Professor Peter Butterworth
Professor Peter Butterworth
Honorary Professor
email peter.butterworth@anu.edu.au

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About

Peter Butterworth is a Professor at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health . His academic background and research experience is in (psychiatric) epidemiology, psychology and biostatistics. His broad research interests include the social causes and social consequences of common mental disorders across the lifecourse. Prof Butterworth seeks to undertake policy-relevant research and has a strong track record of partnership with policymakers from a range of Commonwealth government departments.

Affiliations

Research interests

  • Epidemiology111706
  • Health Promotion111712
  • Environmental And Occupational Health And Safety111705
  • Mental Health111714
  • Developmental Psychology And Ageing170102
  • Social Policy160512
  • Demography1603

Projects

Location

Room 2.25, Building 54

Publications

  • Steele, N, Fogarty, G, Rodgers, B et al. 2022, 'The effects of working in a bullying climate on psychological distress and job satisfaction: a multilevel analysis', Australian Journal of Psychology, vol. 74, no. 1, pp. 1-12.
  • Martin, S, Schofield, T & Butterworth, P 2022, 'News media representations of people receiving income support and the production of stigma power: An empirical analysis of reporting on two Australian welfare payments', Critical Social Policy, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 648-670.
  • Butterworth, P, Schurer, S, Trinh, T et al. 2022, 'Effect of lockdown on mental health in Australia: evidence from a natural experiment analysing a longitudinal probability sample survey', The Lancet Public Health, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. e427-e436.
  • Suomi, A, Schofield, T & Butterworth, P 2022, 'Does receipt of unemployment benefits change recruiter perceptions of candidates' personality, work relevant skills and employability?', Work: a journal of prevention, assessment and rehabilitation, vol. 71, no. 4, pp. 1029-1041.
  • Suomi, A, Watson, N & Butterworth, P 2022, 'How many children are exposed to at-risk parental gambling in Australia? Results from a representative national sample', Addictive Behaviors, vol. 130, pp. 1-5.
  • Suomi, A, Schofield, T, Haslam, N et al. 2022, 'Is unemployment benefit stigma related to poverty, payment receipt, or lack of employment? A vignette experiment about Australian views', Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 694-711.
  • Botha, F, Butterworth, P & Wilkins, R 2022, 'Protecting mental health during periods of financial stress: Evidence from the Australian Coronavirus Supplement income support payment', Social Science & Medicine, vol. 306.
  • Doan, T, LaBond, C, Banwell, C et al. 2022, 'Unencumbered and still unequal? Work hour - health tipping points and gender inequality among older, employed Australian couples', SSM - Population Health, vol. 18.
  • Burns, R, Windsor, T, Butterworth, P et al. 2022, 'The protective effects of wellbeing and flourishing on long-term mental health risk', SSM - Mental Health, vol. 2.
  • Lallukka, T, Hiilamo, A, Wooden, M et al. 2022, 'Recurring pain, mental health problems and sick leave in Australia', SSM - Mental Health, vol. 1.
  • Botha, F, Butterworth, P & Wilkins, R 2022, 'Evaluating How Mental Health Changed in Australia through the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from the "Taking the Pulse of the Nation" (TTPN) Survey', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 1, p. 14.
  • Butterworth, P, New, S, Schilling, C et al. 2021, 'Dynamics of Mental Health and Healthcare Use among Children and Young Adults', The Australian Economic Review, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 130-146.
  • Slade, T, Mewton, L, O'Dean, S et al. 2021, 'DSM-5 and ICD-11 alcohol use disorder criteria in young adult regular drinkers: Lifetime prevalence and age of onset', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 229, pp. 1-10.
  • Chan, G, Becker, D, Butterworth, P et al. 2021, 'Young-adult compared to adolescent onset of regular cannabis use: A 20-year prospective cohort study of later consequences', Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 627-636.
