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Papers, Grants, and Promotional Material
List of papers and grants:
| Summary of Dr Farrer’s Rotary Grant for 2021-23 | See link for details |
| February 2020 publication on the development of the Uni Virtual Clinic | Farrer, L.M. ,Gulliver, A., Katruss, N., Bennett, K., Bennett, A., Ali, K., & Griffiths, K.M. (2020) Development of the Uni Virtual Clinic: an online programme for improving the mental health of university students, British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 48(3), 333-346, doi: 10.1080/03069885.2020.1729341 |
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December 2019 publication on the outcomes of the Uni Virtual Clinic RCT (see attached pdf) |
Farrer, L.M., Gulliver, A., Katruss, N., Fassnacht D.B., Kyrios M., & Batterham P.J. (2019). A Novel Multi-Component Online Intervention to Improve the Mental Health of University Students: Randomised Controlled Trial of the Uni Virtual Clinic. Internet Interventions, 18. doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2019.100276 |
| June 2018 publication on university staff experiences with student mental health problems | Gulliver, A., Farrer, L., Bennett, K., Ali, K., Hellsing, A., Katruss, N., & Griffiths, K.M. (2018). University staff experiences of students with mental health problems and their perceptions of staff training needs. Journal of Mental Health, 27(3), 247-256. doi: 10.1080/09638237.2018.1466042 |
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August 2017 publication on university staff mental health literacy and stigma |
Gulliver, A., Farrer, L., Bennett, K., & Griffiths, K.M. (2017). University staff mental health literacy, stigma and their experience of students with mental health problems. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 1-9. doi: 10.1080/0309877X.2017.1367370 |
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Farrer, L. M., Gulliver, A., Bennett, K., Griffiths K. M., & Fassnacht, D. (2016). Demographic and psychosocial predictors of major depression and generalised anxiety disorder in Australian university students. BMC Psychiatry, 16, 241. doi: 10.1186/s12888-016-0961-z |
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June 2016 publication on the Uni Virtual Clinic student integrated development process (see attached pdf) |
Farrer, L.M., Gulliver, A., Bennett, K., Bennett, A., & Griffiths, K.M. (2016). The Uni Virtual Clinic: Changing the way mental health care is provided to young people at university. Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre and The Australian National University. |
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January 2016 publication on university students' views on help-seeking on the internet (see attached pdf) |
Chan, J. K. Y., Farrer, L., Gulliver, A., Bennett, K., & Griffiths, K. M. (2015). University students’ views on the perceived benefits and drawbacks of seeking help for mental health problems on the Internet: A qualitative study. JMIR Human Factors, 3(1): e3. doi: 10.2196/humanfactors.4765 |
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Farrer, L.M., Gulliver, A., Bennett, K., & Griffiths, K.M. (2015). Exploring the acceptability of online mental health interventions among university teaching staff: Implications for intervention dissemination and uptake. Internet Interventions, 2(3), 359-365. doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2015.07.006 |
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May 2015 systematic review on online peer support for young people with mental health problems (see attached pdf) |
Ali, K., Farrer, L.M., Gulliver, A., & Griffiths, K.M. (2015). Online peer-to-peer support for young people with mental health problems: a systematic review. JMIR Mental Health, 2(2): e19. doi: 10.2196/mental.4418 |
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March 2015 publication on privacy issues and considerations in the development of the UVC (see attached pdf) |
Gulliver, A., Bennett, K., Bennett, A., Farrer, L.M., Reynolds, J., & Griffiths, K.M. (2015). Privacy Issues in the Development of a Virtual Mental Health Clinic for University Students: A Qualitative Study. JMIR Ment Health, 2(1), doi: 10.2196/mental.4294. |
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February 2015 publication on student needs and priorities in a virtual mental health clinic (see attached pdf) |
Farrer, L.M., Gulliver, A., Chan, J.K., Bennett, K., & Griffiths K.M. (2015). A Virtual Mental Health Clinic for University Students: A Qualitative Study of End-User Service Needs and Priorities. JMIR Mental Health, 2(1). doi: 10.2196/mental.3890. |
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Gulliver, A., Farrer, L., Chan, J.K.Y., Tait, R., Bennett, K. Calear, A.L. & Griffiths, K. M., (2015). Technology-based interventions for tobacco and other drug use in tertiary students: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 10: 5. doi: 10.1186/s13722-015-0027-4 |
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May 2013 systematic review of technology-based interventions for university students (see attached pdf) |
Farrer, L.M., Gulliver, A., Chan, J. K., Batterham, P. J., Reynolds, J., Calear, A., Tait, R., Bennett, K. & Griffiths, K. M. (2013). Technology-based interventions for mental health in tertiary students: systematic review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 15(5). doi: 10.2196/jmir.2639 |
List of conference presentations:
- Farrer, L. Gulliver, A., Katruss, N., Fassnacht, D., Kyrios, M., Batterham, P. (2019). Using technology to improve the mental health of university students: The Uni Virtual Clinic. Paper presented at the 10th International Society for Research on Internet Interventions Conference, Auckland, NZ, 13th-15th February, 2019.
