Publications
Books
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Curing the Dread of Death: Theory Research and Practice
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Tales from the Valley of Death: Reflections from Psychotherapy on the Fear of Death
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Mortals: How the Fear of Death Shaped Human Society.
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Free Yourself from Death Anxiety: A CBT Self-Help Guide for a Fear of Death and Dying.
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Existential Concerns and Cognitive-Behavioral Procedures: An Integrative Approach to Mental Health.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
Death Anxiety & Existential Concerns
Iverach, L., Menzies, R.G., & Menzies, R.E. (2014). Death anxiety and its role in psychopathology: Reviewing the status of a transdiagnostic construct. Clinical Psychology Review, 34, 580-593.
Menzies, R.G., Menzies, R.E., & Iverach, L. (2015). The role of death fears in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Australian Clinical Psychologist, 1, 6-11.
Menzies, R.E., & Dar-Nimrod, I. (2017). Death anxiety and its relationship with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 126, 367-377.
Menzies, R.E., Zuccala, M., Sharpe, L., & Dar-Nimrod, I. (2018). The effects of psychosocial interventions on death anxiety: A meta-analysis and systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 59, 64-73.
Menzies, R.E., Sharpe, L., & Dar-Nimrod, I. (2019). The relationship between death anxiety and severity of mental illnesses. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 58, 452-467.
Zuccala, M., Menzies, R.E., Hunt, C., & Abbott, M. (2019). A systematic review of the psychometric properties of death anxiety self-report measures. Death Studies, 6, 1-23.
Moreton, S., Szalla, L., Menzies, R.E., & Arena, A. (2019). Embedding existential psychology within psychedelic science: Reduced death anxiety as a mediator of the therapeutic effects of psychedelics. Psychopharmacology, 237(1), 21-32.
Menzies, R.E., & Menzies, R.G. (2020). Death anxiety in the time of COVID-19: Theoretical explanations and clinical implications. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 13, e19.
Menzies, R.E., Zuccala, M., Sharpe, L., & Dar-Nimrod, I. (2020). Subtypes of obsessive-compulsive disorder and their relationship to death anxiety. Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, 27, 100572.
Menzies, R.E., Zuccala, M., Sharpe, L., & Dar-Nimrod, I. (2020). Pathways to obsessive-compulsive disorder and the role of death anxiety. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 75(3), 170-175.
Menzies, R.E., Neimeyer, R.A., & Menzies, R.G. (2020). Death anxiety, loss and grief in the time of COVID-19. Behaviour Change, 37(3), 111-115.
Menzies, R.E., Sharpe, L., & Dar-Nimrod, I. (2021). The effect of mortality salience on bodily scanning behaviours in anxiety-related disorders. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 2(999).
Menzies, R.E., Sharpe, L., Helgadóttir, F.D., & Dar-Nimrod, I. (2021). Overcome Death Anxiety: The development of an online CBT program for fears of death. Behaviour Change, 38(4), 235-249.
Verin, R.E., Menzies, R.E., & Menzies, R.G. (2021). Death anxiety, OCD and attachment: What’s love got to do with it? Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 50(2), 131-141.
Chawla, S., Menzies, R.E., & Menzies, R.G. (2022). Existential concerns in OCD with aggressive and sexual obsessions. The Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 32, 100710.
Menzies, R.E., Sharpe, L., & Dar-Nimrod, I. (2022). The development and validation of the death anxiety beliefs and behaviours scale (DABBS). British Journal of Clinical Psychology.
Moreton, S., Burden-Hill, A., & Menzies, R.E. (2022). Reduced death anxiety and obsessive beliefs as mediators of the therapeutic effects of psychedelics on OCD symptomology. Clinical Psychologist.
Menzies, R.E., & Menzies, R.G. (2022). Death anxiety and mental health: Requiem for a dreamer. Invited paper for Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 78, 10187.