  • Kiely, K, Anstey, K & Butterworth, P 2021, 'Testing Age Differences in the Links between Recent Financial Difficulties and Cognitive Deficits: Longitudinal Evidence from the PATH through Life Study', Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol. 76, no. 10, pp. 1993-2002.
  • Zhao, Y, Cooklin, A, Butterworth, P et al. 2021, 'How does working nonstandard hours impact psychological resources important for parental functioning? Evidence from an Australian longitudinal cohort study', SSM - Population Health, vol. 16.
  • Handley, T, Lewin, T, Butterworth, P et al. 2021, 'Employment and retirement impacts on health and wellbeing among a sample of rural Australians', BMC Public Health, vol. 21, no. 1.
  • Welsh, J, Banks, E, Joshy, G et al. 2021, 'Does psychological distress directly increase risk of incident cardiovascular disease? Evidence from a prospective cohort study using a longer-term measure of distress', BMJ Open, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. e039628.
  • Levis, B, Sun, Y, He, C et al. 2020, 'Accuracy of the PHQ-2 Alone and in Combination With the PHQ-9 for Screening to Detect Major Depression
    Systematic Review and Meta-analysis', JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 323, no. 22.
  • Butterworth, P, Watson, N & Wooden, M 2020, 'Trends in the Prevalence of Psychological Distress Over Time: Comparing Results From Longitudinal and Repeated Cross-Sectional Surveys', Frontiers in Psychiatry, vol. 11, pp. 1-9.
  • Benedetti, A, Levis, B, Rucker, G et al. 2020, 'An empirical comparison of three methods for multiple cutoff diagnostic test metaâ€?analysis of the Patient Health Questionnaireâ€?9 (PHQâ€?9) depression screening tool using published data vs individual level data', Research Synthesis Methods, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 833-848.
  • He, C, Levis, B, Riehm, K et al. 2020, 'The Accuracy of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Algorithm for Screening to Detect Major Depression: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis', Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, vol. 89, no. 1, pp. 25-37.
  • McGrath, S, Zhao , X, Steele , R et al. 2020, 'Estimating the sample mean and standard deviation from commonly reported quantiles in meta-analysis', Statistical Methods in Medical Research, vol. 29, no. 9, pp. 2520-2537.
  • Levis, B, Benedetti, A, Thombs , B et al. 2019, 'Accuracy of Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for screening to detect major depression: individual participant data meta-analysis', BMJ, vol. 365.
  • Slade , T, Swift, W, Mewton, L et al. 2019, 'The RADAR study: protocol for an observational cohort study to identify early warning signals on the pathways to alcohol use disorder', BMJ Open, vol. 7.
  • Butterworth, P & Leach, L 2018, 'Early Onset of Distress Disorders and High-School Dropout: Prospective Evidence From a National Cohort of Australian Adolescents', American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 187, no. 6, pp. 1192-1198.
  • Pymont, C, McNamee, P & Butterworth, P 2018, 'Out-of-pocket costs, primary care frequent attendance and sample selection: estimates from a longitudinal cohort design', Health Policy, vol. 122, no. 6, pp. 652-659.
  • Leach, L, Butterworth, P, Poyser, C et al. 2017, 'Online recruitment: feasibility, cost, & representativeness in a study of postpartum women', Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 19, no. 3.
  • Pymont, C, Schofield, T & Butterworth, P 2017, 'Within-person analysis of welfare transitions in a longitudinal panel survey reveals change in mental health service use', Journal of Public Health, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 134-141.
  • Harvey, S, Deady, M, Wang, M et al. 2017, 'Is the prevalence of mental illness increasing in Australia? Evidence from national health surveys and administrative data, 2001-2014', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 206, no. 11, pp. 490-493.
  • Pirkis, J, Currier, D, Butterworth, P et al. 2017, 'Socio-economic position and suicidal ideation in men', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. -.
  • Welsh, J, Strazdins, L, Charlesworth, S et al. 2016, 'Health or harm? A cohort study of the importance of job quality in extended workforce participation by older adults', BMC Public Health, vol. 16, no. 1.
