Frank Deane BSc., MSc, Diploma in Clinical Psychology, PhD (Massey University)holds the position of Professor in Psychology and Director of Illawarra Institute for Mental Health. His research interests include Mental health and drug and alcohol treatment service effectiveness, Mental health help seeking service utilisation and adherence and the role of homework in mental health treatment.
Journal Article
Brief Report: Need for autonomy and other perceived barriers relating to adolescents’ intentions to seek professional mental health care. (with Coralie J. Wilson), Journal of Adolescence (2012)
The current study examined the relationship between belief-based barriers to seeking professional mental health care...
Group cohesion and homework adherence in multi-family group therapy for schizophrenia (with Joanne Mercer, Anahita Talyarkhan, Gordon Lambert, and Judy Pickard), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2012)
This study examined the relationship between levels of group cohesion, defined as whole group relationships,...
Help-negation (with Coralie J. Wilson), Graduate School of Medicine - Papers (2012)
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Study protocol: a randomized controlled trial of a computer-based depression and substance abuse intervention for people attending residential substance abuse treatment (with Peter J. Kelly, Frances Kay-Lambkin, Amanda Baker, Adam C. Brooks, Alexandra Mitchell, Sarah Marshall, Meredith Whittington, and Genevieve A. Dingle), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2012)
"Background: A large proportion of people attending residential alcohol and other substance abuse treatment have...
Discrepancies between parent-and adolescent-perceived problem severity and influences on help seeking from mental health services (with Tim Wahlin), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2011)
Objectives: Attitudinal and practical barriers prevent many young people who are experiencing mental health problems...
Conference Paper
Examining cancer and cardiovascular risk behaviours in people attending residential substance abuse treatment (with Peter Kelly, A L. Baker, Frances Kay-Lambkin, and Billie Bonevski), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2011)
Factors involved in recovery from schizophrenia: a qualitative study of Thai mental health nurses (with Chettha Kaewprom and Janette Curtis), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2011)
Recovery-oriented services increasingly are being called for around the world. These services do not just...
Sensitivity and specificity of mental disorder screening instruments in australian alcohol and other drug residential treatment services (with Kane S. Mortlock and Trevor P. Crowe), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2011)
Where angels fear to tread? Leniency and halo effects in practicum-based assessment of student competencies (with John Bushnell, Kathryn Nicholson-Perry, R Blackman, Christopher Allan, Yasmina Nasstasia, Roslyn Knight, Alice Shires, Vida Bliokas, and Craig Gonsalvez), Graduate School of Medicine - Papers (2011)
Health professional education invariably includes clinical field placements as an integral component of professional training...
Benchmarking across sectors: Comparisons of residential dual diagnosis and mental health programs (with Peter Kelly, Talia Gonda, Ganapathi Murugesan, and Robyn Jeffrey), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2009)
Book Chapter
Therapeutic alliance in vocational rehabilitation (with Trevor P. Crowe and Lindsay G. Oades), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2010)
The chapter begins by providing a brief description of the components thought to be important...
Evidence-based practice in mental health services: Understanding the issues and supporting and sustaining implementation (with Robert King), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2009)
Clinical Management in Mental Health Services is a practical guide to the day to day...
Leading a multidisciplinary team (with Kevin Gournay), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2009)
This chapter looks at leadership and management of multidisciplinary teams in the mental health context....
Quality improvement (with Victoria D. Biro), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2009)
Building and maintaining a recovery focused therapeutic relationship (with Trevor P. Crowe), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2007)
In this chapter we review the evidence for the importance of therapeutic relationship and particularly...
Reports
The use of vignettes to capture clinical psychology practicum competencies: vignette standardization and preliminary results (with Craig J. Gonsalvez, John A. Bushnell, R Blackman, Vida V. Bliokas, Yasmina Nasstasia, Kathryn Nicholson-Perry, Christopher D. Allan, Roslyn Knight, Alice Shires, and Judy Hyde), Graduate School of Medicine - Papers (2011)
Converging evidence from several health disciplines suggests that field supervisor ratings of student competencies may...
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A comparison of treatment outcomes for individuals with substance use disorder alone and individuals with probable dual diagnosis (with Elizabeth K. Cridland, Ching-I Hsu, and Peter J. Kelly), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2012)
The co-occurrence of substance use and mental health problems, often referred to as dual diagnosis...
Change in working alliance and recovery in severe mental illness: An exploratory study (with Alyson L. Hicks and Trevor P. Crowe), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2012)
Background: Consumer-defined recovery from schizophrenia spectrum disorders and other recurring psychotic illnesses (“serious mental illness”,...
Coping skill acquisition during computer-based CBT for co-occurring substance dependence and depression (with A Mitchell, Peter Kelly, Frances Kay-Lambkin, and A M. Baker), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2012)
Establishing the need for multiple health behaviour change interventions within residential substance abuse services: results from a participant survey (with Peter Kelly, A L. Baker, Frances Kay-Lambkin, and Billie Bonevski), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2012)
Heavy episodic drinking among University students: Drinking status and perceived normative comparisons (with Ranjani Utpala-Kumar), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (2012)
The present study tests the perceived norms hypothesis in relation to different levels of heavy...