Dr Caroline Mohr

B Soc Sci, Dip Ed, Dip Soc Sci, M Soc Sci (Hons), Dip Psych (Clin), PhD

Caroline Mohr is a clinical psychologist and researcher in the field of mental health care for people with an intellectual disability. Following 20 years experience in psychiatry and intellectual disability services she completed a PhD in 2003 supervised by Prof Bruce Tonge which developed the Developmental Behaviour Checklist for Adults. The DBC-A is a carer completed checklist of emotional and behavioural problems for adults with intellectual disability.

Caroline lives in Christchurch, NZ where she works in a mental health service for people with ID. As one of the Chief Investigators on the Lifespan Project, she regularly travels to SA to work with the project team and supervise the higher degree students whose studies are supported by the funding package in the research programme.

Key works/publications

Mohr, C., Phillips, A., Curran, J., & Rymill, A. (2002).  Teaching, training and further education: Interagency training in dual disability. Australasian Psychiatry, 10 (4), 356-364.

Mohr, C., Tonge, B.J., Einfeld, S.L., & Gray, K.M. (2004).  The Developmental Behaviour Checklist for Adults: A new contribution to the assessment of psychopathology in people with intellectual disability.  Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 48 (4-5), 319.

Mohr, C. & Gray, K.M. (2005). Assessment in intellectual disability. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 18, (5), 476-483.

Mohr, C., Tonge, B.T., & Einfeld, S.L. (2005). The development of a new measure for the assessment of psychopathology in adults with intellectual disability.  Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 49 (7), 469-480.

Phone: +64 3 337 7600, extension 33474

E-mail: caroline.mohr@med.monash.edu.au