Suzanne Cosh
Biographic Data
| ID | 190057 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Suzanne Cosh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Suzanne |
| FAMILY NAME | Cosh |
| SIGNATURE | COSH S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New England |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8003-3704 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Patients’ decision-making on antibiotic use for acute respiratory tract infections in a primary healthcare setting in Ethiopia: The role of antimicrobial resistance knowledge, concerns, and previous a…
In recent years, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become one of the leading health threats worldwide, mainly resulting from antibiotic misuse and misconceptions about resistance. This study investigated patients’ prior antibiotic use, their awareness and concerns about resistance, and how these factors influence decisions to use antibiotics for acute respiratory infections (ARTIs). A multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted, targeting pa…
Beyond the beats: Exploring the link between blood pressure fluctuations with anxiety, depression, and sleep
Findings suggest that central BPV is more strongly associated with cognitive and somatic anxiety symptoms than depressive symptoms, with sleep disturbances potentially mediating this relationship. These results support BPV's role in autonomic dysfunction, emphasizing the need for longitudinal research to clarify its role in mental health
Barriers and drivers to adopting a plant-rich Mediterranean diet in a high-income country: A qualitative study
Eating a plant-rich diet is considered essential for human and planetary health and the Mediterranean diet offers a realistic way to increase this. Gaining greater knowledge of the barriers and drivers to consuming the Mediterranean diet in residents of high-income countries was the aim of the current study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 adults residing in Australia who ate either an omnivore or plant-rich diet. Using reflexiv…
Mental ill-health in rural and metropolitan dwelling Australian youth during the first Covid-19 wave
Mental ill-health in rural and metropolitan dwelling Australian youth during the first COVID-19 wave
Detecting and classifying eco-anxiety: Development of clinical cut-off scores for the climate change anxiety scale
The proposed cut-offs can feasibly be used to identify those with elevated climate change anxiety. Use of these cut-off scores can inform research as well as be used to guide screening, assessment, and inform clinical practice. Results also highlight a high rate of climate change anxiety in young adults
Feasibility and practicality of a simulated placement: An exploratory pilot of a novel training method for postgraduate psychology students in the wake of Covid-19
Objective:In 2020, COVID-19 caused a drastic interruption to face-to-face postgraduate psychology placements in Australia, prompting the development of a simulated placement. This pilot project represents a preliminary evaluation of the program by exploring the feasibility of a simulated placement as a novel training modality for competence development in postgraduate psychology training. Method:Students enrolled in a simulated postgraduate psych…
Examining personality trait patterns in transdiagnostic dimensions of psychopathology
Australian Youth Mental Health and Climate Change Concern After the Black Summer Bushfires
Climate change and its effects present notable challenges for mental health, particularly for vulnerable populations, including young people. Immediately following the unprecedented Black Summer bushfire season of 2019/2020, 746 Australians (aged 16–25 years) completed measures of mental health and perceptions of climate change. Results indicated greater presentations of depression, anxiety, stress, adjustment disorder symptoms, substance abuse, …
Exploring experiences, barriers and treatment preferences for self-reported perinatal anxiety in Australian women: A qualitative study
Objective: Perinatal anxiety (PNA) is common, yet few studies have examined the perceived barriers to accessing mental health services and treatment preferences for women in the perinatal period.Further, there is a lack of research specifically exploring Australian women's perspectives on treatment preferences for PNA.Method: The current study explored the views of 20 women (M age = 34.65,SD = 8.68) who were experiencing, or who had previously ex…
A Love-Hate Relationship with What I Do: Protecting the Mental Health of Animal Care Workers
Mental ill-health associated with animal care work, coupled with a current shortage of animal care workers (ACWs), highlights the need to support this population's wellbeing. Guided by the Job Demands-Resources model of burnout and the principles of positive occupational health psychology, we aimed to explore mental ill-health in ACWs and identify potential risks and protective factors for their wellbeing. ACWs (n = 217) completed an anonymous on…
The Utility and Development of the Competencies of Professional Psychology Rating Scales (COPPR)
Competency-based professional psychology training is now common practice in many countries. An implication of competency-based training is the need to assess practitioner competence across multiple domains of practice; however, standardized measures of competence are limited. In Australia, currently there is no standardized, quantitative measure of professional competencies at registered psychologist level. The absence of a measure has implicatio…
Commentary: An Extension of the Australian Postgraduate Psychology Education Simulation Working Group Guidelines: Simulated Learning Activities Within Professional Psychology Placements
A Commentary on The use of simulated patients in medical education: AMEE Guide No 42 by Cleland, J. A., Abe, K., and Rethans, J. J. (2009). Med. Teach. 31, 477–486. doi: 10.1080/01421590903002821 Simulation based education by Cleland, J. A. (2017). Psychologist 30, 36–40. Building Academic Staff Capacity for Using eSimulations in Professional Education for Experience Transfer by Cybulski, J., Holt, D., Segrave, S., O'Brien, D., Munro, J., Corbitt…
