Eóin Killackey
Biographic Data
| ID | 312945 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eóin Killackey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eóin |
| FAMILY NAME | Killackey |
| SIGNATURE | KILLACKEY E |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9649-5551 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Co‐Development and Validation of a Patient‐Reported Experience Measure for Trans and Gender Diverse Young People
BACKGROUND: Trans and gender diverse (trans) young people experience higher rates of physical and mental ill-health due to chronic exposure to gender minority stress. Consequently, trans young people report higher health and mental healthcare service utilisation. Disconcertingly, negative experiences of healthcare services are prevalent among trans young people, especially those with additional marginalised identities and backgrounds who experien…
Without IPS I Think I Would Really Fall Apart
Having a job is an important component of recovery from mental illness and a source of economic, social, and health benefits. Most people experiencing severe mental illness (SMI) want to work but are excluded from employment opportunities. Employment specialists (ESs) working in individual placement and support (IPS) teams help persons struggling with SMI obtain competitive employment. This study is a qualitative phenomenological study of 10 IPS …
The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on youth mental health
Inequitable access to mental healthcare for socially excluded adolescents
Background: Adolescence is a critical period for mental health and social exclusion, a key social determinant of mental health. Early intervention approaches are key to mitigating the impact of mental ill-health during adolescence, however social exclusion can create additional barriers to accessing care. Aim: We aimed to better understand help-seeking experiences of adolescents facing co-occurring social exclusion and mental ill-health, includin…
The personality profile of IPS employment specialists, and how it relates to job satisfaction
The role of the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) employment specialist is a new type of occupation within mental healthcare. High turnover among employment specialists necessitates improvement in their recruitment and retention. One element that impacts retention is job satisfaction. We assessed the personality of 38 employment specialists (Big 5 Inventory‐2) and measured job satisfaction over three time periods. Compared to norm data, empl…
Implementing individual placement and support in Norway. From vocational rehabilitation to an employment scheme
We explore the implementation and development of individual placement and support (IPS) in Norway. IPS is an evidence‐based practice for supporting people experiencing mental illness to obtain and maintain competitive employment. Implementation of IPS into routine practice has been challenged by different paradigms in vocational rehabilitation, health and welfare policies. Data were mainly collected through individual and joint interviews of IPS …
Designing and scaling up integrated youth mental health care
Mental ill‐health represents the main threat to the health, survival and future potential of young people around the world. There are indications that this is a rising tide of vulnerability and need for care, a trend that has been augmented by the COVID‐19 pandemic. It represents a global public health crisis, which not only demands a deep and sophisticated understanding of possible targets for prevention, but also urgent reform and investment in…
Heterogeneity of quality of life in the later stages of first-episode psychosis recovery
Although some individuals with FEP have QoL comparable to individuals without mental ill health, QoL can remain concerningly low despite treatment efforts. Future research on interventions that target factors associated with poor QoL, such as low social inclusion, is required to counteract prolonged poor QoL in FEP
Are attitudes in employees of public employment service in line with the principles of individual placement and support? A questionnaire‐based survey
A high proportion of people with severe mental illness (SMI) want to work, consider it essential for recovery, yet employment rates are low. Many employees in public employment services (PES) work according to traditional attitudes that people with SMI are unable to work and if they do, risk harm from work‐related stress. These attitudes conflict with principles in evidence based vocational models like individual placement and support (IPS) and p…
Quality of life in first episode psychosis
The Lancet Psychiatry Commission
Group differences in social inclusion between young adults aged 18 to 25 with serious mental illness and same-aged peers from the general community
Aims: Young adults with serious mental illness (SMI) are thought to be socially excluded. However, psychometric measures of social inclusion have not been employed to examine group differences relative to peers from the general community. The aim of this study was to employ such a measure to determine differences in social inclusion between young adults with SMI and peers from the general community. Methods: A cross-sectional hierarchical logisti…
Understanding what it means to be socially included for people with a lived experience of mental illness
AIMS: Social inclusion is increasingly understood to have positive and beneficial implications for the mental health outcomes of people with severe mental illness. The concept is plagued by definitional inconsistencies and a lack of consensus regarding what it means to be socially included, in particular for groups most vulnerable to social exclusion, such as people with mental illness. The aim of this study was to obtain a consensus regarding th…
A Comparison of Vocational Engagement Among Young People with Psychosis, Depression and Borderline Personality Pathology
Supported employment for people with severe mental illness
Mapping the Onset of Psychosis
Objective: Recognizing the prodrome of a first psychotic episode prospectively creates the opportunity of intervention, which could delay, ameliorate or even prevent onset. Valid criteria and a reliable methodology for identifying possible prodromes are needed. This paper describes an instrument, the Comprehensive Assessment of At-Risk Mental States (CAARMS), which has been designed for such a purpose. It has two functions: (i) to assess psychopa…
Implementing individual placement and support in Norway. From vocational rehabilitation to an employment scheme
We explore the implementation and development of individual placement and support (IPS) in Norway. IPS is an evidence‐based practice for supporting people experiencing mental illness to obtain and maintain competitive employment. Implementation of IPS into routine practice has been challenged by different paradigms in vocational rehabilitation, health and welfare policies. Data were mainly collected through individual and joint interviews of IPS …
