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In Press

Brooks, R., Bryant, R., Silove, D., Creamer, M., O’Donnell, M., & McFarlane, A. (InPress). A confirmatory factor analysis of acute stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, Accepted 13July2007.

Broomhall, L., Clark, R., McFarlane, A., O'Donnell, M., Bryant, R., Brooks, R., et al. (InPress). Early stage assessment and course of acute stress disorder following mild traumatic brain Injury. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Accepted in Feb. 2008.

Carboon, I., Creamer, M., Forbes, A., McKenzie, D., McFarlane, A., Kelsall, H., et al. (InPress). The relationship between deployment and turnover in Australian navy personnel. Military Psychology, Accepted May 2007, scheduled for Volume 21 # 3 in July 2009.

Creamer, M., & Parslow, R. (InPress). Trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder in the elderly: A community prevalence study. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Accepted January 2008.

Forbes, D. (InPress). The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 In G. Reyes, J. Elhai & J. Ford (Eds.), The Encylopedia of Psychological Trauma. New Jersey: John Wiley Press.

Forbes, D., Lewis, V., Parslow, R., Hawthorne, G., & Creamer, M. (InPress). A naturalistic comparison of models of programmatic interventions for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry.

Hawthorne, G., Densley, K., Pallant, J., Mortimer, D., & Segal, L. (InPress). Deriving utility scores from the SF-36 using ordinal Rasch analysis. Quality of Life Research.

O’Donnell, M., Creamer, M., Parslow, R., Elliott, P., Holmes, A., Ellen, S., et al. (InPress ). A predictive screening instrument for posttraumatic stress disorder and depression following traumatic injury. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, accepted May 2008.

O'Donnell, M., & Creamer, M. (InPress). Motor vehicle collisions. In G. Reyes, J. Elhai & J. Ford (Eds.), The Encylopedia of Psychological Trauma. New Jersey: John Wiley Press.

O'Donnell, M., Creamer, M., Elliott, P., Bryant, R., McFarlane, A., & Silove, D. (InPress). Prior trauma and psychiatric history as risk factors for intentional and unintentional injury in Australia. Journal of Trauma, Infection and Critical Care, Accepted October 2007.

O'Donnell, M., Creamer, M., & Ludwig, G. (InPress). Psychological conditions associated with motor vehicle collisions. In M. Duckworth, T. Iezzi & W. O'Donohue (Eds.), Motor Vehicle Collisions:Medical, Psychosocial, and Legal Consequences. New York: Elsevier Inc.

2008

Bryant, R., Creamer, M., O'Donnell, M., Silove, D., & McFarlane, A. (2008). A multisite study of the capacity of acute stress disorder diagnosis to predict posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 69(6), 922-929.

Dileo, J., Brewer, W., Hopwood, M., Anderson, V., & Creamer, M. (2008). Olfactory identification, aggression and impulsivity in war veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychological Medicine 38, 523-531.

Elhai, J., Grubaugh, A., Richardson, J., Egede, L., & Creamer, M. (2008). Outpatient medical and mental healthcare utilization models among military veterans: Results from the 2001 National Survey of Veterans. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 42, 858-867.

Forbes, D., Parslow, R., Creamer, M., Allen, N., McHugh, T., & Hopwood. M. (2008). Mechanisms of anger and treatment outcome in combat veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 21(2), 142-149.

O’Donnell, M., Bryant, R., Creamer, M., & Carty, J. (2008). Mental health following traumatic injury: Toward a health system model of early psychological intervention. . Clinical Psychology Review, 28, 387-406.

Phelps, A., Forbes, D., & Creamer, M. (2008). Understanding Posttraumatic Nightmares: An Empirical and Conceptual Review. Clinical Psychology Review, 28(2), 339-356.

2007

Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health. (2007). Australian Guidelines for the treatment of adults with Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: ACPMH Melbourne,Victoria.

Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health. (2007). Mental Health Advice Book for Practitioners: Helping Veterans with Common Mental Health Problems. Canberra: Department of Veterans' Affairs.

Creamer, M. (2007). Posttraumatic Syndromes: Disorders or Symptoms? In D. Castle, S. Hood & M. Kyrios (Eds.), Anxiety Disorders: Current Controversies, Future Directions. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Postgraduate Medicine.

