Student Research

Sarah Maguire (PhD), Stephen Touyz, Daniel Le Grange. Anorexia nervosa. "Staging Anorexia Nervosa According to Severity"

Jennifer Rathjen (MSc), David Horry, Diana Caine. Neuropsychology of dementia. "Comprehension of emotion in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia"

Melissa Sambuco (MSc), Suncica Sunny Lah. Traumatic Brain injury. "Predictors of sibling adjustment folowing a child traumatic brain injury"

Jane Miskovic (MSc), Stephen Touyz, S Madden. Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa. "Does hospital-based weight restoration prior to outpatient family therapy improve outcome for adolescent anorexia nervosa?"

Samantha Fearns (PhD), Alex Blaszczynski, Louise Sharpe. Orthognathic Surgery. "A qualitative investigation of psychosocial factors and the process of psychological change throughout treatment in orthognathic surgery patients".

Ainslie Hatch (PhD), Leanne Williams, Stephen Touyz. Anorexia nervosa. "The when, where and how of emotional and cognitive disturbances in anorexia nervosa"

Ileana Hatton (PhD), Caroline Hunt, Maree Abbott. The cognitive features and remediation of Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD). "Worry in GAD: An Inhibitory Deficit?"

Rebecca Kriegs (MSc), Stephen Touyz, Daniel Le Grange. ADHD. "ADHD"

Jane Phillips (PhD), Louise Sharpe, Stephen Matthey. Postnatal depression and anxiety. "An Exploration of subtypes of mood disturbance in a sample of postnatal women admitted to a Residential Parent craft Unit"

Tracy Rhodes (PhD), Caroline Hunt, Sandra Heriot. Anxiety and Aggression in Children. "Cognitive and Behavioural Profiles of Childhood Anxiety and Aggression"

Jessica Swinbourne (PhD), Stephen Touyz, Caroline Hunt, Maree Abbott. Eating disorders. "The comorbidity between eating disorders and anxiety disorders"

Margaret Walker (MSc), Alex Blaszczynski. Childhood sexual assault "Investigation of the role of shame in childhood sexual assault as a mediating factor for cognitive deficits"

Keri Diamond (MSc), Suncica Sunny Lah. Epilepsy in children. "Effects of valproate on cognition in children with absence epilepsy"

Joanna Ho (MSc), Suncica Sunny Lah. Memory Remediation: "Self-Instructional Memory Remediation for Paediatric Brain Injury"

Sharpley Hsieh (MSc), Diana Caine. Clinical Neuropsychology. "Visual processing of faces and objects in patients in Alzheimer's Disease"

Molly Schafer (MSc), Diana Caine. Parkinsons disease and emotional processing. "Exploring deficits in emotional information processing in people with Parkinson's disease"

Catherine Arciuli (MSc), Caroline Hunt, Maree Abbott. School Bullying. "Evaluation of a cognitive behavioural small-group intervention for high school boys that bully"

Melanie Babooram (MSc), Louise Sharpe, Deb Finney. Childhood Obesity. "Children's Conceptions of Obesity: Causes, Prognosis and Effect on Self and Others"

Angela Dangas (MSc), Maree Abbott, Caroline Hunt. Procrastination. "Testing a cognitive model of procrastination"

Juliet Donald (MSc), Maree Abbott, Caroline Hunt. Social Phobia. "The role of Task Concentration and Attentional Training in the treatment of Social Phobia"

Lisa Karlov (PhD), Rod McDonald, Marianna Szabo. Depression and Grief. "Depressive Disorders and Normal Reactions to Negative Life Events."