Moreton, S.G., Arena, A., Foy, Y.P.M., & Menzies, R.E. (2022). Reduced death anxiety as a mediator of the relationship between acute subjective effects of psychedelics and improved subjective well-being. Death Studies.
Menzies, R.E., Sharpe, L., Richmond, B., & Cunningham, M. (2022). “Life’s too short to be small”: An experimental exploration of the relationship between death anxiety and muscle dysmorphia symptoms. Body Image, 44, 43-52.
Menzies, R.E. (2023). The undiscovered country: Welcoming a new era of existentially-informed clinical psychology. Invited editorial in Clinical Psychologist. 27(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1080/13284207.2023.2184249
Menzies, R.E., Julien, A., Sharpe, L., Menzies, R.G., Helgadottir, F.D., & Dar-Nimrod, I. (2023). Overcoming death anxiety: A phase I trial of an online CBT program in a clinical sample. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. https://doi.org/10.1017/S135246582300005X
Liu, C., Menzies, R.E., & Menzies, R.G. (2023). A systematic review of existential concerns in borderline personality disorder. The Journal of Humanistic Psychology.
Sims, M.A., Menzies, R.E., & Menzies, R.G. (2023). A systematic review of the relationship between death anxiety, capability for suicide, and suicidality. Death Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2023.2179686
Foo, B.M., Sharpe, L., Clayton, J.M., Wiese, M., & Menzies, R.E. (2023). The role of psychologists in supporting illness-related dying and death: A systematic literature review. Clinical Psychology Review.
Menzies, R.E. (2024). Alone together: The role of existential concerns in symptoms of relationship obsessive-compulsive disorder. Clinical Psychologist.
Forrester, M., Sharpe, L., & Menzies, R.E. (2024). Starving off death: The effect of mortality salience on disordered eating in women. Death Studies.
Menzies, R. E., McMullen, K., Riotto, G., Iliescu, S., Petrovic, B., & Remfrey, M. (2024). From dread to disorder: A meta-analysis of the impact of death anxiety on mental illness symptoms. Clinical Psychology Review, 102490.
Menzies, R.G., & Menzies, R.E. (2024). Existential therapies and the extended evolutionary meta-model: Turning existential philosophy into process-based therapy. Invited paper for Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science.
Mazidi, M., Zarei, M., Ahmadi, Z., Ranjbar, S., & Menzies, R.E. (2024). Evaluation of the death anxiety beliefs and behaviors scale in Iranian adolescents. Death Studies.
Menzies, R.E., Sharpe, L., Favaloro, B., & Kearney, J. (2024). The role of existential concerns in borderline personality disorder and their responsiveness to dialectical behaviour therapy. Clinical Psychologist.
Menzies, R.E., Coutts-Bain, D., Richmond, B., & Helgadottir, F. (2024). Protocol for a Randomised Controlled Trial of Overcome Death Anxiety: An Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Intervention in a Clinical Sample. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy.
Coutts-Bain, D., Sharpe, L., & Russell, H. (2023) Death Anxiety Predicts Fear of Cancer Recurrence and Progression in Ovarian Cancer Patients Over and Above other Cognitive Factors. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 1-9.
Menzies, R.E., Brown, J., & Marchant, J. (2025). “To die, to sleep”: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationship between death anxiety and sleep. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Menzies, R.G., Menzies, R.E., & Iverach, L. (2015). The role of death fears in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Australian Clinical Psychologist, 1, 6-11.
Menzies, R.E., & Dar-Nimrod, I. (2017). Death anxiety and its relationship with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 126, 367-377.
Menzies, R.E., Zuccala, M., Sharpe, L., & Dar-Nimrod, I. (2020). Subtypes of obsessive-compulsive disorder and their relationship to death anxiety. Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, 27, 100572.
Menzies, R.E., Zuccala, M., Sharpe, L., & Dar-Nimrod, I. (2020). Pathways to obsessive-compulsive disorder and the role of death anxiety. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 75(3), 170-175.
Verin, R.E., Menzies, R.E., & Menzies, R.G. (2021). Death anxiety, OCD and attachment: What’s love got to do with it? Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 50(2), 131-141.
