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Matthew Sunderland

Matthew Sunderland

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Psychology

D-Index
46
Citations
9521
World Ranking
6390
National Ranking
369

Overview

Matthew Sunderland is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research spans across psychology and medicine, with significant contributions to clinical psychology, epidemiology, general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as experimental and cognitive psychology. Their work addresses a wide range of topics including substance abuse treatment and outcomes, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, mental health research, obesity, physical activity, diet, mental health treatment and access, mobile health applications, and personality disorders and psychopathology.

Sunderland's recent publications demonstrate a focus on psychopathology, developmental mental health, and the validity of psychiatric classification systems. Notable recent papers include:

  • Association Between Maternal Perinatal Depression and Anxiety and Child and Adolescent Development (2020) in JAMA Pediatrics
  • Validity and utility of Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): I. Psychosis superspectrum (2020) in World Psychiatry
  • Validity and utility of Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): II. Externalizing superspectrum (2021) in World Psychiatry
  • A systematic review of transdiagnostic risk and protective factors for general and specific psychopathology in young people (2021) in Clinical Psychology Review
  • A Detailed Hierarchical Model of Psychopathology: From Individual Symptoms up to the General Factor of Psychopathology (2021) in Clinical Psychological Science

The scholar regularly publishes in venues such as the Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Clinical Psychological Science, Addiction, and Psychological Medicine. These outlets reflect their interdisciplinary approach to psychological and medical research.

Frequent collaborators of Sunderland include Tim Slade, Maree Teesson, Cath Chapman, Nicola C. Newton, and Katrina E. Champion, indicating a network of co-authors focused on related fields of mental health and substance use research.

Best Publications

  • Progress in achieving quantitative classification of psychopathology

    Robert F. Krueger;Roman Kotov;David Watson;Miriam K. Forbes

  • Association Between Maternal Perinatal Depression and Anxiety and Child and Adolescent Development: A Meta-analysis.

    Alana Rogers;Shelley Obst;Samantha J Teague;Larissa Rossen;Larissa Rossen;Larissa Rossen

  • A Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology Can Transform Mental Health Research

    Christopher C. Conway;Miriam K. Forbes;Kelsie T. Forbush;Eiko I. Fried

  • Normative Data for the 12 Item WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0

    Gavin Andrews;Alice Kemp;Matthew Sunderland;Michael Von Korff

  • Development of a short form Social Interaction Anxiety (SIAS) and Social Phobia Scale (SPS) using nonparametric item response theory: the SIAS-6 and the SPS-6.

    Lorna Peters;Matthew Sunderland;Gavin Andrews;Ronald M Rapee

  • Psychometric Comparison of the PHQ-9 and BDI-II for Measuring Response during Treatment of Depression

    Nickolai Titov;Blake F Dear;Dean McMillan;Tracy Anderson

  • Validity and utility of Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): II. Externalizing superspectrum

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  • Health Anxiety in Australia: Prevalence, Comorbidity, Disability and Service Use

    Matthew Sunderland;Jill M. Newby;Gavin Andrews

  • Psychometric Comparison of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 and the Penn State Worry Questionnaire for Measuring Response during Treatment of Generalised Anxiety Disorder

    Blake F Dear;Nickolai Titov;Matthew Sunderland;Dean McMillan

  • Validity and utility of Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): I. Psychosis superspectrum.

    Roman Kotov;Katherine G Jonas;William T Carpenter;Michael N Dretsch

  • Adherence as a determinant of effectiveness of internet cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety and depressive disorders

    Zita Hilvert-Bruce;Pieter J. Rossouw;Nora Wong;Matthew Sunderland

  • A network approach to the comorbidity between posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder: The role of overlapping symptoms.

    Mohammad H. Afzali;Matthew Sunderland;Maree Teesson;Natacha Carragher

  • The relationship between social support networks and depression in the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Well-being.

    Aliza Werner-Seidler;Mohammad H. Afzali;Cath Chapman;Matthew Sunderland

  • Psychotic-like experiences in a community sample of 8000 children aged 9 to 11 years: an item response theory analysis

    Kristin Laurens;Megan Hobbs;Mathew Sunderland;Melissa Green

  • Effectiveness of school-based eHealth interventions to prevent multiple lifestyle risk behaviours among adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Katrina E Champion;Katrina E Champion;Belinda Parmenter;Cyanna McGowan;Bonnie Spring

  • A systematic review of transdiagnostic risk and protective factors for general and specific psychopathology in young people.

    Samantha J. Lynch;Matthew Sunderland;Nicola C. Newton;Cath Chapman

  • The structure of adolescent psychopathology: a symptom-level analysis.

    N. Carragher;M. Teesson;M. Sunderland;N. C. Newton

  • The Distress Questionnaire-5: Population screener for psychological distress was more accurate than the K6/K10

    Philip J. Batterham;Matthew Sunderland;Natacha Carragher;Alison L. Calear

  • DSM-IV and DSM-5 social anxiety disorder in the Australian community

    Erica Crome;Rachel Grove;Andrew J Baillie;Matthew Sunderland

  • Classification of anxiety and depressive disorders: problems and solutions.

    G. Andrews;T.M. Anderson;T. Slade;M. Sunderland

  • Neurodevelopmental disorders: cluster 2 of the proposed meta-structure for DSM-V and ICD-11.

    G. Andrews;D. S. Pine;M. J. Hobbs;T. M. Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip J. Batterham
Philip J. Batterham Australian National University
Alison L. Calear
Alison L. Calear Australian National University
Gavin Andrews
Gavin Andrews University of New South Wales
Frances Kay-Lambkin
Frances Kay-Lambkin University of Newcastle Australia
Andrew Baillie
Andrew Baillie University of Sydney
Miriam K. Forbes
Miriam K. Forbes Macquarie University
Robert F. Krueger
Robert F. Krueger University of Minnesota
Lexine Stapinski
Lexine Stapinski University of Sydney
Leanne Hides
Leanne Hides University of Queensland
Ulrich Reininghaus
Ulrich Reininghaus Heidelberg University

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