  • Schofield, T, Suomi, A & Butterworth, P 2021, 'One "welfare recipient" stereotype or many? Using the stereotype content model to examine the stereotypes of different categories of benefit recipients', International Journal of Social Welfare, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 280-290.
  • Schofield, T, Suomi, A & Butterworth, P 2021, 'Is the stereotype of welfare recipients associated with type of welfare state regime? A cross-national meta-regression of the stereotype content model', Journal of Applied Social Psychology, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 201-209.
  • Espinoza Oyarce, D, Burns, R, Butterworth, P et al. 2021, 'Bridging Classical and Revised Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory Research: A Longitudinal Analysis of a Large Population Study', Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 12, pp. 1-13.
  • Quinlan, C, Rattray, B, Pryor , D et al. 2021, 'The accuracy of self-reported physical activity questionnaires varies with sex and body mass index', PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science), vol. 16, no. 8, pp. 1-12.
  • Too, L, Leach, L & Butterworth, P 2021, 'Cumulative impact of high job demands, low job control and high job insecurity on midlife depression and anxiety: a prospective cohort study of Australian employees', Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 78, no. 6, pp. 400-408.
  • Anstey, K, Butterworth, P, Christensen, H et al. 2021, 'Cohort Profile Update: The PATH Through Life Project', International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 35-36f.
  • Mykletun, A, Widding-Havneraas, T, Chaulagain, A et al. 2021, 'Causal modelling of variation in clinical practice and long-term outcomes of ADHD using Norwegian registry data: The ADHD controversy project', BMJ Open, vol. 11, no. 1.
  • Butterworth, P, Poyser, C & Suomi, A 2021, 'Mental Health', The Australian Economic Review, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 530-541.
  • Leach, L & Butterworth, P 2020, 'Depression and anxiety in early adulthood: consequences for finding a partner, and relationship support and conflict', Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, vol. 29, no. e141, pp. 1-9.
  • Law, P, Too, L, Butterworth, P et al. 2020, 'A systematic review on the effect of work-related stressors on mental health of young workers', International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, vol. 93, pp. 611-622.
  • Suomi, A, Schofield, T & Butterworth, P 2020, 'Unemployment, Employability and COVID19: How the Global Socioeconomic Shock Challenged Negative Perceptions Toward the Less Fortunate in the Australian Context', Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 11, pp. 1-10.
  • Kiely, K, Sutherland , G, Butterworth, P et al. 2020, 'Age and gender differences in the reciprocal relationship between social connectedness and mental health', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, vol. 56, pp. 1069-1081.
  • Walsh, E, Jacka, F, Butterworth, P et al. 2020, 'Midlife susceptibility to the effects of poor diet on diabetes risk', European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 75, pp. 85-90.
  • Leach, L, Too, L, Batterham, P et al 2020, 'Workplace bullying and suicidal ideation: Findings from an australian longitudinal cohort study of mid-aged workers', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 17, no. 1448, pp. 1-12.
  • Welsh, J, Korda, R, Banks, E et al 2020, 'Identifying long-term psychological distress from single measures: evidence from a nationally representative longitudinal survey of the Australian population', BMC Medical Research Methodology, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. -.
  • Halonen, J, Hiilamo, A, Butterworth, P et al. 2020, 'Psychological distress and sickness absence: Within- versus between-individual analysis', Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 264, pp. 333-339.
  • Wu, Y, Levis, B, Riehm, K et al 2020, 'Equivalency of the diagnostic accuracy of the PHQ-8 and PHQ-9: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis', Psychological Medicine, vol. 50, no. 8, pp. 1368-1380.
  • Whisman, M, du Pont, A & Butterworth, P 2020, 'Longitudinal associations between rumination and depressive symptoms in a probability sample of adults', Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 260, no. 0, pp. 680-686.