Arena, A., MacCann, C., Menzies, R.E., Moreton, S., & Tiliopoulos, N. (2022). Living authentically in the face of death: Predictors of autonomous motivation among individuals exposed to chronic mortality cues compared to a matched community sample. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying.
Menzies, R.E., & Whittle, L.F. (2022). Stoicism and death acceptance: Integrating Stoic philosophy in cognitive behaviour therapy for death anxiety. Discover Psychology.
Chawla, S., Menzies, R.E., & Menzies, R.G. (2022). Existential concerns in OCD with aggressive and sexual obsessions. The Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 32, 100710.
Moreton, S., Burden-Hill, A., & Menzies, R.E. (2022). Reduced death anxiety and obsessive beliefs as mediators of the therapeutic effects of psychedelics on OCD symptomology. Clinical Psychologist.
Menzies, R.E., Sharpe, L., Richmond, B., & Cunningham, M. (2022). “Life’s too short to be small”: An experimental exploration of the relationship between death anxiety and muscle dysmorphia symptoms. Body Image, 44, 43-52.
Melkonian, M., McDonald, S., Scott, A., Karin, E., Dear, B. F., & Wootton, B. M. (2022). Symptom improvement and remission in untreated adults seeking treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.08.037
Wootton, B. M., McDonald, S., Melkonian, M., Karin, E., Titov, N., & Dear, B. F. (2023). Efficacy and acceptability of a self-guided internet-delivered cognitive-behavioral educational program for obsessive-compulsive symptoms with international recruitment. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 1-19.
McDonald, S., Melkonian, M., Karin, E., Dear, B. F., Titov, N., & Wootton, B. M. (2023). Predictors of response to cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): A systematic review. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465823000103
Melkonian, M., McDonald, S., Karin, E., Titov, N., Dear, B. F., & Wootton, B. M. (2023). Clinical and demographic characteristics of patients with obsessive-compulsive symptoms using internet-delivered and face-to-face cognitive behavior therapy. Australian Psychologist, 1-10.
Menzies, R.E. (2024). Alone together: The role of existential concerns in symptoms of relationship obsessive-compulsive disorder. Clinical Psychologist.
Other Anxiety Disorders
Menzies, R.E., Sharpe, L., & Dar-Nimrod, I. (2021). The effect of mortality salience on bodily scanning behaviours in anxiety-related disorders. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 2(999).
Sharpe, L., Todd, J., Scott, A., Gatzounis, I., Menzies, R.E., & Meulders, A. (2022). Safety behaviours or safety precautions? The role of subtle avoidance in anxiety disorders in the context of chronic physical illness. Clinical Psychology Review, 92, 102126.
Sigurdardottir, S., Helgadottir, F.D., Menzies, R.E., Blondahl, M., & Menzies, R.G. (2022). Improving adherence to a web-based cognitive behavioural therapy program for social anxiety with group sessions: A randomised controlled trial. Internet Interventions, 28, 100535.
Chronic Illness & Chronic Pain
Sharpe, L., Todd, J., Scott, A., Gatzounis, I., Menzies, R.E., & Meulders, A. (2022). Safety behaviours or safety precautions? The role of subtle avoidance in anxiety disorders in the context of chronic physical illness. Clinical Psychology Review, 92, 102126.
Sharpe, L., Michalowski, M., Richmond, B., Menzies, R.E., & Shaw, J. (2022). Fear of progression in chronic illnesses other than cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of a transdiagnostic construct. Health Psychology Review, 18, 1-20.
Dudeney, J., Sharpe, L., McGuire, B., Menzies, R.E., & McDonald, S. (2022). Are psychological interventions efficacious for adults with migraine? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Headache, 00, 1-15.
Menzies, R.E., Sharpe, L., Richmond, B., Dudeney, J., Todd, J., Szabo, M., Sesel, A., & Dear, B.F. (2022). A randomized controlled trial of cognitive behaviour therapy versus mindfulness for people with rheumatoid arthritis with and without a history of recurrent depression: Study protocol and design. BMJ Open.
