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Addiction and Consciousness

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  • The prevalence of synaesthesia for pain in a chronic pain population (Honours students)
  • Attention to pain – a dot-probe study examining the relationship between self and other (Honours students)
  • Neurocognitive Recovery following Drug and Alcohol Detoxification (PhD, DPsychClin, DPsychClinNeuro, Honours students)
  • Coping with emotional problems (PhD, DPsychClin students)
  • The relationship between smell, taste and pain experience after upper limb nerve injury, amputation or spinal cord injury (PhD, DPsychClin, DPsychClinNeuro students)
  • Predicting stimulant response in children with ADHD (PhD, DPsychClinNeuro students)
  • Genetics of cognitive deficit in ADHD (PhD, DPsychClin students)
  • Self-regulation and Addiction Recovery (PhD, DPsychClin, DPsychClinNeuro, Honours in Psychology, Bachelor of Medical Science students)

Brain Injury and Rehabilitation

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  • Values in people with traumatic brain injury (DPsychClin, DPsychClinNeuro students)
  • Research into traumatic brain injury (DPsychClinNeuro, Honours students)
  • The Pathways Study: Trajectories of stroke and Parkinson’s disease in Euro- and Indian-Australians. (PhD, Honours students)
  • Generic projects examining the social impacts of parkinson's disease, stroke and caregiving (PhD, Honours students)
  • Predicting stimulant response in children with ADHD (PhD, DPsychClinNeuro students)
  • Genetics of cognitive deficit in ADHD (PhD, DPsychClin students)
  • Genetic determinants of attention and working memory ability following traumatic brain injury (Honours students)
  • Therapeutic alliances in spinal cord rehabilitation (PhD and Honours students)

Culture and Mental Health

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  • An evaluation of occupational mindfulness in mental health services (Honours students)
  • Carers, Children and Youth Volunteer Program Evaluation (Honours students)
  • An evaluation of a palliative care biography service (Honours students)
  • Psycho-oncology (PhD, DPsychClin, Honours students)
  • The Pathways Study: Trajectories of stroke and Parkinson’s disease in Euro- and Indian-Australians. (PhD, Honours students)
  • Generic projects examining the social impacts of parkinson's disease, stroke and caregiving (PhD, Honours students)
  • Therapeutic alliances in spinal cord rehabilitation (PhD and Honours students)
  • Subjective experience of spinal cord damage/injury (PhD and Honours students)
  • Refugee mental health survey (Honours students)

Forensic Mental Health and Behavioural Science

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  • There are currently no projects available

Mental Illness and Mood Disorders

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  • Mapping the human connectome in health and disease (PhD, Masters and Honours students)
  • Training intervention for oncologists to promote care for lymphoma survivorship.(PhD, DPsychClin students)
  • Meaning and Purpose Therapy in Advanced Cancer (PhD, DPsychClin students)
  • Couples Therapy in Prostate Cancer (PhD, DPsychClin students)
  • Revision to Demoralisation Scale (Master of Mental Health Science, Bachelor of Medical Science students)
  • Further validation of the Shame and Stigma Scale in Head and Neck Cancer (Master of Mental Health Science, Bachelor of Medical Science students)
  • The Psychometric Properties of the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (Honours, Bachelor of Medical Science students)
  • Anxious and depressed? Investigating whether neuropeptides can affect positive mood change. (PhD, Honours students)
  • Recovery from NSSI (PhD and DPsychClin students)
  • Body image in older adults (Honours students)
  • Relationship between brain structure, function and connectivity and executive control (Honours students)
  • Evaluation of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with older adults (PhD, DPsychClin, Master of Mental Health Science students)
  • An examination of the prevalence and treatment of anxiety in residential aged care facilities (PhD, DPsychClin students)
  • Developing a screening instrument for depression for use in aged care (PhD, DPsychClin students)
  • Research into traumatic brain injury (DPsychClinNeuro, Honours students)
  • Coping with emotional problems (PhD, DPsychClin students)
  • Predicting stimulant response in children with ADHD (PhD, DPsychClinNeuro students)
  • Genetics of cognitive deficit in ADHD (PhD, DPsychClin students)
  • Evaluation of an Eating Disorder Service (Honours, Bachelor of Medical Science students)
  • Biology of depression (PhD, Bachelor of Medical Science students)
  • Characterising driving performance in individuals diagnosed with major depression (PhD, DPsychClin, DPsychClinNeuro students)
  • Children’s recovery from traumatic events: what emergency professionals and parents (can) do to help (PhD, DPsychClin, DPsychClinNeuro students)
  • Organisational Psychology and Simulation Modelling of Mental Health Services (PhD students)
  • Evaluation of the CAMHS and Schools Early Action (CASEA) Exploring Together Early Primary School Program (PhD students)
  • Music use patterns as a predictor of depression (PhD and Honours students)
  • Music-based emotional competence training (PhD and Honours students)
  • Evaluation of an advance statement service to support consumers of mental health services in documenting future treatment preferences (Honours and Bachelor of Medical Science students)
  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for prevention of relapse of major depressive disorder (project 1) (Honours students)
  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for prevention of relapse of major depressive disorder (project 2) (Honours students)
  • Misalignment of the circadian clock and sleep-wake cycle in depression (PhD, DPsychClin, DPsychClinNeuro students)
  • Commonsense Model of Cancer Survivorship. (Psych Honours students)
  • Discussing Diagnosis & Prognosis of Mental illness. (Psych Honours students)
  • Outcomes from Renal Transplantation. (Psych Honours students)
  • Anorexia Nervosa Eating Disorder. (Psych Honours students)
  • Neuropsychology of Depression. (Psych Honours students)

