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Vijaya Manicavasagar is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Psychology, Medicine, and Health Professions. Within these areas, their work spans several subfields including Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and General Health Professions.

The main topics covered in Vijaya Manicavasagar's research include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Treatment of Major Depression

The scientist has contributed to multiple publications, often collaborating with frequent co-authors including Derrick Silove, Gabriela Tavella, Adam Bayes, Gordon Parker, and Michael J. Spoelma.

They have published work in several venues with notable frequency, among which are:

  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Acta Neuropsychiatrica
  • Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • Der Nervenarzt

Selected recent publications by Vijaya Manicavasagar include:

  • Burnout and depression: Points of convergence and divergence, 2023, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Refined diagnostic criteria for the bipolar disorders: phase two of the AREDOC project, 2020, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
  • Differentiating mania/hypomania from happiness using a machine learning analytic approach, 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Improving treatment decision-making in bipolar II disorder: a phase II randomised controlled trial of an online patient decision-aid, 2020, BMC Psychiatry
  • The bipolar disorders: A case for their categorically distinct status based on symptom profiles, 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders

Best Publications

  • Anxiety, depression and PTSD in asylum-seekers: assocations with pre-migration trauma and post-migration stressors.

    Derrick Silove;Ingrid Sinnerbrink;Annette Field;Vijaya Manicavasagar

  • Comorbidity of PTSD and depression: associations with trauma exposure, symptom severity and functional impairment in Bosnian refugees resettled in Australia.

    Shakeh Momartin;Derrick Silove;Vijaya Manicavasagar;Zachary Steel

  • Mobile mental health: Review of the emerging field and proof of concept study

    Virginia Harrison;Judith Proudfoot;Pang Ping Wee;Gordon Parker

  • Community attitudes to the appropriation of mobile phones for monitoring and managing depression, anxiety, and stress.

    Judith Proudfoot;Gordon Parker;Dusan Hadzi Pavlovic;Vijaya Manicavasagar

  • Impact of a mobile phone and web program on symptom and functional outcomes for people with mild-to-moderate depression, anxiety and stress: a randomised controlled trial.

    Judith Proudfoot;Janine Clarke;Mary-Rose Birch;Alexis E Whitton

  • Parental Representations of Patients with Panic Disorder and Generalised Anxiety Disorder

    Derrick Silove;Gordon Parker;Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic;Vijaya Manicavasagar

  • Compounding of premigration trauma and postmigration stress in asylum seekers

    Ingrid Sinnerbrink;Derrick Silove;Annette Field;Zachary Steel

  • Effects of a classroom-based educational resource on adolescent mental health literacy: A cluster randomised controlled trial

    Yael Perry;Katherine Petrie;Hannah Buckley;Lindy Cavanagh

  • A Self-Report Questionnaire for Measuring Separation Anxiety in Adulthood

    V. Manicavasagar;D. Silove;R. Wagner;J. Drobny

  • The family attitude scale: reliability and validity of a new scale for measuring the emotional climate of families

    David J Kavanagh;Paul O'Halloran;Vijaya Manicavasagar;Dianne Clark

  • Complicated grief in Bosnian refugees: associations with posttraumatic stress disorder and depression.

    Shakeh Momartin;Derrick Silove;Vijaya Manicavasagar;Zachary Steel

  • Continuities of separation anxiety from early life into adulthood.

    Vijaya Manicavasagar;Derrick Silove;Jackie Curtis;Renate Wagner

  • Application of Cognitive‐Behavioural Family Intervention for Schizophrenia in Multidisciplinary Teams: What Can the Matter Be?

    David J. Kavanagh;Olga Piatkowska;Dianne Clark;Paul O'halloran

  • Effects of adjunctive peer support on perceptions of illness control and understanding in an online psychoeducation program for bipolar disorder: a randomised controlled trial.

    Judith Proudfoot;Gordon Parker;Vijaya Manicavasagar;Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic

  • A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for bipolar disorder

    Tania Perich;Tania Perich;Vijaya Manicavasagar;Vijaya Manicavasagar;Philip B Mitchell;Philip B Mitchell;Jillian Ball

  • A randomized controlled trial of strong minds: A school-based mental health program combining acceptance and commitment therapy and positive psychology.

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

  • Dimensions of trauma associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) caseness, severity and functional impairment: a study of Bosnian refugees resettled in Australia.

    S Momartin;D Silove;V Manicavasagar;Z Steel

  • Is early separation anxiety a risk factor for adult panic disorder?: a critical review.

    Derrick Silove;Vijaya Manicavasagar;Jackie Curtis;Alex Blaszczynski

  • Effects of mental health self-efficacy on outcomes of a mobile phone and web intervention for mild-to-moderate depression, anxiety and stress: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial.

    Janine Clarke;Janine Clarke;Judith Proudfoot;Judith Proudfoot;Mary Rose Birch;Alexis E. Whitton

  • Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Web-Based Positive Psychology Program for Youth Mental Health: Randomized Controlled Trial

    Vijaya Manicavasagar;Deserae Horswood;Rowan Burckhardt;Alistair Lum

  • The Development of the Separation Anxiety Symptom Inventory (SASI)

    Derrick Silove;Vijaya Manicavasagar;Dianne O'connell;Alex Blaszczynski

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon Parker
Gordon Parker University of New South Wales
Louise Sharpe
Louise Sharpe University of Sydney
Alex Blaszczynski
Alex Blaszczynski University of Sydney
Stefano Pini
Stefano Pini University of Pisa
Martin Alda
Martin Alda Dalhousie University
Christopher Tennant
Christopher Tennant University of Sydney
Philip J. Batterham
Philip J. Batterham Australian National University
Helen Christensen
Helen Christensen University of New South Wales
Richard A. Bryant
Richard A. Bryant University of New South Wales
Emre Bora
Emre Bora Dokuz Eylül University

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