Sharpe, L., Richmond, B., Menzies, R.E., Forrest, D., Crombez, G., Colagiuri, B. (2023). A synthesis of meta-analyses of mindfulness-based interventions in pain. Pain.
Boyse, J., Sharpe, L., Richmond, B., Dear, B., Dudeney, J., Szabo, M., Sesel, A., & Menzies, R.E. (2023). Benign or painful? The interpretation of pain and fear of progression in rheumatoid arthritis. Pain.
Sharpe, L., Richmond, B., Todd, J., Dudeney, J., Dear, B.F., Szabo, M., Sesel, A., Forrester, M., Menzies, R.E. (2023). A cross-sectional study of existential concerns and fear of progression in people with rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Psychosomatic Research.
Sharpe, L., Menzies, R.E., Richmond, B., Todd, J., & Shaw, J. (2023). The development and validation of the worries about recurrence or progression scale (WARPS). British Journal of Health Psychology.
Foo, B.M., Sharpe, L., Clayton, J.M., Wiese, M., & Menzies, R.E. (2023). The role of psychologists in supporting illness-related dying and death: A systematic literature review. Clinical Psychology Review.
Michalski, S.C., Sharpe, L., Boyse, J., Shaw, J., & Menzies, R.E. (2024). The role of interpretation bias in fear of disease progression in people with diabetes. Journal of Pain.
Sharpe, L., Menzies, R. E., Boyse, J., Bisby, M. A., Richmond, B., Todd, J., ... & Dear, B. F. (2025). Mediators and Moderators of two online interventions for managing pain, fear of progression and functional ability in rheumatoid arthritis. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 185, 104676.
Sharpe, L., Bisby, M., Menzies, R.E., Boyse, J., Richmond, B., Todd, J., Dudeney, J., Sesel, A., Szabo, M., & Dear, B.F. (2024). A tale of two treatments: A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness and cognitive-behaviour therapy delivered online for people with rheumatoid arthritis. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.
Pickup, B., Coutts-Bain, D., Todd, J. (2024). Fear of Progression, Depression, and Sleep Difficulties in People Experiencing Endometriosis-related Pain: A Cross-sectional Study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research.
Todd, J., Pickup, B., Coutts-Bain, D. (2023). Fear of Progression, Imagery, Interpretation Bias and their Relationship with Endometriosis Pain. Pain. 2839-2844.
Cancer & Psycho-Oncology
Lamph, E., Juraskova, I., Butt, Z., Fisher, A., Huntingdon, B., & Schofield, P. (2017) "Talking Woman to Woman": Peer-Patient Discussions about Psychosexual Issues and Vaginal Dilators Following Radiotherapy for Gynaecological Cancer within the PeNTAGOn Trial. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 13, 216-216.
Bartley, N., Napier, C. E., Butt, Z., Schlub, T. E., Best, M. C., Biesecker, B. B., Ballinger, M., & Butow, P. (2021). Cancer patient experience of uncertainty while waiting for genome sequencing results. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 647502.
Shaw, J., Butt, Z., Beatty, L., Kirsten, L., Dhillon, H., & Kelly, B. (2021). Barriers and enablers to implementing telehealth consultations in psycho-oncology: Building on COVID-19 experiences. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 192-193.
Shaw, J., Butow, P., Havard, P. E., Butt, Z., Kelly, B., Sharpe, L., Dhillon, H., Chan, RJ., Best, M., Beatty, L., Ciglionia, M., Beale, P., Kirsten, L., & Juraskova, I. (2021). Stakeholder perspectives on the impact of COVID-19 on oncology services: A qualitative study. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 108-108.
