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Overview

Peter Butterworth is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their research spans various domains within psychology, health professions, and social sciences, with a significant focus on general health professions, clinical psychology, social psychology, sociology and political science, and health.

The main topics covered in Peter Butterworth's work include:

  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Work-Family Balance Challenges
  • Food composition and properties
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Peter Butterworth's recent publications reflect a range of interests from mental health to food science. Notable papers include:

  • "Estimating the sample mean and standard deviation from commonly reported quantiles in meta-analysis," 2020, Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)
  • "A systematic review on the effect of work-related stressors on mental health of young workers," 2020, International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
  • "Structure-function studies of chickpea and durum wheat uncover mechanisms by which cell wall properties influence starch bioaccessibility," 2021, Nature Food
  • "Enzyme kinetic approach for mechanistic insight and predictions of in vivo starch digestibility and the glycaemic index of foods," 2021, Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • "Trends in the Prevalence of Psychological Distress Over Time: Comparing Results From Longitudinal and Repeated Cross-Sectional Surveys," 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry

The frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Liana Leach
  • Kim M. Kiely
  • Richard A. Burns
  • Brooke Levis
  • Kira E. Riehm

Peter Butterworth has published extensively in journals and venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • SSM - Mental Health
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • SSM - Population Health

Best Publications

  • Gender differences in depression and anxiety across the adult lifespan: the role of psychosocial mediators

    Liana S. Leach;Helen Christensen;Andrew J. Mackinnon;Timothy D. Windsor

  • Accuracy of the PHQ-2 Alone and in Combination With the PHQ-9 for Screening to Detect Major Depression: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Brooke Levis;Brooke Levis;Ying Sun;Chen He;Yin Wu;Yin Wu

  • The psychosocial quality of work determines whether employment has benefits for mental health: results from a longitudinal national household panel survey

    Peter Butterworth;Liana Leach;Lyndall Strazdins;Sarah Olesen

  • Equivalency of the diagnostic accuracy of the PHQ-8 and PHQ-9: A systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

    Yin Wu;Brooke Levis;Kira E. Riehm;Nazanin Saadat

  • Financial hardship, socio-economic position and depression: Results from the PATH Through Life Survey

    Peter Butterworth;Bryan Rodgers;Timothy Windsor

  • Validity of the mental health component scale of the 12-item Short-Form Health Survey (MCS-12) as measure of common mental disorders in the general population

    Sarah C. Gill;Peter Butterworth;Bryan Rodgers;Andrew Mackinnon

  • Mental health problems among single and partnered mothers. The role of financial hardship and social support.

    Timothy Crosier;Timothy Crosier;Peter Butterworth;Bryan Rodgers

  • Western diet is associated with a smaller hippocampus: a longitudinal investigation.

    Felice N. Jacka;Nicolas Cherbuin;Kaarin J. Anstey;Perminder Sachdev

  • The association between mental disorders and suicide: A systematic review and meta-analysis of record linkage studies.

    Lay San Too;Matthew J. Spittal;Lyndal Bugeja;Lennart Reifels

  • The Prevalence of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Diverse Geographical and Ethnocultural Regions: The COSMIC Collaboration

    Perminder S. Sachdev;Darren M. Lipnicki;Nicole A. Kochan;John D. Crawford

  • The validity of the SF-36 in an Australian National Household Survey: demonstrating the applicability of the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey to examination of health inequalities

    Peter Butterworth;Timothy Crosier

  • A Population-Based Study of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms and Associated Impairment in Middle-Aged Adults

    Debjani Das;Nicolas Cherbuin;Peter Butterworth;Kaarin J. Anstey

  • Retirement and mental health: analysis of the Australian national survey of mental health and well-being.

    Peter Butterworth;Sarah C. Gill;Bryan Rodgers;Kaarin J. Anstey

  • Mental health affects future employment as job loss affects mental health: findings from a longitudinal population study

    Sarah C Olesen;Peter Butterworth;Liana S Leach;Margaret Kelaher

  • Cohort Profile: The PATH through life project

    Kaarin Anstey;Helen Christensen;Peter Butterworth;Simon Easteal

  • Memory complaints in a community sample aged 60-64 years: associations with cognitive functioning, psychiatric symptoms, medical conditions, APOE genotype, hippocampus and amygdala volumes, and white-matter hyperintensities.

    Anthony F Jorm;Peter Butterworth;Kaarin J Anstey;Helen M Christensen

  • Poor mental health influences risk and duration of unemployment: a prospective study

    Peter Butterworth;Liana S. Leach;Jane Pirkis;Margaret Kelaher

  • The Lesser Evil: Bad jobs or unemployment? A survey of Mid-aged Australians

    Dorothy H Broom;Rennie M D'Souza;Lyndall Strazdins;Peter Butterworth

  • Does methamphetamine use increase violent behaviour? Evidence from a prospective longitudinal study

    Rebecca McKetin;Dan I. Lubman;Jake M. Najman;Sharon Dawe

  • The Role of Perceived Control in Explaining Depressive Symptoms Associated With Driving Cessation in a Longitudinal Study

    Timothy D Windsor;Kaarin Jane Anstey;Peter Butterworth;Mary Alice Luszcz

Frequent Co-Authors

Kaarin J. Anstey
Kaarin J. Anstey University of New South Wales
Tim D. Windsor
Tim D. Windsor Flinders University
Helen Christensen
Helen Christensen University of New South Wales
Anthony F. Jorm
Anthony F. Jorm University of Melbourne
Mary A. Luszcz
Mary A. Luszcz Flinders University
Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Juliana C.N. Chan
Juliana C.N. Chan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Brian J. Hall
Brian J. Hall New York University Shanghai
Flávia de Lima Osório
Flávia de Lima Osório Universidade de São Paulo
Nicole A. Kochan
Nicole A. Kochan University of New South Wales

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