Constructions of athlete mental health post-retirement: A discursive analysis of stigmatising and legitimising versions of transition distress in the Australian broadcast media
Athletes are vulnerable to experiencing mental health disorders, yet, disclosure and help-seeking around mental health remains low, with stigma the most widely reported barrier. However, the ways in which stigma around mental health may be produced (or resisted) in dominant constructions of athlete mental health remain under examined. This study explores constructions of athlete mental health into retirement in an example of Australian broadcast …
Transdiagnostic Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Depression and Anxiety Disorders in Cardiovascular Disease Patients: Results From the CHAMPS Pilot-Feasibility Trial
https://www.australianclinicaltrials.gov.au/anzctr/trial/ACTRN12615000555550, identifier: ACTRN12615000555550
Poor mental health outcomes in crisis transitions: An examination of retired athletes accounting of crisis transition experiences in a cultural context
Up to 20% of retiring athletes continue to experience crisis transitions, characterised by a lack of adjustment, ongoing psychological distress, depression and low self-esteem. Crisis transitions remain under researched compared with transition difficulties, especially within cultural sport psychology. This study aims to explore crisis transitions and related psychological distress within a cultural context. The media is a site of cultural explor…
Acceptability and feasibility of telehealth as a training modality for trainee psychologist placements: A Covid-19 response study
Objective This study examined the extent to which telehealth placements are feasible for developing perceived competence as a psychologist and are an acceptable training modality for provisional psychologists. Method Fifteen provisional psychologists who undertook a postgraduate placement using telehealth completed an online survey. Acceptability and attitudes towards future telehealth service provision were assessed via Likert scales and open-en…
Associations Between Self-Reported Sensory Impairment and Risk of Cognitive Decline and Impairment in the Health and Retirement Study Cohort
Self-assessed sensory impairment is independently associated with cognitive decline and incident possible CIND and probable dementia. Further studies are needed to identify the mechanism underlying this association and to determine whether treatment of sensory impairment could ameliorate cognitive decline and delay the onset of dementia among older adults
The normalisation of body regulation and monitoring practices in elite sport: A discursive analysis of news delivery sequences during skinfold testing
Prevalence of disordered eating is higher in athlete populations than in the general population. This paper explores the sociocultural context within which athletes are vulnerable to poor health behaviours and potentially poor mental health. Within sport settings, dominant ideals of body regulation and self-surveillance are normalised and leave athletes vulnerable to eating disorders. This paper explores how such ideals and understandings around …
Career transitions and identity: A discursive psychological approach to exploring athlete identity in retirement and the transition back into elite sport
Athletes’ career transitions have received widespread research attention and have been identified as potentially distressing for athletes. Yet, the transition back into elite sport following retirement, although rare, has not been a focus of research attention. The concept of athlete identity has been widely researched within sport psychology to give insight into the varied experiences of athletes, especially in relation to the transition out of …
"What's Wrong With That?" Legitimating and Contesting Gender Inequality
While there are generally strong cultural norms against discrimination based on individual characteristics, there is a dearth of research on exactly how people understand a particular act to be an instance of (non)discrimination. This research examines 285 online posts discussing differential pricing of health insurance by gender to see how this is constructed, and disputed, as an instance of discrimination. Arguments legitimating differential pr…
Accountability, monitoring and surveillance: Body regulation in elite sport
Regulation of athletes' bodies is commonplace in sporting environments, despite evidence that athletes have a higher risk of developing disordered eating than non-athletes. This article explores how athletes' bodies are regulated in practice, building on examinations of body surveillance in other contexts. Over 40 interactions occurring during body monitoring are analysed. Athletes, pre-emptively or following an explicit request, accounted for th…
Associations Between Self-Reported Sensory Impairment and Risk of Cognitive Decline and Impairment in the Health and Retirement Study Cohort
Self-assessed sensory impairment is independently associated with cognitive decline and incident possible CIND and probable dementia. Further studies are needed to identify the mechanism underlying this association and to determine whether treatment of sensory impairment could ameliorate cognitive decline and delay the onset of dementia among older adults
Accountability, monitoring and surveillance: Body regulation in elite sport
Regulation of athletes' bodies is commonplace in sporting environments, despite evidence that athletes have a higher risk of developing disordered eating than non-athletes. This article explores how athletes' bodies are regulated in practice, building on examinations of body surveillance in other contexts. Over 40 interactions occurring during body monitoring are analysed. Athletes, pre-emptively or following an explicit request, accounted for th…