  • Milner, A, Aitken, Z, Byars, S et al 2020, 'Do gender and psychosocial job stressors modify the relationship between disability and sickness absence: an investigation using 12 waves of a longitudinal cohort', Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 302-310.
  • Too, L, Leach, L & Butterworth, P 2020, 'Mental Health Problems and Internet Access: Results From an Australian National Household Survey', JMIR Mental Health, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 1-11.
  • Too, L, Leach, L & Butterworth, P 2020, 'Is the association between poor job control and common mental disorder explained by general perceptions of control? Findings from an Australian longitudinal cohort', Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 311-320.
  • Zhao, Y, Cooklin, A, Richardson, A et al. 2020, 'Parents' Shift Work in Connection with Work-Family Conflict and Mental Health: Examining the Pathways for Mothers and Fathers', Journal of Family Issues, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 445-473.
  • Too, L, Spittal, M, Bugeja, L et al 2019, 'The association between mental disorders and suicide: A systematic review and meta-analysis of record linkage studies', Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 259, pp. 302-313.
  • Hiilamo, A, Butterworth, P, Shiri, R et al 2019, 'Within-individual analysis of pain and sickness absence among employees from low and high occupational classes: a record linkage study', BMJ Open, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 1-11.
  • Schofield, T, Haslam, N & Butterworth, P 2019, 'The persistence of welfare stigma: Does the passing of time and subsequent employment moderate the negative perceptions associated with unemployment benefit receipt?', Journal of Applied Social Psychology, vol. 49, no. 9, pp. 563-574.
  • Hiilamo, A, Shiri, R, Kouvonen, A et al. 2019, 'Common mental disorders and trajectories of work disability among midlife public sector employees A 10-year follow-up study', Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 247, pp. 66-72.
  • Kiely, K, Anstey, K & Butterworth, P 2019, 'Within-Person Associations between Financial Hardship and Cognitive Performance in the PATH Through Life Study', American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 188, no. 6, pp. 1076-1083.
  • Burns, R, Butterworth, P & Crisp, D 2019, 'Age, sex and period estimates of Australia's mental health over the last 17 years', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 602-608.
  • Chan, G, Butterworth, P, Becker, D et al 2019, 'Longitudinal patterns of amphetamine use from adolescence to adulthood: A latent class analysis of a 20-year prospective study of Australians', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 194, pp. 121-127.
  • Ishihara, M, Harel, D, Levis, B et al 2019, 'Shortening self-report mental health symptom measures through optimal test assembly methods: Development and validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire-Depression-4', Depression and Anxiety, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 82-92.
  • Zhao, Y, Richardson, A, Poyser, C et al 2019, 'Shift work and mental health: a systematic review and meta-analysis', International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, vol. 92, no. 6, pp. 763-793.
  • Milner, A, Petrie, D, LaMontagne, A et al 2019, 'Do psychosocial job stressors influence mental health service use? Evidence from an Australian cohort', Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 76, no. 5, pp. 295-301.
  • Chitty, K, Butterworth, P & Batterham, P 2019, 'Antidepressant use and its relationship with current symptoms in a population-based sample of older Australians', Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 258, pp. 83-88.
  • Schofield, T, Kiely, K, Mykletun, A et al 2018, 'Using Longitudinal Survey Data to Estimate Mental Health Related Transitions to a Disability Pension', Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. e166-e172.
  • Burns, R, Butterworth, P & Jorm, A 2018, 'The long-term mental health risk associated with non-heterosexual orientation', Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 74-83.
  • Levis, B, Benedetti, A, Riehm, K et al. 2018, 'Probability of major depression diagnostic classification using semi-structured versus fully structured diagnostic interviews', British Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 212, no. 6, pp. 377-385.
  • Butterworth, P & Schofield, T 2018, 'Are Negative Community Attitudes Toward Welfare Recipients Associated With Unemployment? Evidence From an Australian Cross-Sectional Sample and Longitudinal Cohort', Social Psychological and Personality Science, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 503-515.