Juraskova I, Laidsaar- Powell R, Keast R, Schofield P, Costa DSJ, Kay J, Turner S, Koczwara B, Saunders C, Jefford M, Yates P, Boyle F, White K, Miller A, Morton RL, Butt Z, Butow P. (2021) eTRIO trial: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial of online education modules to facilitate effective family caregiver involvement in oncology. BMJ Open, 11(5), e043224.
Laidsaar-Powell, R., Keast, R., Butow, P., Mahony, J., Hagerty, F., Townsend, J., Young, J., Butt, Z., & Juraskova, I. (2021). Improving breast cancer nurses’ management of challenging situations involving family carers: Pilot evaluation of a brief targeted online education module (TRIO-Conflict). Patient Education and Counseling, 104(12), 3023-3031.
Berg, M., Ngune, I., Schofield, P., Grech, L., Juraskova, I., Strasser, M., Butt, Z., & Halkett, G. (2021). Effectiveness of online communication skills training for cancer and palliative care health professionals: A systematic review. Psycho‐Oncology, 30(9), 1405-1419.
Pradhan, P., Sharpe, L., & Menzies, R.E. (2021). Towards a stepped care model for managing fear of cancer recurrence or progression in cancer survivors. Cancer Management and Research, 13, 8953-8965.
Butt, Z., Kirsten, L., Beatty, L., Kelly, B., Dhillon, H., & Shaw, J. (2022) Barriers and enablers to implementing telehealth consultations in psycho-oncology. Psycho-oncology, 31(8), 1365-1373.
Butow, P., Havard, P. E., Butt, Z., Juraskova, I., Sharpe, L., Dhillon, H., Beatty, L., Beale, P., Cigolini, B., Kelly, B., Chan, RJ., Kirsten, L., Best, M., & Shaw, J. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 on cancer patients, their carers and oncology health professionals: A qualitative study. Patient Education and Counseling, 105(7), 2397-2403.
Foo, B.M., Sharpe, L., Clayton, J.M., Wiese, M., & Menzies, R.E. (2023). The role of psychologists in supporting illness-related dying and death: A systematic literature review. Clinical Psychology Review.
Liu, J., He, S., Butow, P., Shaw, J., McHardy, C. J., Harris, G., ... Butt, Z., & Beith, J. (2023). A novel clinician‐delivered intervention to reduce fear of recurrence in breast cancer survivors: Results from a Phase I/II implementation study (CIFeR_2). Psycho‐Oncology, 32(12), 1930-1938.
Butow, P., Havard, P. E., Butt, Z., Juraskova, I., Sharpe, L., Dhillon, H., Beatty, L., Beale, P., Cigonlini, M., Kelly, B., Chan, RJ., Kirsten, L., Best, M., & Shaw, J. (2023). Stakeholder perspectives on the impact of Covid-19 on Oncology services: A qualitative study. Supportive Care in Cancer, 31(8), 491.
Liu, J., Serafimovska, A., He, S., Butow, P., Shaw, J., McHardy, C. J., Harris, G., Butt, Z., & Beith, J. (2023). Protocol of an implementation study of a clinician intervention to reduce fear of recurrence in cancer survivors (CIFeR_2 implementation study). BMC Medical Education, 23(1), 312.
Liu, J., He, S., Butow, P., Shaw, J., McHardy, C. J., Harris, G., Serafimovska, A., Butt, Z., & Beith, J. M. (2023). Implementation study of a novel brief clinician intervention to reduce fear of recurrence in cancer survivors (CIFeR_2 Implementation Study). Journal of Clinical Oncology, 41, e24183-e24182.
Laidsaar-Powell, R., Giunta, S., Butow, P., Keast, R., Koczwara, B., Kay, J., ... Butt, Z., Bonnaudet, M., & Juraskova, I. (2024). Development of Web-Based Education Modules to Improve Carer Engagement in Cancer Care: Design and User Experience Evaluation of the e-Triadic Oncology (eTRIO) Modules for Clinicians, Patients, and Carers. JMIR Medical Education, 10, e50118.