Sally Monaghan (PhD), Alex Blaszczynski, Michael Walker. Responsible gambling strategies. "Dynamic Harm-Minimisation Signs on Electronic Gaming Machines: Recall & Effects on Cognitions and Behaviour"

Laura Nilon (MSc), Maree Abbott, Louise Sharpe. Childhood Obesity. "Parental factors that maintain childhood obesity"

Jonathon Osbourne (MSc), Stephen Touyz, Jean Hollis. Dementia and PTSD symptomatology. "Post traumatic stress in war veterans and its relationship to dementia"

Sharifa Syed Abu Bakar (MSc), Alex Blaszczynski, Michael Walker. Gambling and families. "The Impact of Problem Gambling on the Current Psychological Health Status of Spouses and Children"

Sandy Vickerstaff (PhD), Sandra Heriot. Depression in Children with High-Functioning Autistic Spectrum Disorders (HFASD). "Depressive Symtomatology, Self-perception and theory of mind in children with high functioning autistic specturm disorders"

Kathleen Wallbank (MSc), Louise Sharpe, Chris Jordens. Health Psychology. "Evaluation of a Patient Education Program for People Undergoing Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants and their Carers"

Sonia Haggman (MSc), Louise Sharpe, Michael Nicholas. Health psychology. "Hypervigilance in the development of chronic pain"

Eleanor Frow (MSc), Suncica Sunny Lah. Memory function. "The Impact of Underlying Cognitive Deficits on Retrieval of Memories for Emotional Autobiographical Events in Individuals with Frontal Lobe Lesions"

Jing Lam Ko (MSc), Damien Birney, Wendly Longley. Rehabilitation of Executive Function. "Facilitation of Effective Goal Management By Means of Periodic Alerts in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis"

Kylie Richardson (MSc), Suncica Sunny Lah. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. "Memory training in a group of neurological patients"

Zoe Terpening (MSc), Irina Harris. Neuropsychology "Implicit recognition of rotated objects: a two-stage model of visual processing"

Marija Naumoska (MSc), Alex Blaszczynski. Resilience in response to Trauma

Clare Rankin (MSc), Maree Abbott, Caroline Hunt. Procrastination. "The role of irrational beliefs and emotion dysregulation in the maintenance of procrastination"

Catherine Chudleigh (MSc), Ian Hickie, Sharon Naismith. Psychosis. "Psychoeducation as a preventative measure for indivudals at high risk of developing psychosis"

Jessica Gray (MSc), Louise Sharpe, Claudine Martijn. Depression in palliative care. "Screening for and treatment of depression in palliative care: a four-question algorithm."

Diana Grivas (MSc), Maree Abbott, Caroline Hunt.

Tanya Gruenewald (MSc), Stephen Touyz. Anorexia Nervosa. "Heat treatment in anorexia nervosa"

Sarah Hughes (MSc), Angela Dixon, Deb Finney. Families and childhood OCD and/or anxiety. "The Effect on Well-siblings of Living with a Sibling with OCD and/or Anxiety"

Tamara Kezelman (MSc), Marc de Rosnay.

Melissa Mondello (MSc), Louise Sharpe, Michael Nicholas. Health Psychology. "Investigating the effect of attentional training combined with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), on the maintenance of Chronic Pain".

Clinton Moore (MSc), Deb Finney, Michelle Pritchard. Paediatric Health Psychology. "Improving adaptation to life following treatment for paediatric cancer patients and their families: A randomised control trial"

Chai-Heng Nge (MSc), Paul Rhodes. Anxiety. "Self-medication: Drugs and Anxiety"

Stephanie Saulnier (MSc), Louise Sharpe, Ian Kerridge. Health Psychology. "Allogeneic Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: How does it affect recipients sense of identity, relationships and adjustment to illness"

Kirsten Rose (MSc), Caroline Hunt. Depression. "Preventative Interventions in Adolescent Depression"

Amanda Symboluk (MSc), Maree Abbott, Caroline Hunt, Marc de Rosnay. Attachment Disorder. "Attachment Disorder and its effects on Children with anxiety and depression and/or externalized behavioural problems"

Renee Van Steenis (MSc), Louise Sharpe, Ian Kerridge. Health Psychology. 'The impact of childhood Allogeneic Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation on personality and identity'.

Amy Willinge (MSc), Stephen Touyz. Anorexia Nervosa. "Decision making and treatment outcomes of Anorexia Nervosa".