Movement Disorders and Ageing

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  • Healthy Ageing of Perceptual Learning (PhD, DPsychClin, DPsychClinNeuro, Honours and Bachelor of Medical Science students)
  • Strength and duration in perceptual learning (PhD, DPsychClin, DPsychClinNeuro, Honours and Bachelor of Medical Science students)
  • Assessing the needs of aged care residents from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in residential care (Honours students)
  • Effects of mid-life cardiovascular risk factors on late-life cognition - A 20-year follow-up of the Women's Healthy Ageing Project (DPsychClinNeuro students)
  • Relationship between brain structure, function and connectivity and executive control (Honours students)
  • Evaluation of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with older adults (PhD, DPsychClin, Master of Mental Health Science students)
  • An examination of the prevalence and treatment of anxiety in residential aged care facilities (PhD, DPsychClin students)
  • Developing a screening instrument for depression for use in aged care (PhD, DPsychClin students)
  • The Pathways Study: Trajectories of stroke and Parkinson’s disease in Euro- and Indian-Australians. (PhD, Honours students)
  • Generic projects examining the social impacts of parkinson's disease, stroke and caregiving (PhD, Honours students)
  • Characterising driving performance in individuals diagnosed with major depression (PhD, DPsychClin, DPsychClinNeuro students)
  • Can cognitive strategies improve cognitive performance in Huntingon's disease (Honours students)
  • The use of novel strategies to improve attention and motor performance in individuals with Huntington's disease and/or Parkinson's disease (PhD, DPsychClinNeuro students)
  • Characterising gait and upper limb disorder in Friedreich ataxia (PhD students)
  • Examination of functional and structural changes underlying ocular motor deficits in Huntington's disease (PhD students)
  • Markers of disease in early multiple sclerosis (Honours students)

Neurodevelopment and Disorders

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  • Using virtual reality game technology to capture and strengthen cognitive and social abilities in children with developmental disorders (PhD, DPsychClin, DPsychClinNeuro, Honours students)
  • Cognitive Genetics (Honours students)
  • The role of Cadherin 13 as a risk gene for ADHD (Honours, Bachelor of Medical Science students)
  • Expression of DAT1 and DRD4 gene variants in prefrontal and striatal tissue (Honours, Bachelor of Medical Science students)
  • Role of neurotransmitter exocytosis gene variants in genetic risk for ADHD (PhD students)
  • Emotion processing in Huntington's disease (PhD, DPsychClin, DPsychClinNeuro students)
  • How does sleep deprivation impact cognitive and behaviour abilities in primary school children (PhD, Honours students)
  • Capturing early precursors to risky behaviors in young school children (PhD, Honours students)
  • Body image in older adults (Honours students)
  • Predicting stimulant response in children with ADHD (PhD, DPsychClinNeuro students)
  • Genetics of cognitive deficit in ADHD (PhD, DPsychClin students)
  • Characterising gait and upper limb disorder in Friedreich ataxia (PhD students)
  • Mental Health of Young People with Developmental Disabilities(Phd, Honours students)
  • Sleep and Fatigue in Parents of Typically and Atypically Developing School Children (Psych Honours students)

Sleep Health and Sleep Disorders

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  • Neural correlates of behaviour deficits following sleep loss or circadian misalignment: an fMRI study (PhD students)
  • Drowsy driving: prevalence, detection and intervention (PhD, Honours students)
  • Sleep and inattention in clinical populations (i.e. ADHD; TBI) (DPsychClin, DPsychClinNeuro students)
  • How does sleep deprivation impact cognitive and behaviour abilities in primary school children (PhD, Honours students)
  • Capturing early precursors to risky behaviors in young school children (PhD, Honours students)
  • Sleep and daytime functional impairment in delayed sleep phase disorder(PhD, DPsychClin, DPsychClinNeuro, Honours, Bachelor of Medical Science students)
  • Effects of melatonin on body temperature (Honours, Bachelor of Medical Science students)
  • Impact of night shift work on sleep, alertness and neurobehavioural performance (PhD, Honours, Bachelor of Medical Science students)
  • Misalignment of the circadian clock and sleep-wake cycle in depression (PhD, DPsychClin, DPsychClinNeuro students)
  • Assessment of sleep via commercially available sleep and activity monitoring devices (Psych Honours students)
  • Sleep and Fatigue in Parents of Typically and Atypically Developing School Children (Psych Honours students)
  • Drowsy Driving in Australian Junior Doctors (Psych Honours students)

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