Patel, D., Webster, S. N., Dowling, E. J., Knowles, C. R., Lockwood-Taylor, T., Coutts-Bain, D., Simons, L. E., Diver, E., Chilcot, J., Schapira, L., &; Heathcote, L. (2024). Scanxiety and Fear of Recurrence in Young Adult Female Breast and Gynaecological Cancer Survivors: Investigating Shared Mechanisms. Accepted at Psycho-Oncology.
Heathcote, L., Webster, S., Loecher, N., Spunt, S., Pamela, S., Pradhan, P., Coutts-Bain, D., Sharpe, L., Tutelman, P., & Simons, L. (2023). The Bodily Threat Monitoring Scale: Development and Preliminary Validation in Adult and Childhood Cancer Survivors. Psycho-Oncology, 1-10.
Coutts-Bain, D., Sharpe, L., & Russell, H. (2023) Death Anxiety Predicts Fear of Cancer Recurrence and Progression in Ovarian Cancer Patients Over and Above other Cognitive Factors. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 1-9.
Coutts‐Bain, D., Sharpe, L., Pradhan, P., Russell, H., Heathcote, L. C., &; Costa, D. (2022). Are fear of cancer recurrence and fear of progression equivalent constructs?. Psycho‐Oncology, 31(8), 1381-1389.
Pradhan, P., Sharpe, L., Butow, P., Coutts-Bain, D., & Heathcote, L. C. (2022). Does interpretation bias moderate the relationship between pain and fear of cancer recurrence?. Health Psychology.
COVID-19
Menzies, R.E., & Menzies, R.G. (2020). Death anxiety in the time of COVID-19: Theoretical explanations and clinical implications. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 13, e19.
Menzies, R.E., Neimeyer, R.A., & Menzies, R.G. (2020). Death anxiety, loss and grief in the time of COVID-19. Behaviour Change, 37(3), 111-115.
Richmond, B., Sharpe, L., & Menzies, R.E. (2022). Are fear campaigns effective for increasing adherence to COVID-relation mitigation measures? International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
Butow, P., Havard, P. E., Butt, Z., Juraskova, I., Sharpe, L., Dhillon, H., Beatty, L., Beale, P., Cigolini, B., Kelly, B., Chan, RJ., Kirsten, L., Best, M., & Shaw, J. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 on cancer patients, their carers and oncology health professionals: A qualitative study. Patient Education and Counseling, 105(7), 2397-2403.
Butow, P., Havard, P. E., Butt, Z., Juraskova, I., Sharpe, L., Dhillon, H., Beatty, L., Beale, P., Cigonlini, M., Kelly, B., Chan, RJ., Kirsten, L., Best, M., & Shaw, J. (2023). Stakeholder perspectives on the impact of Covid-19 on Oncology services: A qualitative study. Supportive Care in Cancer, 31(8), 491.
Psychedelics
Moreton, S., Szalla, L., Menzies, R.E., & Arena, A. (2019). Embedding existential psychology within psychedelic science: Reduced death anxiety as a mediator of the therapeutic effects of psychedelics. Psychopharmacology, 237(1), 21-32.
Moreton, S., Burden-Hill, A., & Menzies, R.E. (2022). Reduced death anxiety and obsessive beliefs as mediators of the therapeutic effects of psychedelics on OCD symptomology. Clinical Psychologist.
Moreton, S.G., Arena, A., Foy, Y.P.M., & Menzies, R.E. (2022). Reduced death anxiety as a mediator of the relationship between acute subjective effects of psychedelics and improved subjective well-being. Death Studies.
Eating Disorders & Body Image
Menzies, R.E., Sharpe, L., Richmond, B., & Cunningham, M. (2022). “Life’s too short to be small”: An experimental exploration of the relationship between death anxiety and muscle dysmorphia symptoms. Body Image, 44, 43-52.
Forrester, M., Sharpe, L., & Menzies, R.E. (2024). Starving off death: The effect of mortality salience on disordered eating in women. Death Studies.