Ernest, C., Elliott, P., Murphy, B., Le Grande, M, Higgins, R., Worcester, M., et al. (2007). Predictors of cognitive function in candidates for coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Journal of the International Neurolopsychological Society, 13, 257-266.

Forbes, D., Creamer, M., Phelps, A., Bryant, R., McFarlane, A., Devilly, G., et al. (2007). The Australian guidelines for the treatment of adults with acute stress disorder (ASD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41, 637-648.

Forbes, D., Creamer, M., Phelps, A., Couineau, A. L., Cooper, J., Bryant, R., et al. (2007). Treating adults with acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder in general practice: A clinical update. Medical Journal of Australia, 187(2), 120-123.

Goldney, R., Fisher, L., Dal Grande, E., & Hawthorne, G. (2007). Have education and publicity about depression made a difference? A comparison of prevalence, service use and excess costs in South Australia: 1998 and 2004. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41(1), 38-53.

O'Donnell, M., Creamer, M., Elliott, P., & Bryant, R. (2007). Tonic and phasic heart rate as predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychosomatic Medicine, 69, 256-261.

O'Donnell, M., Elliott, P., Lau, W., & Creamer, M. (2007). PTSD symptom trajectories: From acute to chronic response. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 601-606.

O'Donnell, M., Wolfgang, B., Creamer, M., & Elliott, P. (2007). Posttraumatic appraisals in the development and persistence of posttraumatic stress symptoms. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 20(2), 173-182.

Rushford, N., Murphy, B., Worcester, M., Goble, A. J., Higgins, R., Le Grande, M., et al. (2007). Recall of information received in hospital by female cardiac patients. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, 14(3), 463–469.

Worcester, M., Murphy, B., Elliott, P., Le Grande, M., Higgins, R., Goble, A., et al. (2007). Trajectory of recovery of quality of life in women after an acute cardiac event. British Journal of Health Psychology, 12(1), 1-15.

2006

Carty, J., O'Donnell, M. L., & Creamer, M. (2006). Delayed-onset PTSD: a prospective study of injury survivors. Journal of Affective Disorders, 90: 257-261.

Cooper, J., Creamer, M., & Forbes, D. (2006). Mental Health Initiatives for Veterans and Serving Personnel. The Medical Journal of Australia, 185: 453.

Creamer, M. (2006). Acute Psychological Intervention For Law Enforcement Personnel Following Trauma Exposure: What Is Current Best Practice? The Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 6: 135-150.

Creamer, M., Carboon, I., Forbes, A. B., McKenzie, D. P., McFarlane, A. C., Kelsall, H. L., & Sim, M. R. (2006). Psychiatric disorder and separation from military service: a 10 year retrospective study. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163: 733-734.

Creamer, M., & Carty, J. (2006). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. In M. C. McNulty (Ed.), Handbook of Adult Clinical Psychology: An Evidence Based Practice Approach (pp. 523-557). London: Brunner Routledge.

Creamer, M., & Carty, J. (2006). Posttraumatic stress disorder in women. In D. Castle, J. Kulkarni & K. M. Abel (Eds.), Mood and Anxiety in Women (pp. 75-91). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Creamer, M., Elliott, P., Forbes, D., Biddle, D., & Hawthorne, G. (2006). Treatment for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: Two year follow-up. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 19: 675-685.

Forbes, D., Carty, J., Elliott, P., Creamer, M., McHugh, T., Hopwood, M., & Chemtob, C. M. (2006). Is Mixed Handedness a Marker of Treatment Response in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? A Pilot Study. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 19: 961-966.

Hawthorne, G. (2006). Measuring social isolation in older adults: development and initial validation of the Friendship Scale. Social Indicators Research, 77: 521 - 548.

Hawthorne, G., Herrman, H., & Murphy, B. (2006). Interpreting the WHOQOL-Brèf: preliminary population norms and effect sizes. Social Indicators Research, 77: 37 - 59.

Hawthorne, G., Mouthaan, J., Forbes, D., & Novaco, R. W. (2006). Response categories and anger measurement: do fewer categories result in poorer measurement? Development of the DAR5. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 41: 164-172.

Le Grande, M., Elliott, P., Murphy, B., Worcester, M., Higgins, R., Ernest, C., & Goble, A. (2006). Health related quality of life trajectories and predictors following coronary artery bypass surgery. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes,, 4:49.

McFarlane, A., & Creamer, M. (2006). Current knowledge about psychological trauma: a response to Milton. ADF Health, 7: 78 - 82.

