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Fiona Shand is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on psychology and health professions, with a particular emphasis on clinical psychology and general health professions. The subfields of study that characterize their work include clinical psychology, general health professions, social psychology, applied psychology, and sociology and political science.

The main topics covered by Fiona Shand's research include suicide and self-harm studies, mental health treatment and access, digital mental health interventions, mental health and patient involvement, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, health policy implementation science, and maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum.

Recent publications by Fiona Shand include the following:

  • A randomised controlled trial of a relationship-focussed mobile phone application for improving adolescents' mental health (2020) in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • The Lancet Commission on self-harm (2024) in The Lancet
  • Drafting the Aboriginal and Islander Mental Health Initiative for Youth (AIMhi-Y) App: Results of a formative mixed methods study (2020) in Internet Interventions
  • Protocol for a stepped-wedge, cluster randomized controlled trial of the LifeSpan suicide prevention trial in four communities in New South Wales, Australia (2020) in Trials
  • Workplace stress, common mental disorder and suicidal ideation in junior doctors (2020) in Internal Medicine Journal

Fiona Shand has collaborated frequently with the following co-authors:

  • Michelle Torok
  • Philip J. Batterham
  • Lauren McGillivray
  • Alison L. Calear
  • Demee Rheinberger

The primary publication venues where Fiona Shand has contributed multiple works include:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • JMIR Mental Health
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Archives of Suicide Research
  • Trials

Best Publications

  • Road to resilience: a systematic review and meta-analysis of resilience training programmes and interventions.

    Sadhbh Joyce;Fiona Shand;Joseph Tighe;Steven J Laurent

  • Ibobbly mobile health intervention for suicide prevention in Australian Indigenous youth: a pilot randomised controlled trial

    Joseph Tighe;Fiona Shand;Rebecca Ridani;Andrew Mackinnon

  • Evidence of CNIH3 involvement in opioid dependence

    Elliot C. Nelson;Arpana Agrawal;Andrew C. Heath;Ryan Bogdan

  • Sex differences amongst dependent heroin users: histories, clinical characteristics and predictors of other substance dependence.

    Fiona L. Shand;Louisa Degenhardt;Tim Slade;Elliot C. Nelson

  • What Interrupts Suicide Attempts in Men: A Qualitative Study.

    Michael J. Player;Judy Proudfoot;Andrea S. Fogarty;Erin Whittle

  • Best strategies for reducing the suicide rate in Australia

    Karolina Krysinska;Philip J Batterham;Michelle Tye;Fiona Shand

  • A Systematic Review of Mass Media Campaigns for Suicide Prevention: Understanding Their Efficacy and the Mechanisms Needed for Successful Behavioral and Literacy Change

    Michelle Torok;Alison Calear;Fiona Shand;Helen Christensen

  • Association of OPRD1 polymorphisms with heroin dependence in a large case-control series

    Elliot C. Nelson;Michael T. Lynskey;Andrew C. Heath;Naomi Wray

  • The effectiveness of a suicide prevention app for indigenous Australian youths: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

    Fiona L Shand;Rebecca Ridani;Joe Tighe;Helen Christensen

  • Acceptance and commitment therapy universal prevention program for adolescents: a feasibility study

    Rowan Burckhardt;Vijaya Manicavasagar;Philip J. Batterham;Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic

  • ANKK1, TTC12, and NCAM1 polymorphisms and heroin dependence: importance of considering drug exposure.

    Elliot C. Nelson;Michael T. Lynskey;Andrew C. Heath;Naomi Wray

  • Resilience@Work Mindfulness Program: Results From a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial With First Responders

    Sadhbh Joyce;Sadhbh Joyce;Fiona Shand;Tara J Lal;Brendan Mott

  • Usage and Acceptability of the iBobbly App: Pilot Trial for Suicide Prevention in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth.

    Joseph Tighe;Fiona Shand;Kathy McKay;Taylor Jai McAlister

  • Effectiveness of a Web-Based Self-Help Program for Suicidal Thinking in an Australian Community Sample: Randomized Controlled Trial

    Bregje A.J. Van Spijker;Aliza Werner-Seidler;Philip J. Batterham;Andrew Mackinnon

  • Persistence of preference for a flavor presented in simultaneous compound with sucrose.

    Justin A. Harris;Fiona L. Shand;Louisa Q. Carroll;R. Frederick Westbrook

  • A randomised controlled trial of a relationship-focussed mobile phone application for improving adolescents' mental health.

    Bridianne O'Dea;Jin Han;Philip J Batterham;Melinda R Achilles

  • Mindfulness-Based Resilience Training in the Workplace: Pilot Study of the Internet-Based Resilience@Work (RAW) Mindfulness Program

    Sadhbh Joyce;Fiona Shand;Richard A Bryant;Tara J Lal

  • A Smartphone App for Adolescents With Sleep Disturbance: Development of the Sleep Ninja.

    Aliza Werner-Seidler;Bridianne O'Dea;Fiona Shand;Lara Johnston

  • Suicide prevention in Australian Aboriginal communities: a review of past and present programs

    Rebecca Ridani;Fiona L. Shand;Helen Christensen;Kathryn McKay

  • The effect of comorbid substance use disorders on treatment outcome for anxiety disorders.

    Peter M. McEvoy;Fiona Shand

  • A comparison of multi-component systems approaches to suicide prevention

    Simon T.E. Baker;Jennifer Nicholas;Fiona Shand;Rachel Green

  • The use of technology in Suicide Prevention

    Mark E. Larsen;Nicholas Cummins;Tjeerd W. Boonstra;Bridianne O'Dea

Frequent Co-Authors

Helen Christensen
Helen Christensen University of New South Wales
Philip J. Batterham
Philip J. Batterham Australian National University
Louisa Degenhardt
Louisa Degenhardt University of New South Wales
Alison L. Calear
Alison L. Calear Australian National University
Andrew Mackinnon
Andrew Mackinnon University of New South Wales
Aliza Werner-Seidler
Aliza Werner-Seidler University of New South Wales
Kay Wilhelm
Kay Wilhelm University of Notre Dame
Richard A. Bryant
Richard A. Bryant University of New South Wales
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland

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