Overview
Availability
- Professor Ed Heffernan is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), University of Melbourne
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Medical Science, The University of Queensland
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Suicide and suicidality surveillance in military populations: a scoping review
Hodges, S., Ramage, A., Meurk, C. and Heffernan, E. (2025). Suicide and suicidality surveillance in military populations: a scoping review. Journal of Public Health, 47 (2), 169-178. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdaf026
2025
Journal Article
Physical activity of inpatients under forensic mental health care: a mixed methods study of patient knowledge, preferences, practices and identified barriers
Moss, Katherine, Meurk, Carla, Steele, Megan L. and Heffernan, Ed (2025). Physical activity of inpatients under forensic mental health care: a mixed methods study of patient knowledge, preferences, practices and identified barriers. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 24 (2), 119-131. doi: 10.1177/14999013251315479
2025
Journal Article
Police Communications Centre Mental Health Liaison Service: Enhancing outcomes for people in mental health crisis
Payne, Leanne, Meurk, Carla, Waterson, Elissa and Heffernan, Ed (2025). Police Communications Centre Mental Health Liaison Service: Enhancing outcomes for people in mental health crisis. Australasian Psychiatry, 33 (3), 539-545. doi: 10.1177/10398562241303287
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2023
Conference Publication
Suicidality Among Current And Ex-serving Members In Contact With The Queensland Police Service
Heffernan, E., Meurk, C., Wallace, D., Lam, M., Wittenhagen, L., Mckay, D., Lane, J. and Khoo, A. (2023). Suicidality Among Current And Ex-serving Members In Contact With The Queensland Police Service. RANZCP 2023 Congress, Perth, WA Australia, 28 May - 1 June 2023. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
2023
Conference Publication
The Need To Rethink Mental Health Care For Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Youth In Detention
Heffernan, E., Watson, M., Meurk, C., Wittenhagen, L., Williams, M., Dale, P., Fletcher, R. Hird and Harden, S. (2023). The Need To Rethink Mental Health Care For Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Youth In Detention. RANZCP 2023 Congress, Perth, WA Australia, 28 May - 1 June 2023. London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications.
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
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding and improving responses to suicidality in Australian Military Veterans
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Improving the physical health and activity management of individuals under forensic mental health care
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
How can exercise be used in the holistic rehabilitation of people with severe mental illness?
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mike Trott
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding and enhancing suicidality surveillance in the Australian Army; a mixed methods analysis
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Identification of substance use disorders within mental health services
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Driving improvements in the mental health and wellbeing of people released from prison: designing aculturally capable and lived experience co-led model
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
The Architecture of Collaboration: A Systematic Review and Case Study Analysis of Effective Academic Health Research Partnerships in the Australian Context.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nicola Warren
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Doctor Philosophy
Title: Australian community forensic mental health services: A national survey of service models, legislation, and risk management processes
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
The Mental Health of Adults with Developmental Disability: Bridging the Gap between Current Services and Unmet Needs
Principal Advisor
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
The Sexual Knowledge, Sexual Development, Sexual Experiences and Sexual Health of Forensic Mental Health Patients in Queensland, Australia A mixed-method study
Principal Advisor
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Australian Mental Health Court Liaison Services: developing an approach to performance measurement
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Meredith Harris, Professor Philip Burgess
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