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Social Sciences and Humanities
Australia
2025

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Psychology

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96
Citations
38099
World Ranking
731
National Ranking
34

Medicine

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96
Citations
38134
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9574
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291

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  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Derrick Silove is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia and has a significant scholarly presence in the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences. Their expertise encompasses Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's research frequently addresses topics such as Migration, Health and Trauma; Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development; Child Abuse and Trauma; Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum; Racial and Ethnic Identity Research; Employment and Welfare Studies; and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research.

Notable recent papers by Derrick Silove include:

  • Post-migration factors and mental health outcomes in asylum-seeking and refugee populations: a systematic review, 2020, European journal of psychotraumatology
  • Genomic influences on self-reported childhood maltreatment, 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • Expanding mental health services in low- and middle-income countries: A task-shifting framework for delivery of comprehensive, collaborative, and community-based care, 2023, Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health
  • Mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: research priorities for 2021-30, 2023, The Lancet Global Health
  • Australian guidelines for the prevention and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: Updates in the third edition, 2021, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Derrick Silove collaborates extensively with a core group of co-authors, including Susan Rees, Mohammed Mohsin, Alvin Kuowei Tay, Vijaya Manicavasagar, and Zachary Steel.

The publication record spans multiple respected journals, with frequent contributions to the Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, PLOS Global Public Health, European journal of psychotraumatology, BJPsych Open, and PLoS Medicine.

Best Publications

  • The global prevalence of common mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis 1980–2013

    Zachary Steel;Claire Marnane;Changiz Iranpour;Tien Chey

  • Association of Torture and Other Potentially Traumatic Events With Mental Health Outcomes Among Populations Exposed to Mass Conflict and Displacement: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Zachary Steel;Tien Chey;Derrick Silove;Claire Marnane

  • Anxiety, depression and PTSD in asylum-seekers: assocations with pre-migration trauma and post-migration stressors.

    Derrick Silove;Ingrid Sinnerbrink;Annette Field;Vijaya Manicavasagar

  • The Psychiatric Sequelae of Traumatic Injury

    Richard A. Bryant;Meaghan L. O'Donnell;Mark Creamer;Alexander C. McFarlane

  • Long-term effect of psychological trauma on the mental health of Vietnamese refugees resettled in Australia: a population-based study

    Zachary Steel;Derrick Silove;Tuong Phan;Adrian Bauman

  • The psychosocial effects of torture, mass human rights violations, and refugee trauma : Toward an integrated conceptual framework

    Derrick Silove

  • The contemporary refugee crisis: an overview of mental health challenges

    Derrick Silove;Peter Ventevogel;Susan Rees

  • Mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: Linking practice and research

    Wietse A Tol;Corrado Barbui;Ananda Galappatti;Derrick Silove

  • 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

  • Impact of immigration detention and temporary protection on the mental health of refugees

    Zachary P. Steel;Derrick Silove;Robert Brooks;Shakeh Momartin

  • 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

  • Pathways from war trauma to posttraumatic stress symptoms among Tamil asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants

    Zachary Steel;Derrick Silove;Kevin Bird;Patrick McGorry

  • Policies of deterrence and the mental health of asylum seekers

    Derrick Silove;Zachary Steel;Charles Watters

  • A critical review of psychological treatments of posttraumatic stress disorder in refugees

    Angela Nickerson;Richard A. Bryant;Derrick Silove;Zachary Steel

  • Trauma exposure, postmigration stressors, and symptoms of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress in Tamil asylum-seekers: comparison with refugees and immigrants

    D. Silove;Z. Steel;P. McGorry;P. Mohan

  • Comorbidity of PTSD and depression: associations with trauma exposure, symptom severity and functional impairment in Bosnian refugees resettled in Australia.

    Shakeh Momartin;Derrick Silove;Vijaya Manicavasagar;Zachary Steel

  • Social capital, socio-economic status and psychological distress among Australian adults

    Philayrath Phongsavan;Tien Chey;Adrian Bauman;Robert Brooks

  • A comparison of the mental health of refugees with temporary versus permanent protection visas

    Shakeh Momartin;Zachary Steel;Marianio Coello;Jorge Aroche

  • 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

  • How well can post‐traumatic stress disorder be predicted from pre‐trauma risk factors? An exploratory study in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

    Ronald C. Kessler;Sherri Rose;Karestan C. Koenen;Elie G. Karam

  • Psychiatric status of asylum seeker families held for a protracted period in a remote detention centre in Australia

    Zachary Steel;Shakeh Momartin;Catherine Bateman;Atena Hafshejani

Frequent Co-Authors

Zachary Steel
Zachary Steel University of New South Wales
Richard A. Bryant
Richard A. Bryant University of New South Wales
Alexander C. McFarlane
Alexander C. McFarlane University of Adelaide
Meaghan O'Donnell
Meaghan O'Donnell University of Melbourne
Mark Creamer
Mark Creamer University of Melbourne
Vijaya Manicavasagar
Vijaya Manicavasagar University of New South Wales
David Forbes
David Forbes University of Melbourne
Angela Nickerson
Angela Nickerson University of New South Wales
Wietse A. Tol
Wietse A. Tol Johns Hopkins University
Robert Brooks
Robert Brooks University of New South Wales

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