Mckenzie, D. P., Mcfarlane, A. C., Creamer, M., Ikin, J. F., Forbes, A. B., Kelsall, H. L., Clarke, D. M., Glass, D. C., Ittak, P., & Sim, M. R. (2006). Hazardous or harmful alcohol use in Royal Australian Navy veterans of the 1991 Gulf War: identification of high risk subgroups. Addictive Behaviors, 31: 1683-1694.

O'Donnell, M. L., Creamer, M., Bryant, R., Schnyder, U., & Shalev, A. (2006). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder following injury: Assessment and other methodological considerations. In G. Young, A. Kane & K. Nicholson (Eds.), Psychological Knowledge In Court: PTSD, Pain, and TBI. New York: Springer Publishing Co.

Scott, C. K., Sonis, J., Creamer, M., & Dennis, M. L. (2006). Maximizing Follow-Up in Longitudinal Studies of Traumatized Populations. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 19: 757-769.

2005

Biddle, D., Hawthorne, G., Forbes, D., & Coman, G. (2005). Problem gambling in Australian PTSD treatment-seeking veterans. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 18: 759-767.

Carboon, I., Anderson, V. A., Pollard, A., Szer, J., & Seymour, J. F. (2005). Posttraumatic Growth Following a Cancer Diagnosis: Do World Assumptions Contribute? Traumatology, 11: 269-283.

Coman, G. J., Evans, B. J., & Burrows, G. D. (2005). An innovative cognitive strategy to assist problem gamblers. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 33: 129-140.

Cooper, J., Carty, J., & Creamer, M. C. (2005). Pharmacotherapy for PTSD: empirical review and clinical recommendations. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 39: 674-682.

Creamer, M., McFarlane, A. C., & Burgess, P. (2005). Psychopathology following trauma: the role of subjective experience. Journal of Affective Disorders, 86: 175-182.

Creamer, M. C., O'Donnell, M. L., & Pattison, P. (2005). Amnesia, traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder: a methodological enquiry. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43: 1383-1389.

Elliott, P., & Hawthorne, G. (2005). Imputing missing repeated measures data: how should we proceed? Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 39: 575-582.

Elliott, P., Hawthorne, G., Creamer, M., Forbes, D., & Biddle, D. (2005). Patterns of treatment response in chronic posttraumatic stress disorder: an application of latent variable growth mixture modeling. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 18: 303-311.

Forbes, D., Bennett, N., Biddle, D., Crompton, D., McHugh, T., Elliott, P., & Creamer, M. C. (2005). Clinical presentation and treatment outcome for peacekeeper veterans with PTSD: preliminary findings. American Journal of Psychiatry, 162: 2188-2190.

Forbes, D., Haslam, N., Williams, B. J., & Creamer, M. (2005). Testing the latent structure of posttraumatic stress disorder: a taxometric study of combat veterans. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 18: 647-656.

Hawthorne, G., & Elliott, P. (2005). Imputing cross-sectional missing data: a comparison of common techniques. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 39: 583-590.

Hawthorne, G., & Osborne, R. (2005). Population norms and meaningful differences for the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) measure. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 29: 136-142.

Ikin, J. F., McKenzie, D. P., Creamer, M. C., McFarlane, A., Kelsall, H. L., Glass, D. C., Forbes, A. B., Horsley, K. W. A., Harrex, W. K., & Sim, M. R. (2005). War zone stress without direct combat: the Australian Naval experience of the Gulf War. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 18: 193-204.

O'Donnell, M. L., & Creamer, M. (2005). Letter to the Editor - Drs. O'Donnell and Creamer Reply. American Journal of Psychiatry, 162: 630 - 631.

O'Donnell, M. L., Creamer, M., Elliott, P., & Atkin, C. (2005). Health costs following motor vehicle accidents: the role of posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 18: 557-561.

O'Donnell, M. L., Creamer, M. C., Elliott, P., Atkins, C., & Kossmann, T. (2005). Determinants of quality of life following injury: impact of acute psychological responses. Journal of Trauma, 59: 1328-1334; discussion 1334-1325.

2004

Creamer, M., & Forbes, D. (2004). Military Populations. In S. Taylor (Ed.), Advances in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Cognitive-Behavioral Perspectives (pp. 153-174). New York: Springer.

