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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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.
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
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
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
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
2022
Journal Article
Health care in police watch-houses: a challenge and an opportunity
Crilly, Julia L., Brandenburg, Caitlin, Kinner, Stuart A., Heffernan, Ed, Byrnes, Joshua, Lincoln, Cathy, Gardiner, Paul, Davidson, Peter, Somerville, Annabel, Wilson, Daniel, Green, David and Thomas, Stuart (2022). Health care in police watch-houses: a challenge and an opportunity. Medical Journal of Australia, 217 (6), 287-289. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51688
2022
Journal Article
Optimal care pathways for people in suicidal crisis who interact with first responders: a scoping review
Kerr, Katelyn, Heffernan, Ed, Hawgood, Jacinta, Edwards, Bronwen and Meurk, Carla (2022). Optimal care pathways for people in suicidal crisis who interact with first responders: a scoping review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (18) 11510, 1-17. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191811510
2022
Journal Article
Suicide crises among women and mothers during and around the time of pregnancy: Prevalence and timing of initial contact with first responders and health services
Meurk, Carla, Roberts, Susan, Lam, Michael, Wittenhagen, Lisa, Callaway, Leonie, Moss, Katherine, Lucke, Jayne, Barker, Ruth, Waterson, Elissa, Rawlinson, Catherine, Malmstrom, Natasha, Weaver, Edward, Hoehn, Elisabeth, Bosley, Emma, Watson, Shelby and Heffernan, Ed (2022). Suicide crises among women and mothers during and around the time of pregnancy: Prevalence and timing of initial contact with first responders and health services. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57 (2) 00048674221101517, 000486742211015-301. doi: 10.1177/00048674221101517
2022
Journal Article
Impact of dual diagnosis on healthcare and criminal justice costs after release from Queensland prisons: a prospective cohort study
Snow, K. J., Petrie, D., Young, J. T., Preen, D. B., Heffernan, E. and Kinner, S. A. (2022). Impact of dual diagnosis on healthcare and criminal justice costs after release from Queensland prisons: a prospective cohort study. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 28 (3), 264-270. doi: 10.1071/PY21142
2022
Journal Article
Using the Stay Strong app for the well-being of Indigenous Australian prisoners: feasibility study
Perdacher, Elke, Kavanagh, David, Sheffield, Jeanie, Healy, Karyn, Dale, Penny and Heffernan, Edward (2022). Using the Stay Strong app for the well-being of Indigenous Australian prisoners: feasibility study. JMIR Formative Research, 6 (4) e32157, 1-17. doi: 10.2196/32157
2022
Journal Article
A qualitative study on sexuality and sexual experiences in community forensic mental health patients in Queensland, Australia
Brand, Elnike, Nagaraj, Dinesh, Ratsch, Angela and Heffernan, Edward (2022). A qualitative study on sexuality and sexual experiences in community forensic mental health patients in Queensland, Australia. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13 832139, 832139. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.832139
2021
Journal Article
Circumstances and toxicology of violence-related deaths among young people who have had contact with the youth justice system: a data linkage study
Willoughby, Melissa, Young, Jesse T., Hail-Jares, Katie, Spittal, Matthew J., Borschmann, Rohan, Patton, George, Sawyer, Susan M., Janca, Emilia, Teplin, Linda, Heffernan, Ed and Kinner, Stuart A. (2021). Circumstances and toxicology of violence-related deaths among young people who have had contact with the youth justice system: a data linkage study. BMC Public Health, 21 (1) 2207, 2207. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-12244-z
2021
Journal Article
Optimising emergency department and acute care for people experiencing mental health problems: A nominal group study
Marynowski-Traczyk, Donna, Wallis, Marianne, Broadbent, Marc, Scuffham, Paul, Young, Jesse T., Johnston, Amy N. B., Fitzgerald, Gerard, Heffernan, Ed, Kinner, Stuart A., Zhang, Ping, Keijzers, Gerben, Bosley, Emma, Martin-Khan, Melinda, Shevlin, Laurie and Crilly, Julia (2021). Optimising emergency department and acute care for people experiencing mental health problems: A nominal group study. Australian Health Review, 46 (5), 519-528. doi: 10.1071/AH21092
2021
Journal Article
Comorbidity between mood and substance-related disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Saha, Sukanta, Lim, Carmen C.W., Degenhardt, Louisa, Cannon, Danielle L., Bremner, Monique, Prentis, Finley, Lawrence, Zoe, Heffernan, Ed, Meurk, Carla, Reilly, John and McGrath, John J. (2021). Comorbidity between mood and substance-related disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56 (7) 00048674211054740, 000486742110547-770. doi: 10.1177/00048674211054740
2021
Journal Article
The physical health and activity of patients under forensic psychiatric care: a scoping review
Moss, Katherine, Meurk, Carla, Steele, Megan L. and Heffernan, Ed (2021). The physical health and activity of patients under forensic psychiatric care: a scoping review. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 21 (2), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/14999013.2021.1943570
2021
Journal Article
The MATES case management model: presenting problems and referral pathways for a novel peer-led approach to addressing suicide in the construction industry
Doran, Christopher M., Wittenhagen, Lisa, Heffernan, Edward and Meurk, Carla (2021). The MATES case management model: presenting problems and referral pathways for a novel peer-led approach to addressing suicide in the construction industry. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (13) 6740, 1-11. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18136740
2021
Journal Article
The sexual development, sexual health, sexual experiences, and sexual knowledge of forensic mental health patients: a research design and methodology protocol
Brand, Elnike, Ratsch, Angela and Heffernan, Edward (2021). The sexual development, sexual health, sexual experiences, and sexual knowledge of forensic mental health patients: a research design and methodology protocol. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12 651839, 1-7. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.651839
2021
Journal Article
Substance use and help‐seeking among justice‐involved young people in Queensland and Western Australia: A cross‐sectional survey of 14–17‐year‐olds
Steele, Megan L., Meurk, Carla, Schess, Jaclyn, Yap, Lorraine, Jones, Jocelyn, Harden, Scott, Davison, Sophie, Butler, Tony and Heffernan, Ed (2021). Substance use and help‐seeking among justice‐involved young people in Queensland and Western Australia: A cross‐sectional survey of 14–17‐year‐olds. Drug and Alcohol Review, 40 (4), 617-626. doi: 10.1111/dar.13238
2021
Journal Article
Suicide crisis calls to emergency services: Cohort profile and findings from a data linkage study in Queensland, Australia
Meurk, Carla, Wittenhagen, Lisa, Bosley, Emma, Steele, Megan L., Bunting, Denise, Waterson, Elissa, Edwards, Bronwen, Martain, Ben and Heffernan, Ed (2021). Suicide crisis calls to emergency services: Cohort profile and findings from a data linkage study in Queensland, Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56 (2) 00048674211009604, 1-10. doi: 10.1177/00048674211009604
2021
Journal Article
Case Report: The sexual experiences of forensic mental health patients
Brand, Elnike, Ratsch, Angela and Heffernan, Edward (2021). Case Report: The sexual experiences of forensic mental health patients. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12 651834, 651834. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.651834
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Ed Heffernan is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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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
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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
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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