  • Butterworth, P & Schofield, T 2018, 'Community Attitudes Toward People Receiving Unemployment Benefits: Does Volunteering Change Perceptions?', Basic and Applied Social Psychology, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 279-292.
  • Butterworth, P, Becker, D, Degenhardt, L et al 2018, 'Amphetamine use in the fourth decade of life: Social profiles from a population-based Australian cohort', Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 743-751.
  • Butterworth, P, Kelly, B, Handley, T et al 2018, 'Does living in remote Australia lessen the impact of hardship on psychological distress?', Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 500-509.
  • Lipnicki, D, Crawford, J, Dutta, R et al 2017, 'Age-related cognitive decline and associations with sex, education and apolipoprotein E genotype across ethnocultural groups and geographic regions: a collaborative cohort study', PLoS Medicine, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. e1002261-e1002261.
  • Leach, L, Poyser, C & Butterworth, P 2017, 'Workplace bullying and the association with suicidal ideation/thoughts and behaviour: a systematic review', Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 74, no. 1, pp. 72-79pp.
  • Kyaw-Myint, S, Strazdins, L, Clements, M et al. 2017, 'A method of identifying health-based benchmarks for psychosocial risks at work: A tool for risk assessment', Safety Science, vol. 93, pp. 143-151.
  • Walsh, E, Jacka, F, Butterworth, P et al 2017, 'The association between Western and Prudent dietary patterns and fasting blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetes and normal glucose metabolism in older Australian adults', Heliyon, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 1-17pp.
  • O'Donoughue Jenkins, L, Butterworth, P & Anstey, K 2016, 'A Longitudinal Analysis of General Practitioner Service Use by Patients with Mild Cognitive Disorders in Australia', Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, vol. 41, no. 5-6, pp. 324-333.
  • Crowe, L, Butterworth, P & Leach, L 2016, 'Financial hardship, mastery and social support: Explaining poor mental health amongst the inadequately employed using data from the HILDA survey', SSM - Population Health, vol. 2, pp. 407-415.
  • Crowe, L & Butterworth, P 2016, 'The role of financial hardship, mastery and social support in the association between employment status and depression: Results from an Australian longitudinal cohort study', BMJ Open, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. e009834-e009834.
  • Burns, R, Butterworth, P & Anstey, K 2016, 'An examination of the long-term impact of job strain on mental health and wellbeing over a 12-year period', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, vol. 51, no. 5, pp. 725-733.
  • Gubhaju, B, Rodgers, B, Butterworth, P et al. 2016, 'Consistency and continuity in material and psychosocial adversity among Australian families with young children', Social Indicators Research, vol. 128, no. 1, pp. 35-57.
  • LaMontagne, A, Krnjacki, L, Milner, A et al 2016, 'Psychosocial job quality in a national sample of working Australians: A comparison of persons working with versus without disability', SSM - Population Health, vol. 2, pp. 175-181.
  • Fairweather-Schmidt, A, Batterham, P, Butterworth, P et al. 2016, 'The impact of suicidality on health-related quality of life: A latent growth curve analysis of community-based data', Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 203, pp. 14-21.
  • Milner, A, Krnjacki, L, Butterworth, P et al 2016, 'The role of social support in protecting mental health when employed and unemployed: A longitudinal fixed-effects analysis using 12 annual waves of the HILDA cohort', Social Science and Medicine, vol. 153, pp. 20-26.
  • Butterworth, P, Leach, L & Kiely, K 2015, 'Why it's important for it to stop:Examining the mental health correlates of bullying and ill-treatment at work in a cohort study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, pp. 1-11.
  • Kiely, K, Leach, L, Olesen, S et al 2015, 'How financial hardship is associated with the onset of mental health problems over time', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 909-918.
  • Kiely, K & Butterworth, P 2015, 'Validation of four measures of mental health against depression and generalized anxiety in a community based sample', Psychiatry Research, vol. 225, no. 3, pp. 291-298.