Creamer, M., & Forbes, D. (2004). Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in veteran and military populations. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 41: 388-398.

Creamer, M., O'Donnell, M., & Pattison, P. (2004). The relationship between acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder in severely injured trauma survivors. Behaviour Research & Therapy, 42: 315-328.

Forbes, D., Hawthorne, G., Elliott, P., McHugh, T., Biddle, D., Creamer, M., & Novaco, R. W. (2004). A concise measure of anger in combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 17: 249-256.

Goldney, R., Hawthorne, G., & Fisher, L. (2004). Is the Australian National Survey of Mental Health a reliable guide for health planners? A methodological note on the prevalence of depression. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 38: 635-638.

Ikin, J. F., Sim, M. R., Creamer, M. C., Forbes, A. B., McKenzie, D. P., Kelsall, H. L., Glass, D. C., McFarlane, A. C., Abramson, M. J., Ittak, P., Dwyer, T., Blizzard, L., Delaney, K. R., Horsley, K. W., Harrex, W. K., & Schwarz, H. (2004). War-related psychological stressors and risk of psychological disorders in Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War. British Journal of Psychiatry, 185: 116-126.

McKenzie, D. P., Ikin, J. F., McFarlane, A. C., Creamer, M., Forbes, A. B., Kelsall, H. L., Glass, D. C., Ittak, P., & Sim, M. R. (2004). Psychological health of Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War: an assessment using the SF-12, GHQ-12 and PCL-S. Psychological Medicine, 34: 1419-1430.

O'Donnell, M. (2004). Early intervention for trauma and traumatic loss. Behaviour Change, 21: 283-285.

O'Donnell, M., Creamer, M., & Pattison, P. (2004). Posttraumatic stress disorder and depression following trauma: understanding comorbidity. American Journal of Psychiatry, 161: 1390-1396.

O'Donnell, M. L., Creamer, M., Pattison, P., & Atkin, C. (2004). Psychiatric morbidity following injury. American Journal of Psychiatry, 161: 507-514.

2003

Andrews, G., Creamer, M., Crino, R., Hunt, C., Lampe, L., & Page, A. (2003). The Treatment of Anxiety Disorders: Clinician's Guide and Patient Manuals (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Coman, G. J., Evans, B. J., & Burrows, G. D. (2003). Gambling counselling in Australia: focus on cognitive counselling techniques. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 31: 163-175.

Creamer, M., Bell, R., & Failla, S. (2003). Psychometric properties of the Impact of Event Scale - Revised. Behavour Research & Therapy, 41: 1489-1496.

Creamer, M., & Forbes, D. (2003). The long term effects of traumatic stress. In G. Kearney, M. Creamer, R. Marshall & A. Goyne (Eds.), Military Stress and Performance - The Australian Defence Force Experience (pp. 175-186). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.

Creamer, M., & Singh, B. (2003). An integrated approach to veteran and military mental health: an overview of ACPMH. Australasian Psychiatry, 11: 225-227.

Elhai, J., Forbes, D., Creamer, M., McHugh, A., & Frueh, C. (2003). Clinical symptomatology of PTSD-diagnosed Australian and United States Vietnam combat veterans: an MMPI-2 comparison. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 191: 458-464.

Evans, B. J., & Coman, G. J. (2003). Hypnosis with treatment for the anxiety disorders. Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 31: 1-31.

Forbes, D., & Creamer, M. (2003). The treatment of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. In G. Kearney, M. Creamer, R. Marshall & A. Goyne (Eds.), Military Stress and Performance - The Australian Defence Force Experience (pp. 206-220). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.

Forbes, D., & Creamer, M. (2003). The treatment of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. In G. Kearney, M. Creamer & M. R (Eds.), Military Stress And Performance - The Australian Defence Force Experience (pp. 206-220). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.

Forbes, D., Creamer, M., Allen, N., Elliott, P., McHugh, A., Debenham, P., & Hopwood, M. (2003). MMPI-2 based subgroups of veterans with combat-related PTSD: differential patterns of symptom change after treatment. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 191: 531-537.

Forbes, D., Creamer, M., Allen, N., Elliott, P., McHugh, T., Debenham, P., & Hopwood, M. (2003). MMPI-2 as a predictor of change in PTSD symptom clusters: a further analysis of the Forbes et al. (2002) data set. Journal of Personality Assessment, 81: 183-186.