Nicky Abitz (MSc), Caroline Hunt, David Hawes. Social information processing bias in anxious/aggressive children and their parents

David Bosanquet (MSc), Alex Blaszczynski, Iain McGregor. "The Methamphetamine Driving Study"

Tracey Bullen (MSc), Louise Sharpe, Dr Deepa Chauhan, Professor Les Bokey,
Professor Stephen Clarke. " Body image disturbance and its impact on adjustment in stoma patients with bowel disease"

Averil Cook (MSc), Lisa Zadro, Jonathon Gerber. Thesis title: Ostracism, social anxiety & personality

Natalie Costin (MSc), Stephen Touyz, Elizabeth Rieger. An investigation of the relationship between emotional awareness and eating disorder illness severity over 18 weeks of treatment

Louise Dooley (MSc), Louise Sharpe, David Hawes. A Randomised Controlled Trial of a brief psycho-social intervention for the children of people with Multiple Sclerosis

Rani Ellison (MSc), Paul Rhodes, Sloane Madden, Stephen Touyz, Rod McDonald. Mechanisms of change in the Maudsley model of family-based treatment for anorexia nervosa

Yasmeen El Masry (MSc), Maree Hackett, Barbara Mullan. "Title: Understanding the experiences of caring for someone after stroke: A qualitative study of caregivers, stroke survivors and health professionals".

Sarah Eskandari (MSc), Alex Blaszczynski, Louise Sharpe. Body Image, Body Image Schemas, Body Image Investment, Self-Ideal Discrepancy, Psychological Well-Being and Quality of Life in Individuals with an Amputation.

Therese French (MSc), Caroline Hunt, Maree Abbott. An investigation into cognitive mechanisms underlying GAD: Exploring the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty, threat perception, and meta-cognitive beliefs in GAD

Chien Hoong Gooi (MSc), Maree Abbott, Caroline Hunt. Awareness and Coping in Normal versus Clinical Populations with Generalised Anxiety Disorder

Elizabeth Hall (MSc), Alex Holcombe, Clare Fraser.

Brigitte Lane (MSc), Marianna Szabo, Maree Abbott. The psychological factors associated with binge eating symptomology: an emotion regulation perspective

Anna-Lena Lopez (MSc), Phyllis Butow, Ilona Juraskova. "Thesis title: Unmet needs of young women diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer"

Michelle McElduff (MSc), Maree Abbott, Caroline Hunt. Thesis title: The role of uncertainty and post-event rumination in social

Scott McGreal (MSc), Tim Lambert. Thesis title: Comparison of effects of antipsychotic depot medications on subjective well-being

Melanie Mence (MSc), David Hawes, Caroline Hunt, Jane Phillips. "Affective dimensions of parenting and early childhood conduct problems"

Stuart Murray (MSc), Elizabeth Reiger, Stephen Touyz. A comparison of males with muscle dysmorphia and anorexia nervosa

Alison Ryder (MSc), Tim Lambert . Temporal stability and determinants of subjective well-being under antipsychotic treatment in first-episode psychosis.

Melissa Saxton (MSc), Sunny Lah, Shameran Slewan-Younan. "Thesis title: The role of emotion recognition, empathy and executive function in Interpersonal behaviour after Traumatic Brain Injury"

Zeeshan Shahnawaz (MSc), Simone Reppermund, Perminder Sachdev. "Title: Depression & Mild Cognitive Impairment - Prevalence, Interaction & Predictors"

Samira Sidhwani (MSc), Elizabeth Reiger, Stephen Touyz. "Thesis title: A cross-cultural comparison of eating disorder symptomatology in India and Australia."

Alexandra Withers (MSc), Stephen Touyz, Barbara Mullen. Coping with Anorexia Nervosa in the family: a sibling's perspective

Ben Liu Judy Zou (MSc), Maree Abbott, Louise Sharpe. Thesis title: Self-Perception and Rumination in Social Anxiety

Renee Van Steenis (MSc), Stephen Touyz, Elizabeth Rieger. Title: Changes in presentation of Anorexia Nervosa over duration of illness