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Mitchell K. Byrne (Mitch)

BA (Hons), M.App.Psych M.A.P.S.

Position:

• Senior Lecturer (Clinical Psychology) University of Wollongong (2001 - present)

Research Interests:

• Treatment compliance and concordance; adherence to medication.
• Vicarious Traumatisation
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment Responsivity
• Forensic Risk Assessment
• >Mental health issues in a Forensic Contex
• >Specific needs of female offenders, especially with respect to anger, and mental health issues in a forensic context
• Social Skills and High Functioning Autism

Research Group:

• Illawarra Institute for Mental Health 

Affiliations:

• Registered Psychologist (NSW Psychologists Board)
• Member of the Australian Psychological Society (MAPS) Immediate Past Chair of the Illawarra Branch
• Member of the College of Clinical Psychologists
• Member of the College of Forensic Psychologists Former National Membership Secretary
• Member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Recent Publications:

Searchable RIS publications from 2000 to date.

Murrihy, R., Byrne, M.K., & Gonsalvez, C. (in press). Testing an empirically-derived mental health training model featuring small groups, distributed practice and patient discussion. Medical Education

Byrne, M.K., Deane, F.P., Willis, A., Hawkins, B., & Quinn, R. (in press). Preliminary Reliability of an Observer Rating Scale for Assessing Medication Adherence on Psychiatric Wards. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Byrne, M.K., Deane, F.P., & Caputi, P. (in press). Mental health clinicians’ beliefs about medicines, attitudes and expectations of improved medication adherence in patients.Evaluation and the Health Professions

Phipps, A.B., Byrne, M.K., & Deane, F.P. (2007). Can volunteer counsellors help prevent psychological trauma? Skill acquisition using the ‘Orienting Approach’ to trauma counselling. Stress and Health, 23: 15-21

Byrne, M.K., Sullivan, N.L., & Elsom, S.J. (2006). Clinician optimism: Development and psychometric analysis of a scale for mental health clinicians. Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling, 12(1): 11-20

Byrne, M.K., Lerias, D., & Sullivan, N. (2006). Predicting vicarious traumatisation in those indirectly exposed to bushfires. Stress and Health, 22(3): 167-177

McLeod, H.J., Byrne, M.K., & Aitken, R. (2004). Automatism and Dissociation: Disturbances of Consciousness and Volition from a Psychological Perspective. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 27, 471-487     

Byrne, M.K., Deane, F.D., Lambert, G., & Coombs, T. (2004). Enhancing medication adherence: Clinician outcomes from the ‘Medication Alliance’ training program. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Byrne, M.K., & Howells, K. (2002). The psychological needs of women offender: Implications for rehabilitation and management. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 9(1), 34-43

View my CV [pdf 48kb]

Interests:

Spending time with my children (Connor, Callum, Cailey, Chiara and Olivia), being illuminated by the love and wisdom of my wife Cinzia, wine tasting, most sports, travel, listening to meatloaf (OK, no comments)