  • Hutchinson, D, Silins, E, Mattick, R et al 2015, 'How can data harmonisation benefit mental health research? An example of the Cannabis Cohorts Research Consortium', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 317-323.
  • Jacka, F, Cherbuin, N, Anstey, K et al 2015, 'Western diet is associated with a smaller hippocampus: A longitudinal investigation', BMC Medicine, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 8pp.
  • Milner, A, Krnjacki, L, Butterworth, P et al 2015, 'Does disability status modify the association between psychosocial job quality and mental health? A longitudinal fixed-effects analysis', Social Science and Medicine, vol. 144, pp. 104-111.
  • Pymont, C & Butterworth, P 2015, 'Longitudinal cohort study describing persistent frequent attenders in Australian primary healthcare', BMJ Open, vol. 5, no. 10, pp. 1-9.
  • Jacka, F, Cherbuin, N, Anstey, K et al 2015, 'Does reverse causality explain the relationship between diet and depression?', Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 175, pp. 248-250.
  • Crisp, D, Windsor, T, Butterworth, P et al 2015, 'Adapting to Retirement Community Life: Changes in Social Networks and Perceived Loneliness', Journal of Relationships Research, vol. 6, no. e9, p. 12.
  • Sachdev, P, Lipnicki, D, Kochan, N et al 2015, 'The prevalence of mild cognitive impairment in diverse geographical and ethnocultural regions: The COSMIC Collaboration', PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science), vol. 10, no. 11.
  • Schofield, T & Butterworth, P 2015, 'Patterns of welfare attitudes in the Australian population', PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science), vol. 10, no. 11, pp. -.
  • Pymont, C & Butterworth, P 2015, 'Changing circumstances drive changing attendance: A longitudinal cohort study of time varying predictors of frequent attendance in primary health care', Journal of Psychosomatic Research, vol. 79, no. 6, pp. 498 - 505.
  • Milner, A, Butterworth, P, Bentley, R et al 2015, 'Sickness absence and psychosocial job quality: An analysis from a longitudinal survey of working Australians, 2005-2012', American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 181, no. 10, pp. 781-788.
  • Sargent, K, Butterworth, P & Anstey, K 2015, 'Role of physical activity in the relationship between mastery and functional health', Gerontologist, The, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 120-131.
  • Burns, R, Butterworth, P, Browning, C et al 2015, 'Examination of the association between mental health, morbidity, and mortality in late life: findings from longitudinal community surveys', International Psychogeriatrics, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 739-746.
  • Leach, L, Olesen, S, Butterworth, P et al 2014, 'New Fatherhood and Psychological Distress: A Longitudinal Study of Australian Men', American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 180, no. 6, pp. 582-589.
  • Kiely, K & Butterworth, P 2014, 'How has welfare to work reform affected the mental health of single parents in Australia?', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 594-U111.
  • Kiely, K, Butterworth, P, Wooden, M et al 2014, 'The Symbol Digit Modalities Test: Normative Data from a Large Nationally Representative Sample of Australians', Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, vol. 29, no. 8, pp. 767-775.
  • Butterworth, P, Handley, T, Lewin, T et al 2014, 'Psychological distress in rural Australia: regional variation and the role of family functioning and social support', Journal of Public Health, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 481-488.
  • Butterworth, P, Slade, T & Degenhardt, L 2014, 'Factors associated with the timing and onset of cannabis use and cannabis use disorder: Results from the 2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being', Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 555-564.
  • Batterham, P, Fairweather-Schmidt, K, Butterworth, P et al 2014, 'Temporal effects of separation on suicidal thoughts and behaviours', Social Science and Medicine, vol. 111, pp. 58-63.
  • Sargent, K, Cherbuin, N, Morris, L et al. 2014, 'The effect of health behavior change on self-rated health across the adult life course: A longitudinal cohort study', Preventive Medicine, vol. 58, pp. 75-80.