Are attitudes in employees of public employment service in line with the principles of individual placement and support? A questionnaire‐based survey
A high proportion of people with severe mental illness (SMI) want to work, consider it essential for recovery, yet employment rates are low. Many employees in public employment services (PES) work according to traditional attitudes that people with SMI are unable to work and if they do, risk harm from work‐related stress. These attitudes conflict with principles in evidence based vocational models like individual placement and support (IPS) and p…
Mapping the Onset of Psychosis
Objective: Recognizing the prodrome of a first psychotic episode prospectively creates the opportunity of intervention, which could delay, ameliorate or even prevent onset. Valid criteria and a reliable methodology for identifying possible prodromes are needed. This paper describes an instrument, the Comprehensive Assessment of At-Risk Mental States (CAARMS), which has been designed for such a purpose. It has two functions: (i) to assess psychopa…
Supported employment for people with severe mental illness
A Comparison of Vocational Engagement Among Young People with Psychosis, Depression and Borderline Personality Pathology
The Lancet Psychiatry Commission
Group differences in social inclusion between young adults aged 18 to 25 with serious mental illness and same-aged peers from the general community
Aims: Young adults with serious mental illness (SMI) are thought to be socially excluded. However, psychometric measures of social inclusion have not been employed to examine group differences relative to peers from the general community. The aim of this study was to employ such a measure to determine differences in social inclusion between young adults with SMI and peers from the general community. Methods: A cross-sectional hierarchical logisti…
Understanding what it means to be socially included for people with a lived experience of mental illness
AIMS: Social inclusion is increasingly understood to have positive and beneficial implications for the mental health outcomes of people with severe mental illness. The concept is plagued by definitional inconsistencies and a lack of consensus regarding what it means to be socially included, in particular for groups most vulnerable to social exclusion, such as people with mental illness. The aim of this study was to obtain a consensus regarding th…
Quality of life in first episode psychosis
Designing and scaling up integrated youth mental health care
Mental ill‐health represents the main threat to the health, survival and future potential of young people around the world. There are indications that this is a rising tide of vulnerability and need for care, a trend that has been augmented by the COVID‐19 pandemic. It represents a global public health crisis, which not only demands a deep and sophisticated understanding of possible targets for prevention, but also urgent reform and investment in…
Heterogeneity of quality of life in the later stages of first-episode psychosis recovery
Although some individuals with FEP have QoL comparable to individuals without mental ill health, QoL can remain concerningly low despite treatment efforts. Future research on interventions that target factors associated with poor QoL, such as low social inclusion, is required to counteract prolonged poor QoL in FEP
Are attitudes in employees of public employment service in line with the principles of individual placement and support? A questionnaire‐based survey
A high proportion of people with severe mental illness (SMI) want to work, consider it essential for recovery, yet employment rates are low. Many employees in public employment services (PES) work according to traditional attitudes that people with SMI are unable to work and if they do, risk harm from work‐related stress. These attitudes conflict with principles in evidence based vocational models like individual placement and support (IPS) and p…
The personality profile of IPS employment specialists, and how it relates to job satisfaction
The role of the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) employment specialist is a new type of occupation within mental healthcare. High turnover among employment specialists necessitates improvement in their recruitment and retention. One element that impacts retention is job satisfaction. We assessed the personality of 38 employment specialists (Big 5 Inventory‐2) and measured job satisfaction over three time periods. Compared to norm data, empl…
Implementing individual placement and support in Norway. From vocational rehabilitation to an employment scheme
We explore the implementation and development of individual placement and support (IPS) in Norway. IPS is an evidence‐based practice for supporting people experiencing mental illness to obtain and maintain competitive employment. Implementation of IPS into routine practice has been challenged by different paradigms in vocational rehabilitation, health and welfare policies. Data were mainly collected through individual and joint interviews of IPS …
The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on youth mental health
Inequitable access to mental healthcare for socially excluded adolescents
Background: Adolescence is a critical period for mental health and social exclusion, a key social determinant of mental health. Early intervention approaches are key to mitigating the impact of mental ill-health during adolescence, however social exclusion can create additional barriers to accessing care. Aim: We aimed to better understand help-seeking experiences of adolescents facing co-occurring social exclusion and mental ill-health, includin…
Without IPS I Think I Would Really Fall Apart
Having a job is an important component of recovery from mental illness and a source of economic, social, and health benefits. Most people experiencing severe mental illness (SMI) want to work but are excluded from employment opportunities. Employment specialists (ESs) working in individual placement and support (IPS) teams help persons struggling with SMI obtain competitive employment. This study is a qualitative phenomenological study of 10 IPS …
Co‐Development and Validation of a Patient‐Reported Experience Measure for Trans and Gender Diverse Young People
BACKGROUND: Trans and gender diverse (trans) young people experience higher rates of physical and mental ill-health due to chronic exposure to gender minority stress. Consequently, trans young people report higher health and mental healthcare service utilisation. Disconcertingly, negative experiences of healthcare services are prevalent among trans young people, especially those with additional marginalised identities and backgrounds who experien…
Psychiatry (13 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Mental health (12 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Schizophrenia research and treatment (6 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Mental illness (5 works)