- Farrer, L., Using technology to improve the mental health of university students: The Uni Virtual Clinic. Paper presented at the Australian Higher Education and Mental Health Conference, Townsville, Australia, 6th-8th July, 2018.
- Farrer, L., Gulliver, A., Katruss, N., Fassnacht, D., Kyrios, M., Batterham, P. (2017). The Uni Virtual Clinic: Piloting a new method to address mental health problems in young people at university. Invited paper presented at the Society for Mental Health Research Conference, Canberra, Australia, 6th-8th Dec, 2017.
- Farrer, L. (2016). The uniVirtual Clinic – student led- development of an online mental health service. Invited paper presented at the Collegiate Way Conference, Canberra, Australia, 16th November, 2016.
- Farrer, L., Gulliver, A., Chan, J. K. Y., Bennett, K., Griffiths, K. M. (2014). A virtual mental health clinic for university students: a qualitative study of end user service needs and priorities. Paper presented at the Society for Mental Health Research Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 3rd-5th December, 2014.
- Farrer, L., Gulliver, A., Griffiths, K. M., Bennett, K. (2014). The attitudes and behaviours of university staff regarding online mental health interventions: implications for the development of a virtual clinic for university students. Paper presented at the 7th International Society for Research on Internet Interventions Conference, Valencia, Spain, 23rd-25th October, 2014.
- Bennett, K., Bennett, A., Griffiths, K.M., Farrer, L., Reynolds, J., Gulliver, A., Chan, A., Wright, E., Randall, R., Crisp, D. (2014). Stage 2 of the Virtual Clinic project: Participatory research & co-design coupled with multiple best practice considerations. Paper presented at the CONNECT2014 Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 20th-21st February, 2014.
- Farrer, L., Griffiths, K. M., Gulliver, A., Chan, J., Bennett, K., Calear, A., Batterham, P., Reynolds, J., Tait, R., Bennett, A. (2013). A virtual clinic to create mentally healthy universities. Poster and oral presentation at the 6th Conference of the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions, Chicago, USA, 16th - 18th May, 2013
- Farrer, L., Gulliver, A., Chan, J., Griffiths, K., Calear, A., Batterham, P., Tait, R., Reynolds, J. (2012). A systematic review of technology-based interventions for tertiary students. Paper presented at the Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research Conference, Perth, Australia, 5th - 7th December, 2012
List of selected articles and interviews:
- Victoria University advertises the UVC-Lite on LearnHub
- 2017 Orygen publication on university student mental health (see attached pdf)
- August 2017 Woroni article on the Uni Virtual Clinic
List of selected events:
- ANU mental health day October 2021
- Seminar on supporting student mental health in a digital world (see attached pdf)
- Mental Health Month forum (see attached PDF)
- ANU’s semester 2 O-Week for 2016
- ANU’s semester 1 O-Week for 2016