Mitchell K. Byrne (Mitch)

BA (Hons), M.App.Psych, PhD 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
• Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute

Affiliations:

• Registered Psychologist (Psychology Board of Australia: Endorsedments for Clinical and Forensic Psychology)
• Member of the Australian Psychological Society (MAPS)
• 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.

Hsu, C, Caputi, P., & Byrne, M.K. (in press). The Level of Service-Inventory—Revised (LSI-R) and Australian Offenders: Factors, Sensitivity and Specificity. Criminal Justice and Behaviour

Byrne, M.K. & Deane, F.P. (in press). Enhancing patient adherence: Outcomes of Medication Alliance training on therapeutic alliance, insight, adherence and psychopathology with mental health patients. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Feros, D.,L., Byrne, M.K., Deane, F.P., Meadows, G., Favilla, A., & Gray, J. (2010). Allied health clinicians’ beliefs and attitudes about medication adherence in depressive disorders. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 16(6), 1361-1363

Byrne, M.K. (2010). Medication Alliance: Development and implementation of a mental health staff training program for the enhancement of patient medication adherence. Abstracts of the 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, 871 ISBN: 978-0-909881-46-7

Deane, F.P., Byrne, M.K., & Mortimer, C. (2010). Family carer attitudes toward medications are related to self-reported medication adherence amongst people with mental illness. Abstracts of the 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, 1154 ISBN: 978-0-909881-46-7

Stoyles, G., Caputi, P., Byrne, M., & Crowe, T. (2010). Undergraduate psychology training and workplace needs: Student perspectives on the extent to which their education prepares them for their chosen career. Abstracts of the 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, 1004 ISBN: 978-0-909881-46-7

C. Hsu, Caputi, P., & Byrne, M.K. (2010). Level of Service Inventory – Revised: Assessing the Risk and Need Characteristics of Australian Indigenous Offenders. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 17(3), 355-367.

Byrne, M.K., Willis, A., Deane, F.P., Hawkins, B., & Quinn, R. (2010). Training inpatient mental health staff how to enhance patient engagement with medications: Medication Alliance training and dissemination outcomes in a large US Mental Health hospital. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 16, 114-120

Hsu, C, Caputi, P., & Byrne, M.K. (2009). The Level of Service Inventory-Revised: A useful risk assessment measure for Australian offenders? Criminal Justice and Behavior, 36(7), 728-740

Byrne, M.K., Deane, F.P., Willis, A., Hawkins, B., & Quinn, R. (2009). Preliminary Reliability of an Observer Rating Scale for Assessing Medication Adherence on Psychiatric Wards. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 15, 246-251

Murrihy, R., Byrne, M.K., & Gonsalvez, C. (2009). Testing an empirically-derived mental health training model featuring small groups, distributed practice and patient discussion. Medical Education, 43, 140-145

Byrne, M.K., Deane, F.P., & Caputi, P. (2008). Mental health clinicians’ beliefs about medicines, attitudes and expectations of improved medication adherence in patients. Evaluation and the Health Professions,31(4): 390-403

Clarke, A., Barry, R., Heaven, P., McCarthy, R., Selikowitz, M. & Byrne, M.K. (2008). EEG in adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 70(3): 176-183

Clarke, A., Barry, R., Heaven, P., McCarthy, R., Selikowitz, M. & Byrne, M.K. (2008). EEG Coherence in Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 67: 35-40

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

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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)

Email: mbyrne@uow.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 4221 5310
Office: B41.132