  • Anstey, K, Sargent, K, Garde, E et al. 2014, 'Cognitive Development Over 8 Years in Midlife and Its Association With Cardiovascular Risk Factors', Neuropsychology, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 653-665.
  • McKetin, R, Lubman, D, Najman, J et al. 2014, 'Does methamphetamine use increase violent behaviour? Evidence from a prospective longitudinal study', Addiction, vol. 109, no. 5, pp. 798-806.
  • Jacka, F, Cherbuin, N, Anstey, K et al 2014, 'Dietary patterns and depressive symptoms over time: examining the relationships with socioeconomic position, health behaviours and cardiovascular risk', PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science), vol. 9, no. 1, pp. e87657-e87657.
  • Fairweather-Schmidt, A, Leach, L, Butterworth, P et al 2014, 'Infertility problems and mental health symptoms in a community-based sample: depressive symptoms among infertile men, but not women', International Journal of Mental Health, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 75-91.
  • Kiely, K & Butterworth, P 2013, 'Mental health selection and income support dynamics: multiple spell discrete-time survival analyses of welfare receipt', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 68, pp. 349-355.
  • Crisp, D, Windsor, T, Anstey, K et al 2013, 'What are older adults seeking? Factors encouraging or discouraging Retirement Village living', Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 163-170.
  • Sachdev, P, Lipnicki, D, Kochan, N et al 2013, 'COSMIC (Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium): An international consortium to identify risk and protective factors and biomarkers of cognitive ageing and dementia in diverse ethnic and sociocultural groups', BMC Neurology, vol. 13, pp. 165-165.
  • Gerstorf, D, Windsor, T, Hoppmann, C et al 2013, 'Longitudinal change in spousal similarities in mental health: Between-couple and within-couple perspectives', Psychology and Aging, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 540-554.
  • Butterworth, P, Leach, L & Kiely, K 2013, The relationship between work characteristics, wellbeing, depression and workplace bullying: Summary Report.
  • Olesen, S, Butterworth, P, Leach, L et al 2013, 'Mental health affects future employment as job loss affects mental health: Findings from a longitudinal population study', BMC Psychiatry, vol. 13.
  • Kiely, K & Butterworth, P 2013, 'The contribution of financial hardship, socioeconomic position and physical health to mental health problems among welfare recipients', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 589-590.
  • Butterworth, P, Leach, L, McManus, S et al 2013, 'Common mental disorders, unemployment and psychosocial job quality: is a poor job better than no job at all?', Psychological Medicine, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 1763-1772.
  • Butterworth, P, Olesen, S & Leach, L 2013, 'Socioeconomic differences in antidepressant use in the PATH through life study: Evidence of health inequalities, prescribing bias, or an effective social safety net?', Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 149, no. 1-3, pp. 75-83.
  • Olesen, S & Butterworth, P 2013, Retirement: a trigger for distress or welcome relief from the rat race?.
  • Butterworth, P, Leach, L & Kiely, K 2013, The relationship between work characteristics, wellbeing, depression and workplace bullying: Technical findings from a survey of 32-36 year old workers in Canberra and Queanbeyan.
  • Crisp, D, Butterworth, P, Anstey, K et al 2013, Relocation to a retirement village: Who considers relocation and what are people looking for?.
  • Burns, R, Butterworth, P, Luszcz, M et al 2013, 'Stability and change in level of probable depression and depressive symptoms in a sample of middle and older-aged adults', International Psychogeriatrics, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 303-309.
  • Leach, L, Butterworth, P, Olesen, S et al 2013, 'Relationship quality and levels of depression and anxiety in a large population-based survey', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 417-425.
  • Crisp, D, Windsor, T, Anstey, K et al 2013, 'Considering relocation to a retirement village: Predictors from a community sample', Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 97-102.
  • Burns, R, Luszcz, M, Kiely, KM et al 2013, 'Gender differences in the trajectories of late-life depressive symptomology and probable depression in the years prior to death.', International Psychogeriatrics, vol. in press.
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