Professor Beverley Raphael

 

Biography

Professor Beverley Raphael (AM, MBBS, MD, FRANZCP, FRCPsych, Hon MD (Newc), FASSA), Professor of Psychological and Addiction Medicine, Australian National University, Professor of Population Mental Health and Disasters, University of Western Sydney and Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, University of Queensland.

Professor Raphael was Foundation Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Newcastle, Professor and Chair at the University of Queensland and Director of Mental Health for New South Wales (1996-2005) before returning to academic posts at ANU and UWS.

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

She has carried out research, policy and program development in population mental health, prevention, child and adolescent mental health as well as the impact of trauma and mental health. She has been extensively involved in the development of disaster mental health across most Australian disasters and is an international and national advisor in this field.

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Grants & Current Projects

Addressing Challenges of CBRNE Terrorism

Tackling Tough Times

Modelling Hazard Perceptions and Response

Data mining of anxiety disorders in the Australian population: sub-project of Centre of Clinical Research Excellence (CCRE) in Anxiety and Neuroscience


Burden of Disease Trajectories for Children and Adolescent Mental Health Problems Current and Future: Human and Economic Costs

Terrorism, Pandemic Influenza, and Global Warming: Future Conceptualisation and Societal Resilience

Education and Training for Mental Health Aspects of Terrorism and Disaster

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Awards and Recognition

Medal of Honour RANZCP 2008
Life Time Achievement Award, ISTSS 2004
Hon. MD (Newcastle, NSW) 2002
AUSTRALIA DAY AWARD (Top Ten Achiever) 1994
A.M. - Member of the Order of Australia 1984

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Selected Publications

Books/Chapters

Looi J, Raphael B, Pagani M, Nardo D, Wahlund L, 2010, Structural and Functional Neuroimaging in PTSD.

Taylor M, Agho K, Raphael B, Stevens G, 2010, Psychosocial Response to Animal Disease: Australia's First Outbreak of Equine Influenza in Handbook of Disease Outbreaks: Prevention, Detection and Control, Hauppauge, NY. USA

Raphael B, Wooding S, Dunsmore J, 2009, Bereavement in New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry 2nd Edition, Gelder M, Andraesen N, Lopez-Ibor Jr J, Geddes JR, New York, Vol 1, pp 724-728

Raphael B, Maguire P, 2009, Disaster Mental Health Research: Past, Present, and Future in Mental Health and Disasters, Neria, Y; Galea, S; Norris, F.H., New York, pp 7-28,

Ursano, R.; Fullerton, C.; Weisaeth, L. and Raphael, B. (Eds). (2007). Textbook of Disaster Psychiatry. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Journal Articles

Raphael B, Ma H, 2011, Mass catastrophe and disaster psychiatry, Molecular Psychiatry, 16, 245-251

Taylor M, Barr M, Stevens G, Bryson-Taylor D, Agho K, Jacobs J, Raphael B, 2010, Psychosocial stress and strategies for managing adversity: measuring population resilience in New South Wales, Australia, Population Health Metrics, vol 8, no. 28,

Citraningtyas T, Macdonald E, Raphael B, 2010, Disaster experience in the context of life: perspectives five to six years after the 2003 Canberra Bushfires, Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care, Vol 8 Issue 2

Berry HL, Butler JRA, Burgess CP, King UG, Tsey K, Cadet-James YL, Rigby CW, Raphael B, 2010, Mind, body, spirit: co-benefits for mental health from climate change adaptation and caring for country in remote Aboriginal Australian communities, NSW Public Health Bulletin, Vol 21(5-6)

Agho K, Stevens G, Taylor M, Barr M, Raphael B, 2010, Population risk perceptions of global warming in Australia, Environmental Research, vol 110, no. 8, pp 756-763,

Jacobs J, Taylor M, Agho K, Stevens G, Barr M, Raphael B, 2010, Factors associated with population perceived risk of Pandemic Influenza, Influenza Research and Treatment,

Stevens G, Jones A, Smith G, Nelson J, Agho K, Taylor M, Raphael B, 2010, Determinants of Paramedic Response Readiness for CBRNE Threats, Journal of Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science, vol 8, no. 2, pp 193-202,

Parker R, Ng C, Coghlan A, Fraser J, Raphael B, 2009, The China-Australia training on psychological crisis intervention for medical aid leaders and volunteers after the Sichuan earthquake, The Medical journal of Australia, vol 190, no. 9, pp 508-509,

Ng C, Ma H, Raphael B, Yu X, Fraser J, Tang D, 2009, China-Australia training on psychosocial crisis intervention: Response to the earthquake disaster in Sichuan, Australasian Psychiatry, vol 17, no. 1, pp 51-55,

Prigerson H, Horowitz M, Jacobs S, Parkes C, Aslan M, Goodkin K, Raphael B, Marwit S, Wortman C, Neimeyer R, Bonanno G, Block S, Kissane D, Boelen P, Maercker A, Litz B, Johnson J, First M, Maciejewski P, 2009, Prolonged Grief Disorder: Psychometric Validation of Criteria Proposed for DSM-V and ICD-11, PLoS Medicine, vol 6, no. 8,

Stevens G, Taylor M, Barr M, Jorm L, Giffin M, Ferguson R, Agho K, Raphael B, 2009, Public perceptions of the threat of terrorist attack in Australia and anticipated compliance behaviours, Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol 33, no. 4, pp 339-346

Raphael B, Taylor M, Stevens G, Barr M, Gorringe M, Agho K, 2009, Factors associated with population risk perceptions of continuing drought in Australia, Australian Journal of Rural Health, vol 17, pp 330-337

Raphael B, Taylor M, Jacobs J, Looi J, 2009, Strategies for occupational mental health protection, Journal of Occupational health and safety Australia and New Zealand., vol 25, no. 1, pp 7-17

Taylor M, Raphael B, Barr M, Agho K, Stevens G, Jorm L, 2009, Public health measures during an anticipated influenza pandemic: Factors influencing willingness to comply, Risk Management and Health Care Policy, vol 2, pp 9-20,

Stevens G, Agho K, Taylor M, Barr M, Raphael B, Jorm L, 2009, Terrorism in Australia: factors associated with perceived threat and incident-critical behaviours, BMC Public Health, vol 9,

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Memberships and Engagement

Australian Health Protection Committee - Mental Health Expert

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