"What's Wrong With That?" Legitimating and Contesting Gender Inequality
While there are generally strong cultural norms against discrimination based on individual characteristics, there is a dearth of research on exactly how people understand a particular act to be an instance of (non)discrimination. This research examines 285 online posts discussing differential pricing of health insurance by gender to see how this is constructed, and disputed, as an instance of discrimination. Arguments legitimating differential pr…
Acceptability and feasibility of telehealth as a training modality for trainee psychologist placements: A Covid-19 response study
Objective This study examined the extent to which telehealth placements are feasible for developing perceived competence as a psychologist and are an acceptable training modality for provisional psychologists. Method Fifteen provisional psychologists who undertook a postgraduate placement using telehealth completed an online survey. Acceptability and attitudes towards future telehealth service provision were assessed via Likert scales and open-en…
Accountability, monitoring and surveillance: Body regulation in elite sport
Regulation of athletes' bodies is commonplace in sporting environments, despite evidence that athletes have a higher risk of developing disordered eating than non-athletes. This article explores how athletes' bodies are regulated in practice, building on examinations of body surveillance in other contexts. Over 40 interactions occurring during body monitoring are analysed. Athletes, pre-emptively or following an explicit request, accounted for th…
Career transitions and identity: A discursive psychological approach to exploring athlete identity in retirement and the transition back into elite sport
Athletes’ career transitions have received widespread research attention and have been identified as potentially distressing for athletes. Yet, the transition back into elite sport following retirement, although rare, has not been a focus of research attention. The concept of athlete identity has been widely researched within sport psychology to give insight into the varied experiences of athletes, especially in relation to the transition out of …
"What's Wrong With That?" Legitimating and Contesting Gender Inequality
While there are generally strong cultural norms against discrimination based on individual characteristics, there is a dearth of research on exactly how people understand a particular act to be an instance of (non)discrimination. This research examines 285 online posts discussing differential pricing of health insurance by gender to see how this is constructed, and disputed, as an instance of discrimination. Arguments legitimating differential pr…
The normalisation of body regulation and monitoring practices in elite sport: A discursive analysis of news delivery sequences during skinfold testing
Prevalence of disordered eating is higher in athlete populations than in the general population. This paper explores the sociocultural context within which athletes are vulnerable to poor health behaviours and potentially poor mental health. Within sport settings, dominant ideals of body regulation and self-surveillance are normalised and leave athletes vulnerable to eating disorders. This paper explores how such ideals and understandings around …
Associations Between Self-Reported Sensory Impairment and Risk of Cognitive Decline and Impairment in the Health and Retirement Study Cohort
Self-assessed sensory impairment is independently associated with cognitive decline and incident possible CIND and probable dementia. Further studies are needed to identify the mechanism underlying this association and to determine whether treatment of sensory impairment could ameliorate cognitive decline and delay the onset of dementia among older adults
Poor mental health outcomes in crisis transitions: An examination of retired athletes accounting of crisis transition experiences in a cultural context
Up to 20% of retiring athletes continue to experience crisis transitions, characterised by a lack of adjustment, ongoing psychological distress, depression and low self-esteem. Crisis transitions remain under researched compared with transition difficulties, especially within cultural sport psychology. This study aims to explore crisis transitions and related psychological distress within a cultural context. The media is a site of cultural explor…
Acceptability and feasibility of telehealth as a training modality for trainee psychologist placements: A Covid-19 response study
Objective This study examined the extent to which telehealth placements are feasible for developing perceived competence as a psychologist and are an acceptable training modality for provisional psychologists. Method Fifteen provisional psychologists who undertook a postgraduate placement using telehealth completed an online survey. Acceptability and attitudes towards future telehealth service provision were assessed via Likert scales and open-en…
The Utility and Development of the Competencies of Professional Psychology Rating Scales (COPPR)
Competency-based professional psychology training is now common practice in many countries. An implication of competency-based training is the need to assess practitioner competence across multiple domains of practice; however, standardized measures of competence are limited. In Australia, currently there is no standardized, quantitative measure of professional competencies at registered psychologist level. The absence of a measure has implicatio…
Commentary: An Extension of the Australian Postgraduate Psychology Education Simulation Working Group Guidelines: Simulated Learning Activities Within Professional Psychology Placements
A Commentary on The use of simulated patients in medical education: AMEE Guide No 42 by Cleland, J. A., Abe, K., and Rethans, J. J. (2009). Med. Teach. 31, 477–486. doi: 10.1080/01421590903002821 Simulation based education by Cleland, J. A. (2017). Psychologist 30, 36–40. Building Academic Staff Capacity for Using eSimulations in Professional Education for Experience Transfer by Cybulski, J., Holt, D., Segrave, S., O'Brien, D., Munro, J., Corbitt…
