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Overview

Kay Wilhelm is affiliated with the University of Notre Dame in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with particular focus on Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics including:

  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Kay Wilhelm has published in multiple academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • BMJ Open
  • Australasian Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • The Medical Journal of Australia

Some of the recent research papers include:

  • The impact of frailty on mortality after heart transplantation, 2020, The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • Mental disorders and risk of suicide attempt in prisoners, 2020, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • Persistent symptoms up to four months after community and hospital-managed SARS-CoV-2 infection, 2021, The Medical Journal of Australia
  • Reversibility of Frailty after Lung Transplantation, 2020, Journal of Transplantation
  • A Web-Based Mental Health Intervention to Improve Social and Occupational Functioning in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes (The Springboard Trial): 12-Month Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial, 2020, Journal of Medical Internet Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kay Wilhelm include:

  • Tony Butler
  • Peter S. Macdonald
  • Sunita R. Jha
  • E. E. MONTGOMERY
  • Peter W. Schofield

Best Publications

  • Emotional and physical health benefits of expressive writing

    Karen A. Baikie;Kay Wilhelm

  • Implications of Childhood Trauma for Depressed Women: An Analysis of Pathways From Childhood Sexual Abuse to Deliberate Self-Harm and Revictimization

    Gemma L. Gladstone;Gordon B. Parker;Philip B. Mitchell;Gin S. Malhi

  • The stability of the Parental Bonding Instrument over a 20-year period.

    Kay Wilhelm;Heather Niven;Gordon Parker;Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic

  • Reduced hippocampal volumes and memory loss in patients with early- and late-onset depression

    Ian Hickie;Sharon Naismith;Philip B. Ward;Keelin Turner

  • Subcortical hyperintensities on magnetic resonance imaging: Clinical correlates and prognostic significance in patients with severe depression

    Ian Hickie;Elizabeth Scott;Philip Mitchell;Kay Wilhelm

  • Cognitive function in depression: a distinct pattern of frontal impairment in melancholia?

    M.-P. Austin;P. Mitchell;K. Wilhelm;G. Parker

  • ‘Big build’: hidden depression in men

    Suzanne Brownhill;Kay Wilhelm;Lesley Barclay;Virginia Schmied

  • Effectiveness of psychoeducation for relapse, symptoms, knowledge, adherence and functioning in psychotic disorders: a meta-analysis.

    Tania Lincoln;K Wilhelm;Yvonne Nestoriuc

  • The clinical features of bipolar depression: a comparison with matched major depressive disorder patients.

    Philip B. Mitchell;Kay Wilhelm;Gordon Parker;Marie-Paule Austin

  • The development of a refined measure of dysfunctional parenting and assessment of its relevance in patients with affective disorders.

    Gordon Parker;J. Roussos;D. Hadzi-Pavlovic;P. Mitchell

  • Life events, first depression onset and the serotonin transporter gene.

    Kay Wilhelm;Philip B. Mitchell;Heather Niven;Adam Finch

  • Prevalence and correlates of DSM-IV major depression in an Australian national survey.

    Kay Wilhelm;Philip Mitchell;Tim Slade;Suzanne Brownhill

  • A randomized controlled trial of a smoking cessation intervention among people with a psychotic disorder

    Amanda Baker;Robyn Richmond;Melanie Haile;Terry J. Lewin

  • Early and late onset depression in old age: different aetiologies, same phenomenology

    Henry Brodaty;Georgina Luscombe;Gordon Parker;Kay Wilhelm;Kay Wilhelm

  • Atypical Depression: A Reappraisal

    Gordon Parker;Kay Roy;Philip Mitchell;Kay Wilhelm

  • The development of a measure of intimate bonds.

    Kay Wilhelm;Gordon Parker

  • Teacher stress? An analysis of why teachers leave and why they stay

    K. A. Y. Wilhelm;Jodie Dewhurst-Savellis;Gordon Parker

  • Development of a simple screening tool for common mental disorders in general practice.

    Ian B. Hickie;Tracey A. Davenport;Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic;Annette Koschera

  • Reliability of the Parental Bonding Instrument and Intimate Bond Measure Scales

    Kay Wilhelm;Gordon Parker

  • Neuropsychological Performance in Patients With Depression is Associated With Clinical, Etiological and Genetic Risk Factors

    Sharon L. Naismith;Ian B. Hickie;Keelin Turner;Craig L. Little

  • Emotional and physical health benefits of Emotional and physical health benefits of expressive writing

    Karen A. Baikie;Kay Wilhelm

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon Parker
Gordon Parker University of New South Wales
Philip B. Mitchell
Philip B. Mitchell University of New South Wales
Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic
Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic University of New South Wales
Ian B. Hickie
Ian B. Hickie University of Sydney
Henry Brodaty
Henry Brodaty University of New South Wales
Marie-Paule Austin
Marie-Paule Austin University of New South Wales
Gin S Malhi
Gin S Malhi University of Sydney
Peter S. Macdonald
Peter S. Macdonald Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Tony Butler
Tony Butler University of New South Wales
Peter R. Schofield
Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia

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