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Marie-Paule Austin is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on public health, obstetrics and gynecology, epidemiology, clinical psychology, and pediatrics. Their research primarily addresses maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, maternal and perinatal health interventions, breastfeeding practices and influences, as well as topics related to grief, bereavement, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, attachment dynamics, and infant development and preterm care.

Recent publications by Marie-Paule Austin include the following:

  • "Why do some pregnant women not fully disclose at comprehensive psychosocial assessment with their midwife?" (2021, Women and Birth)
  • "Screening for anxiety disorders in third trimester pregnancy: a comparison of four brief measures" (2021, Archives of Women s Mental Health)
  • "Opening the door: midwives' perceptions of two models of psychosocial assessment in pregnancy- a mixed methods study" (2020, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth)
  • "Disclosure of sensitive material at routine antenatal psychosocial assessment: The role of psychosocial risk and mode of assessment" (2021, Women and Birth)
  • "Supporting routine psychosocial assessment in the perinatal period: The concurrent and predictive validity of the Antenatal Risk Questionnaire-Revised" (2021, Women and Birth)

Their frequent co-authors include Nicole Reilly, Victoria Mule, Emma Black, Deborah Loxton, and Dušan Hadži-Pavlović. These collaborations reflect multidisciplinary approaches within their research scope.

Marie-Paule Austin has regularly published in several academic journals, with notable publication venues including:

  • Women and Birth
  • Archives of Women s Mental Health
  • Metabolites
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Australian Journal of Psychology

Their work within medicine comprises 34 publications focusing on key subfields, most prominently public health, environmental and occupational health (14 publications), obstetrics and gynecology (11 publications), epidemiology (6 publications), clinical psychology (4 publications), and pediatrics, perinatology and child health (3 publications).

Research topics addressed by Marie-Paule Austin cover a wide range of maternal and child health concerns:

  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care

Best Publications

  • Cognitive deficits in depression: possible implications for functional neuropathology.

    Marie-Paule Austin;Philip Mitchell;Guy M. Goodwin

  • Maternal anxiety during the transition to parenthood: a prospective study.

    Kerry Ann Grant;Catherine McMahon;Marie Paule Austin;Marie Paule Austin

  • 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

  • Cognitive function in major depression

    Marie-Paule Austin;Margaret Ross;Caroline M Murray;Ronan O'Carroll

  • 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

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

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

  • Maternal trait anxiety, depression and life event stress in pregnancy: relationships with infant temperament

    Marie-Paule Austin;Marie-Paule Austin;Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic;Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic;Leo Leader;Karen Saint

  • 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

  • Antenatal screening for postnatal depression: a systematic review

    M.-P. Austin;J. Lumley

  • Examining the relationship between antenatal anxiety and postnatal depression

    Marie-Paule Austin;Lucy Tully;Gordon Parker

  • Antenatal screening and early intervention for “perinatal” distress, depression and anxiety: where to from here?

    Marie Paule Austin

  • Brief antenatal cognitive behaviour therapy group intervention for the prevention of postnatal depression and anxiety: a randomised controlled trial.

    Marie-Paule. Austin;M. Frilingos;Judith Mary. Lumley;Dusan. Hadzi-Pavlovic

  • Maternal stress and obstetric and infant outcomes: epidemiological findings and neuroendocrine mechanisms

    Marie-Paule Austin;Leo Leader

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

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

  • To screen or not to screen--that is the question in perinatal depression.

    Anne E Buist;Bryanne E W Barnett;Jeannette Milgrom;Sherryl Pope

  • Depressive and anxiety disorders in the postpartum period: how prevalent are they and can we improve their detection?

    Marie-Paule V. Austin;Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic;Susan R. Priest;Susan R. Priest;Nicole Reilly

  • Single photon emission tomography with 99mTc-exametazime in major depression and the pattern of brain activity underlying the psychotic/neurotic continuum.

    M P Austin;N Dougall;M Ross;C Murray

  • Maternal mortality and psychiatric morbidity in the perinatal period: challenges and opportunities for prevention in the Australian setting

    Marie-Paule Austin;Sue V. Kildea;Elizabeth D. Sullivan

  • Acceptability of routine screening for perinatal depression

    Anne Buist;John Condon;Janette Brooks;Craig Speelman

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon Parker
Gordon Parker University of New South Wales
Kay Wilhelm
Kay Wilhelm University of Notre Dame
Ian B. Hickie
Ian B. Hickie University of Sydney
Guy M. Goodwin
Guy M. Goodwin University of Oxford
Jeannette Milgrom
Jeannette Milgrom University of Melbourne
Catherine McMahon
Catherine McMahon Macquarie University
Rebecca Giallo
Rebecca Giallo Deakin University
Henry Brodaty
Henry Brodaty University of New South Wales
Suzanne King
Suzanne King McGill University
Ronan E. O'Carroll
Ronan E. O'Carroll University of Stirling

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