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Professor Kathy Griffiths

co-Deputy Director

BSc(Hons), PhD (ANU)

 

Research and Supervision Interests

Kathy's research interests include: e-mental health, particularly the development and evaluation of automated Internet therapy interventions for prevention and treatment, internet support groups and quality indicators for health information on the web, stigma associated with mental health conditions and consumer priorities, perspectives and needs. Other research interests include mental health literacy, help seeking for mental disorders, and rural mental health.  Kathy is Director of the Depression & Anxiety Consumer Research Unit and co-Director of ehub: e-mental health research and development unit.

T. +61-2-6125 9723 E. Kathy.Griffiths@anu.edu.au

 

Selected Publications

Griffiths, K. M. & Christensen, H. (2000). Quality of web-based information on treatment of depression: Cross sectional survey.  British Medical Journal, 321, 1511-1515.

Christensen, H., Griffiths, K. M. & Jorm, A. F. (2004). Delivering depression interventions using the Internet:  positive results from a large randomised controlled trial.  British Medical Journal, 328(7434), 265. Epub 2004 Jan 23. 

Griffiths, K. M., Jorm, A. F., & Christensen, H. (2004). Academic Consumer Researchers:  A bridge between consumers and researchers.  Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 38, 191-196.  IF=2.57 (WS=8; GS=13; S=12)

Griffiths, K. M., Christensen, H., Jorm, A. F., Evans, K., & Groves, C. (2004).  Effect of web-based depression literacy and cognitive-behavioural therapy interventions on stigmatising attitudes to depression: A randomised controlled trial.  British Journal of Psychiatry, 185, 342-349. 

Griffiths, K. M. & Christensen, H. (2005) Website quality indicators for consumers.  Journal of Medical Internet Research, 7(5), e55. 

Griffiths, K. M., Tang, T., Hawking, D., & Christensen, H. (2005). Automated assessment of the quality of depression websites.  Journal of Medical Internet Research, 7(5), e59. IF=2.95 (WS=3; GS=9; S=5)

Griffiths, K. M., Nakane, Y., Christensen, H., Yoshioka, K., Jorm, A. F., Nakane, H. (2006) Stigma in response to mental disorders:  A comparison of Australia and Japan.  BMC Psychiatry, 6, 21. unofficial IF=1.28 (WS=6; GS=11; S=6)

Griffiths, K. M. & Christensen, H. (2006). Review of randomized controlled trials of Internet interventions for mental disorders and related conditions.  Clinical Psychologist, 10(1), 16-29. (WS=15; GS=5)  (1 st-10th percentile for Psychology/Psychiatry for year of publication).

Griffiths, K. M. & Christensen, H. (2007). Internet-based mental health programs: A powerful tool in the rural medical kit. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 15(2), 81-87

Griffiths, K. M., Christensen H., & Jorm, A. F.  Predictors of stigma in depression.  BMC Psychiatry, 2008, 8:25.