and Development, 54, 108-113. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2018.09.008
2019
Journal Article
Translating evidence-based practice for managing comorbid substance use and mental illness using a multimodal training package
Louie, Eva, Giannopoulos, Vicki, Baillie, Andrew, Uribe, Gabriela, Byrne, Simon, Deady, Mark, Teesson, Maree, Baker, Amanda, Haber, Paul S. and Morley, Kirsten C. (2019). Translating evidence-based practice for managing comorbid substance use and mental illness using a multimodal training package. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 14 (2), 111-119. doi: 10.1080/15504263.2018.1437496
2018
Journal Article
Maternal acceptance moderates fear ratings and avoidance behavior in children
Shimshoni, Yaara, Silverman, Wendy K., Byrne, Simon P. and Lebowitz, Eli R. (2018). Maternal acceptance moderates fear ratings and avoidance behavior in children. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 49 (3), 460-467. doi: 10.1007/s10578-017-0765-5
2018
Journal Article
Executive functioning predicts reflective functioning in mothers
Rutherford, Helena J. V., Byrne, Simon P., Crowley, Michael J., Bornstein, Jonathan, Bridgett, David J. and Mayes, Linda C. (2018). Executive functioning predicts reflective functioning in mothers. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27 (3), 944-952. doi: 10.1007/s10826-017-0928-9
2017
Journal Article
Correlates of nonimprovement to pharmacotherapy for chronic, antidepressant-resistant, military service-related posttraumatic stress disorder: Insights from the Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study No. 504
Byrne, Simon P., Krystal, John H., Rosenheck, Robert A., Vessicchio, Jennier and Pietrzak, Robert H. (2017). Correlates of nonimprovement to pharmacotherapy for chronic, antidepressant-resistant, military service-related posttraumatic stress disorder: Insights from the Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study No. 504. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 37 (6), 717-721. doi: 10.1097/JCP.0000000000000777
2017
Journal Article
Factors associated with parental consent to use D-Cycloserine for child anxiety
Byrne, Simon P., Rapee, Ronald M. and Sweller, Naomi (2017). Factors associated with parental consent to use D-Cycloserine for child anxiety. Behaviour Change, 34 (1), 66-75. doi: 10.1017/bec.2017.5
2017
Journal Article
Anxiety and neural responses to infant and adult faces during pregnancy
Rutherford, Helena J.V., Byrne, Simon P., Austin, Grace M., Lee, Jonathan D., Crowley, Michael J. and Mayes, Linda C. (2017). Anxiety and neural responses to infant and adult faces during pregnancy. Biological Psychology, 125, 115-120. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.03.002
2017
Book Chapter
Specific Phobias
Milliner, Ella, Farrell, Lara, Byrne, Simon and Ollendick, Thomas (2017). Specific Phobias. Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Step-by-Step Treatment Manual . (pp. 212-245) edited by Christopher A. Flessner and John C. Piacentini. New York, NY, United States: The Guilford Press.
2016
Journal Article
An examination of harm beliefs in dog fearful children
Byrne, Simon P., Rapee, Ronald M., Malhi, Gin S., Sweller, Naomi and Hudson, Jennifer (2016). An examination of harm beliefs in dog fearful children. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 7 (2), 153-159. doi: 10.5127/jep.048015
2016
Conference Publication
D-cycloserine enhances generalization of fear extinction in children
Byrne, S. (2016). D-cycloserine enhances generalization of fear extinction in children. Anxiety and Depression Association of America Conference, Philadelphia, PA USA, April 2016.
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