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Overview

David Forbes is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and specializes in the field of psychology, with a particular focus on clinical psychology. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics related to mental health and trauma.

The scientist's work is concentrated on areas including:

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

David Forbes has published extensively, with frequent appearances in the following journals:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
  • Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • Clinical Psychology Science and Practice
  • Psychological Medicine

Some of the recent papers associated with this researcher include:

  • Moral injury: the effect on mental health and implications for treatment, 2021, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 95 risk loci and provide insights into the neurobiology of post-traumatic stress disorder, 2024, Nature Genetics
  • Dropout from guideline-recommended psychological treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
  • Genomic influences on self-reported childhood maltreatment, 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • Enhancing Discovery of Genetic Variants for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Through Integration of Quantitative Phenotypes and Trauma Exposure Information, 2021, Biological Psychiatry

The researcher has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Meaghan O'Donnell, Richard A. Bryant, Sean Cowlishaw, Tracey Varker, and Alexander C. McFarlane.

In terms of published books, David Forbes has contributions with publishers such as IGI Global and Guilford Press. Notable titles include:

  • Project Management Information Systems, 2025, IGI Global
  • Effective treatments for PTSD, third edition: practice guidelines from the international society for traumatic stress studies, 2020, Guilford Press

The main fields and subfields covered in this researcher's work show a strong emphasis on clinical psychology, supported by expertise in general health professions, epidemiology, emergency medical services, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Best Publications

  • Childhood Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: Child/Adolescent

    Andrée Rasquin;Carlo Di Lorenzo;David Forbes;Ernesto Guiraldes

  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of eating disorders

    Phillipa Hay;Phillipa Hay;David Chinn;David Forbes;Sloane Madden

  • International meta-analysis of PTSD genome-wide association studies identifies sex- and ancestry-specific genetic risk loci

    Caroline M. Nievergelt;Caroline M. Nievergelt;Adam X. Maihofer;Adam X. Maihofer;Torsten Klengel;Torsten Klengel;Elizabeth G. Atkinson;Elizabeth G. Atkinson

  • The validity of the PTSD checklist as a measure of symptomatic change in combat-related PTSD.

    David Forbes;Mark Creamer;Dirk Biddle

  • Lifetime Prevalence of Gender-Based Violence in Women and the Relationship With Mental Disorders and Psychosocial Function

    Susan Rees;Derrick Silove;Tien Chey;Lorraine Ivancic

  • A guide to guidelines for the treatment of PTSD and related conditions

    David Forbes;Mark Creamer;Jonathan Ian Bisson;Judith A. Cohen

  • Prevalence of PTSD and common mental disorders amongst ambulance personnel: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Katherine Petrie;Josie Milligan-Saville;Aimée Gayed;Mark Deady

  • Differentiation between human and animal isolates of Cryptosporidium parvum using rDNA sequencing and direct PCR analysis

    U.M. Morgan;C.C. Constantine;D.A. Forbes;R.C.A. Thompson

  • Comparison of PCR and Microscopy for Detection of Cryptosporidium parvum in Human Fecal Specimens: Clinical Trial

    U.M. Morgan;L. Pallant;B.W. Dwyer;David Forbes

  • Acute and Chronic Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in the Emergence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Network Analysis

    Richard A Bryant;Mark Creamer;Meaghan O'Donnell;David Forbes

  • Rapidly increasing prevalence of eosinophilic oesophagitis in Western Australia

    Sarah Cherian;Nicholas Milton Smith;David Alan Forbes

  • The international society for traumatic stress studies new guidelines for the prevention and treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: methodology and development process

    Jonathan I. Bisson;Lucy Berliner;Marylène Cloitre;David Forbes

  • Trajectory of post-traumatic stress following traumatic injury: 6-year follow-up

    Richard A Bryant;Angela Nickerson;Mark Creamer;Meaghan O'Donnell

  • Australian guidelines for the treatment of adults with acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.

    David Forbes;Mark C. Creamer;Andrea J. Phelps;Richard Bryant

  • The effect of post-traumatic stress disorder on refugees' parenting and their children's mental health: a cohort study.

    Richard A Bryant;Ben Edwards;Mark Creamer;Meaghan O'Donnell

  • A Guide to Guidelines for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Adults: An Update

    Jessica L Hamblen;Sonya B Norman;Jeffrey H Sonis;Andrea J Phelps

  • A multisite randomized controlled effectiveness trial of cognitive processing therapy for military-related posttraumatic stress disorder

    D. Forbes;D. Lloyd;R.D.V. Nixon;P. Elliott

  • Psychological outcomes following the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires

    Richard A Bryant;Richard A Bryant;Elizabeth Waters;Lisa Gibbs;H Colin Gallagher

  • Mechanisms of anger and treatment outcome in combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.

    David Forbes;Ruth Parslow;Mark C. Creamer;Nicholas Allen

  • Comorbidity as a predictor of symptom change after treatment in combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder.

    David Forbes;Mark Creamer;Graeme Hawthorne;Nicholas Allen

  • UTILITY OF THE DIMENSIONS OF ANGER REACTIONS–5 (DAR‐5) SCALE AS A BRIEF ANGER MEASURE

    David Forbes;Nathan Alkemade;Damon Mitchell;Jon D. Elhai

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Bryant
Richard A. Bryant University of New South Wales
Mark Creamer
Mark Creamer University of Melbourne
Meaghan O'Donnell
Meaghan O'Donnell University of Melbourne
Alexander C. McFarlane
Alexander C. McFarlane University of Adelaide
Derrick Silove
Derrick Silove University of New South Wales
Lisa Gibbs
Lisa Gibbs University of Melbourne
Sean Cowlishaw
Sean Cowlishaw University of Melbourne
Jon D. Elhai
Jon D. Elhai University of Toledo
Zachary Steel
Zachary Steel University of New South Wales
Angela Nickerson
Angela Nickerson University of New South Wales

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