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Research InterestsProfessor Kay Wilhelm AM | | (Position Details) | | Phone Please contact School/Unit | | Qualifications MB BS MD UNSW, FRANZP |
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| School of Psychiatry | |
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Clinical Research
Psychiatry
Medical Education
Preventive Medicine
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| Depression
General Hospital Psychiatry
Doctors' Health
Women & Health
Smoking Cessation
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She has a longstanding interest in depression, especially gender issues and psychosocial risk factors, brief psychotherapy for depression and deliberate self harm, as well as primary care and general hospital psychiatry. She has been observing a cohort of adults over the past 25 years, with an interest in evolving rates of depression and anxiety, coping styles, gender differences and possible genetic factors. She has recently published on interactions between serotonin transporter gene, life events and depression onset. She is currently investigating the effects of short term therapies for people in distress, especially following deliberate self harm and in the context of medical illness, including diary writing, emotional regulation. She is evaluating the effects of the program and workshop (see below), in collaboration with Dr Karen Baikie. She has been involved in collaborative studies (with Prof Robyn Richmmond, Dr Alex Wodak from UNSW, Dr Tony Butler from Curtin University) investigating smoking cessation in people with mental illness, with a particular interest in depression.
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| She is interested in teaching interviewing skills and presents frequently on issues of general practitioner education in depression mental health and assisting GPs in the management of complex and difficult patients. She has developed GP education workshops as part of a GP Education Program with the Black Dog Institute (in association with Gordon Parker, Lea Andric and Caryl Barnes) and a men's suicide prevention workshop, entitled Mood Mapping for Men (in assocation with Suzanne Brownhill and Anna Lynch).
She has developed teaching workshops and modules for medical undergraduates and mental health staff on depression, interviewing skills, history taking and managing complex clinical situations. | |
| | | | Society Memberships & Professional Activities | |
| Australasian Society of Psychiatric Research
International Society of Affective Disorders
Interpersonal Psychotherapy Association | |
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| NH&MRC
NSW Centre for Mental Health
Rotary | |
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Postpartum depression study (University of Sydney) | |
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| Wilhelm K, Mitchell P, Niven H, Finch A, Wedgwood L, Scimone A, Blair I, Parker G, Schofield PR. (2006). Life events, first depression onset, and the serotonin transporter gene. British Journal of Psychiatry, 188, 210-215.
Wilhelm K (2006) From Nosology to Global burden in A Handbook for the Social, Behavioural, and Biomedical Sciences on Women and Depression, Cambridge University Press, Keyes, CLM, Goodman, SH (ed), 3-21.
Wilhelm K, Wedgwood L, Malhi G, Mitchell P, Austin M-P, Kotze B, Niven H, Parker G. (2005). Great expectations: factors influencing patient expectations and doctors recommendations at a Mood Disorders Unit. Journal of Affective Disorders, 88, 187-192.
Wilhelm K, Niven H, Parker G, Hadzi-Pavlovic D. (2005). The stability of the Parental Bonding Instrument over a 20-year period. Psychological Medicine, 35,387-393.
Wilhelm K Gender and affective disorders, In Affective Disorders, Joyce P, Mitchell, P (eds), University of NSW Press, 2004.
Wilhelm, K., Mitchell, P., Slade, T., Brownhill, S., & Andrews, G. (2003). Prevalence and correlates of DSM-IV major depression in an Australian national survey. Journal of Affective Disorders, 75(2), 155-162.
Wilhelm, K., Roy, K., Mitchell, P., Brownhill, S., & Parker, G. (2002). Gender differences in depression risk and coping factors in a clinical sample. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 106(1), 45-53.
Wilhelm K, Mitchell P, Slade T, Brownhill S, Andrews G (2002). Risk Factors for DSM-IV Major Depression: Results from the Australian National Survey. Journal of Affective Disorders (in press).
Wilhelm K, Lapsley H. (2000) Disruptive doctors: Unprofessional interpersonal behaviour in doctors. Medical Journal of Australia, 173, 384-386.
Wilhelm K, Lin E (2000). Unmet need in depression. In Unmet Need in Psychiatric Disorders: Problems, Resources and Responses (Eds Andrews G & Henderson AS) pp233-244. Cambridge University Press.
Wilhelm K, Parker G, Dewhurst-Savellis J, Asghari A (1999) Pychological predictors of single and recurrent major depressive episodes. Journal of Affective Disorders, 54 (1-2), 139-147.
Wilhelm K, Mitchell P, Boyce P, Hickie I, Brodaty H, Austin M-P, Parker G (1994) Treatment resistant depression in an Australian context. I. The utility of the term and approaches to management. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry; 28, 14-22.
Wilhelm K, Parker G (1989) Is sex necessarily a risk factor to depression? Psychological Medicine; 19:401-413.
Wilhelm K, Parker G. (1988) The development of a measure of intimate bonds. Psychological Medicine; 18:225-234. | |
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Wilhelm publications.doc | |
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