Gender & Sexuality
Morandini, J., Menzies R.E., Strudwick, J., & Dar-Nimrod, I. (2022). Do bisexual and pansexual women differ? Yes, when it comes to minority stress. Psychology & Sexuality.
Morandini, J., Menzies, R.E., Moreton, S., & Dar-Nimrod, I. (2022). Do beliefs about sexual orientation predict sexual identity among sexual minorities? Archives of Sexual Behaviour.
Personality Disorders
Liu, C., Menzies, R.E., & Menzies, R.G. (2023). A systematic review of existential concerns in borderline personality disorder. The Journal of Humanistic Psychology.
Menzies, R.E., Sharpe, L., Favaloro, B., & Kearney, J. (2024). The role of existential concerns in borderline personality disorder and their responsiveness to dialectical behaviour therapy. Clinical Psychologist.
General Mental Health
Menzies, R.E., Richmond, B., Sharpe, L., Skeggs, A., Liu, J., & Coutts-Bain, D. (2024). The “revolving door” of mental illness: A meta-analysis and systematic review of current versus lifetime rates of psychological disorders. British Journal of Clinical Psychology.
Coutts-Bain, D., Sharpe, L., Techakesari, P., Forrester, M., Hunt, C. (2023). A Mixed-Methods Review and Meta-synthesis of Fears of Recurrence and Progression in People with Mental Health Conditions. Clinical Psychology Review, 105, 102342.
Todd, J., Coutts-Bain, D., Wilson, E.,; Clarke, P. (2023). Is Attentional Bias Variability Causally Implicated in Emotional Vulnerability? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 105069.
Todd, J., Wilson, E., Coutts-Bain, D., & Clarke, P. J. (2022). Attentional Bias Variability and its Association with Psychological and Health Symptoms: A meta-analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 104812.
Trauma
Slewa-Younan, S., Mond, J. M., Bussion, E., Melkonian, M., Mohammad, Y., Dover, H., Milosevic, D., & Jorm, A. F. (2015). Psychological trauma and help seeking behaviour amongst resettled Iraqi refugees in attending English tuition classes in Australia. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 9, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-4458-9-5
Book Chapters
Menzies, R.E., & Iverach, L. (2016). The dread of death and its relationship to mental health. In R.G. Menzies, M. Kyrios & N. Kazantzis (Ed.), Innovations and Future Directions in the Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies. (pp. 219-223). Brisbane: Australian Academic Press.
Iverach, L., Menzies, R. M., & Menzies, R.E. (2016). Fear of death underlies most of our phobias. In J. Watson (Ed.), The Conversation Yearbook 2016: 50 standout articles from Australia’s top thinkers. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Publishing.
Menzies, R.E., & Menzies, R.G. (2017). Anxiety Disorders: Gender Differences. In A.E. Wenzel (Ed.), The Sage Encyclopaedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
Menzies, R.E., & Menzies, R.G. (2017). Anxiety Disorders: Incidence and Prevalence. In A.E. Wenzel (Ed.), The Sage Encyclopaedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
Menzies, R.E., & Menzies, R.G. (2017). Anxiety Disorders: Lifespan Perspectives. In A.E. Wenzel (Ed.), The Sage Encyclopaedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
Menzies, R.E. (2018). Impermanence and the human dilemma: Observations across the ages. In R.E. Menzies, R.G. Menzies, & L. Iverach (Eds.), Curing the dread of death: Theory, research and practice (pp. 3-21). Australian Academic Press.
Menzies, R.E. (2018). Cognitive and behavioural procedures for the treatment of death anxiety. In R.E. Menzies, R.G. Menzies, & L. Iverach (Eds.), Curing the dread of death: Theory, research and practice (pp. 167-184). Australian Academic Press.
Menzies, R.G., & Menzies, R.E. (2018). The death instinct and psychodynamic accounts of the wound of mortality. In R.E. Menzies, R.G. Menzies, & L. Iverach (Eds.), Curing the dread of death: Theory, research and practice (pp. 83-101).
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