Constructions of athlete mental health post-retirement: A discursive analysis of stigmatising and legitimising versions of transition distress in the Australian broadcast media
Athletes are vulnerable to experiencing mental health disorders, yet, disclosure and help-seeking around mental health remains low, with stigma the most widely reported barrier. However, the ways in which stigma around mental health may be produced (or resisted) in dominant constructions of athlete mental health remain under examined. This study explores constructions of athlete mental health into retirement in an example of Australian broadcast …
Transdiagnostic Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Depression and Anxiety Disorders in Cardiovascular Disease Patients: Results From the CHAMPS Pilot-Feasibility Trial
https://www.australianclinicaltrials.gov.au/anzctr/trial/ACTRN12615000555550, identifier: ACTRN12615000555550
Examining personality trait patterns in transdiagnostic dimensions of psychopathology
Australian Youth Mental Health and Climate Change Concern After the Black Summer Bushfires
Climate change and its effects present notable challenges for mental health, particularly for vulnerable populations, including young people. Immediately following the unprecedented Black Summer bushfire season of 2019/2020, 746 Australians (aged 16–25 years) completed measures of mental health and perceptions of climate change. Results indicated greater presentations of depression, anxiety, stress, adjustment disorder symptoms, substance abuse, …
Exploring experiences, barriers and treatment preferences for self-reported perinatal anxiety in Australian women: A qualitative study
Objective: Perinatal anxiety (PNA) is common, yet few studies have examined the perceived barriers to accessing mental health services and treatment preferences for women in the perinatal period.Further, there is a lack of research specifically exploring Australian women's perspectives on treatment preferences for PNA.Method: The current study explored the views of 20 women (M age = 34.65,SD = 8.68) who were experiencing, or who had previously ex…
A Love-Hate Relationship with What I Do: Protecting the Mental Health of Animal Care Workers
Mental ill-health associated with animal care work, coupled with a current shortage of animal care workers (ACWs), highlights the need to support this population's wellbeing. Guided by the Job Demands-Resources model of burnout and the principles of positive occupational health psychology, we aimed to explore mental ill-health in ACWs and identify potential risks and protective factors for their wellbeing. ACWs (n = 217) completed an anonymous on…
Mental ill-health in rural and metropolitan dwelling Australian youth during the first Covid-19 wave
Mental ill-health in rural and metropolitan dwelling Australian youth during the first COVID-19 wave
Detecting and classifying eco-anxiety: Development of clinical cut-off scores for the climate change anxiety scale
The proposed cut-offs can feasibly be used to identify those with elevated climate change anxiety. Use of these cut-off scores can inform research as well as be used to guide screening, assessment, and inform clinical practice. Results also highlight a high rate of climate change anxiety in young adults
Feasibility and practicality of a simulated placement: An exploratory pilot of a novel training method for postgraduate psychology students in the wake of Covid-19
Objective:In 2020, COVID-19 caused a drastic interruption to face-to-face postgraduate psychology placements in Australia, prompting the development of a simulated placement. This pilot project represents a preliminary evaluation of the program by exploring the feasibility of a simulated placement as a novel training modality for competence development in postgraduate psychology training. Method:Students enrolled in a simulated postgraduate psych…
Beyond the beats: Exploring the link between blood pressure fluctuations with anxiety, depression, and sleep
Findings suggest that central BPV is more strongly associated with cognitive and somatic anxiety symptoms than depressive symptoms, with sleep disturbances potentially mediating this relationship. These results support BPV's role in autonomic dysfunction, emphasizing the need for longitudinal research to clarify its role in mental health
Barriers and drivers to adopting a plant-rich Mediterranean diet in a high-income country: A qualitative study
Eating a plant-rich diet is considered essential for human and planetary health and the Mediterranean diet offers a realistic way to increase this. Gaining greater knowledge of the barriers and drivers to consuming the Mediterranean diet in residents of high-income countries was the aim of the current study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 adults residing in Australia who ate either an omnivore or plant-rich diet. Using reflexiv…
Patients’ decision-making on antibiotic use for acute respiratory tract infections in a primary healthcare setting in Ethiopia: The role of antimicrobial resistance knowledge, concerns, and previous a…
In recent years, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become one of the leading health threats worldwide, mainly resulting from antibiotic misuse and misconceptions about resistance. This study investigated patients’ prior antibiotic use, their awareness and concerns about resistance, and how these factors influence decisions to use antibiotics for acute respiratory infections (ARTIs). A multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted, targeting pa…
Psychology (18 works) · Medicine (15 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Mental health (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Anxiety (5 works) · Distress (5 works) · Environmental health (5 works)