Forbes, D., Creamer, M., Hawthorne, G., Allen, N., & McHugh, T. (2003). Comorbidity as a predictor of symptom change following treatment in combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 191: 93-99.

Forbes, D., Phelps, A., McHugh, A., Debenham, P., Hopwood, M., & Creamer, M. (2003). Imagery rehearsal in the treatment of posttraumatic nightmares in Australian veterans with chronic combat-related PTSD: twelve month follow up data. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 16: 509-513.

Hawthorne, G. (2003). The effect of different methods of collecting data: mail, telephone and filter data collection issues in utility measurement. Quality of Life Research, 12: 1081-1088.

Hawthorne, G., Cheok, F., Goldney, R., & Fisher, L. (2003). The excess cost of depression in South Australia: a comparative study of two methods of calculating burden. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 37: 362-373.

Hawthorne, G., Osborne, R. H., & Elliott, P. (2003). Commentary on: a psychometric analysis of the measurement level of the rating scale, standard gamble and time-trade off, by Cook et al. Social Science & Medicine, 56: 895-897.

Kearney , G., Creamer, M., Marshall, R., & Goyne, A. (Eds.). (2003). Military Stress and Performance: The Australian Defence Force Experience. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.

O'Donnell, M. L., Creamer, M., Bryant, R. A., Schnyder, U., & Shalev, A. (2003). Posttraumatic disorders following injury: an empirical and methodological review. Clinical Psychology Review, 23: 587-603.

Osborne, R. H., Hawthorne, G., Lew, E. A., & Gray, L. C. (2003). Quality of Life assessment in the community-dwelling elderly: validation of the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) instrument and comparison with the SF-36. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 56: 138-147.

Steindl, S. R., Young, R. M., Creamer, M., & Crompton, D. (2003). Hazardous alcohol use and treatment outcome in male combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 16: 27-34.

2002

Biddle, D., Creamer, M., Forbes, D., Elliott, P., & Devilly, G. (2002). Self-reported problems: a comparison between PTSD-diagnosed veterans, their spouses, and clinicians. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 40: 853-865.

Coman, G., Evans, B., & Burrows, G. (2002). Group counselling for problem gambling. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 30: 145-158.

Creamer, M., Forbes, D., Biddle, D., & Elliott, P. (2002). Inpatient versus day hospital treatment for chronic, combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: a naturalistic comparison. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 190: 183-189.

Creamer, M., & O'Donnell, M. (2002). Posttraumatic stress disorder. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 15: 163-168.

Forbes, D., Creamer, M., Allen, N., Elliott, P., McHugh, A., Debenham, P., & Hopwood, M. (2002). The MMPI-2 as a predictor of symptom change following treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Personality Assessment, 79: 321-336.

Herrman, H., Hawthorne, G., & Thomas, R. (2002). Quality of life assessment in people living with psychosis. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 37: 510-518.

2001

Cobelas, C., Cooper, C., Ell, M., Hawthorne, G., Kennedy, M., & Leach, D. (2001). Quality management and the Emergency Services Enhancement Program. Journal of Quality in Clinical Practice, 21: 80-85.

Coman, G., & Burrows, G. (2001). Your Guide to Responsible Gambling (2 ed.). Melbourne: Mental Health Foundation of Victoria.

Creamer, M., Burgess, P. M., & McFarlane, A. C. (2001). Posttraumatic stress disorder: findings from the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being. Psychological Medicine, 31: 1237-1247.

Forbes, D., Creamer, M., & Biddle, D. (2001). The validity of the PTSD checklist as a measure of symptomatic change in combat-related PTSD. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 39: 977-986.

Forbes, D., Phelps, A., & McHugh, T. (2001). Treatment of combat-related nightmares using imagery rehearsal: a pilot study. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 14: 433-442.

Hawthorne, G., & Richardson, J. (2001). Measuring the value of program outcomes: a review of utility measures. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics Outcomes Research, 1: 215-228.

Hodgins, G., Creamer, M., & Bell, R. (2001). Risk factors for posttrauma reactions in police officers: a longitudinal study. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 189: 541-547.

Kearney , G., Creamer, M., Marshall, R., & Goyne, A. (Eds.). (2001). The Management of Stress in the Australian Defence Force. Canberra: Defence Publishing Service.

2000

Creamer, M. (2000). Posttraumatic stress disorder following violence and aggression. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 5: 431-449.