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DR MEAGHAN O'DONNELL



Contact Details

Organization: Psychiatry
Position: SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
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Work: 03 99365135
Fax: 03 99365199
Building: No Building
Campus: Other

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Traumatic stress PTSD, injury Australia
Early psychological intervention PTSD, depression Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Applied Science (Nursing) Curtin University of Technology 31-Dec-1988
Bachelor of Science (honours) The University of Western Australia 31-Dec-1994
Master of Psychology The University of Western Australia 31-Dec-1997
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-2003

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Psychological Society Member of the APS 01-Sep-1999
Member International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Member of ISTSS 01-Sep-1999

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Post-traumatic mental health following traumatic injury: Enhancing resilience and recovery Chief Investigator NHMRC Australian Clinical Research Postdoctoral Fellowships 01/01/2005

Additional Grant and Contract Information

O’Donnell, M.L., Creamer, M., Bryant, R., Ellen, S., Holmes, A., Kossmann, T., & Judson, R. (2006) Towards effectiveness: Piloting a stepped mental health care model of service delivery. Victorian Trauma Foundation #NV17. $435,398

O’Donnell, M.L., Creamer, M., Bryant, R., & McFarlane, A. (2006) A comparison of service use and recovery outcomes for compensable and non-compensable trauma patients. Victorian Trauma Foundation. #NV10 $83,184

O’Donnell, M. L. (2004) Australian Clinical Research Fellowship. NHMRC (359284)- $264,000

O’Donnell, M. L., Creamer, M.C., Ellen, S., Holmes, A., Kossman, T., and Judsen, R. (2003). Psychopathology following injury: Screening for high risk. Victorian Trauma Foundation – (# 49) $169,500.

O’Donnell, M.L. (2003). Modeling PTSD symptoms: Early identification of PTSD. Early Career Researcher’s Grant- University of Melbourne - $25,000.

Creamer, M.C., O’Donnell, M.L., & Atkin, C. (2003). Health costs and injury: Impact of psychopathology”. Victorian Trauma Foundation- $10,000.

Creamer, M., O’Donnell, M.L., Pattison, P., & Atkin, C. (2000). Psychological consequences following physical injury. Victorian Trauma Foundation #11- $145,649.

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • A multisite study of capacity of acute stress disorder diagnosis to predict posttraumatic stress disorder


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
    Volume: 69
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 922-929
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  • A multisite study of initial respiration rate and heart rate as predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
    Volume: 69
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1694-1701
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  • A confirmatory factor analysis of the acute stress disorder interview


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Traumatic Stress
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 352-355
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  • Mental health following traumatic injury: Toward a healthy system model of early psychological intervention


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Clinical Psychology Review
    Volume: 28
    Page numbers: 387-406
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  • A confirmatory factor analysis of the acute stress disorder interview
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Traumatic Stress
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 352-355
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  • A predictive screening index for posttraumatic stress disorder and depression following traumatic injury
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
    Volume: 76
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 923-932
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  • The pros and cons of psychoeducation following trauma: Too early to judge?
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Psychiatry: interpersonal and biological processes
    Volume: 71
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 319-321
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • PTSD symptom trajectories: From acute to chronic response
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Behaviour Research and Therapy
    Volume: 45
    Page numbers: 601-606
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  • Posttraumatic appraisals in the development and persistence of posttraumatic stress symptoms
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Traumatic Stress
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 173-182
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  • Tonic and phasic heart rate as predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Psychosomatic Medicine
    Volume: 69
    Page numbers: 256-261
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder following injury: Assessment and other methodological considerations.
    Year: 2006
    Book: Psychological Knowledge In Court: PTSD, Pain, and TBI
    Publisher: Springer(New York)
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Journal Articles

  • Delayed-onset PTSD: a prospective study of injury survivors
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Affective Disorders
    Volume: 90
    Issue: 2-3
    Page numbers: 257-261
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Amnesia. traumatic brain injury, and posttraumatic stress disorder: a methodological inquiry
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Behaviour Research and Therapy
    Volume: 43
    Page numbers: 1383-1389
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Determinants of quality of life and role-related disability after injury: Impact of acute psychological responses
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Trauma
    Volume: 59
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1328-1335
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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  • Health Costs Following Motor Vehicle Accidents: The role of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Traumatic Stress
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 557-561
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers(New York)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder and depression following trauma: understanding comorbidity
    Year: 2004
    Journal: American Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 161
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 1390-1396
    Publisher: American Psychiatric Press(Washington DC)
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  • Psychiatric morbidity following injury
    Year: 2004
    Journal: American Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 161
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 507-514
    Publisher: American Psychiatric Press(Washington DC)
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  • The relationship between acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder in severely injured trauma survivors
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Behaviour Research and Therapy
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 315-328
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Posttraumatic disorders following injury: an empirical and methodological review
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Clinical Psychology Review
    Volume: 23
    Page numbers: 587-603
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Current Opinion in Psychiatry
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 163-168
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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