Daniel Collins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3619261 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Collins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Collins |
| SIGNATURE | COLLINS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Black Dog Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2195-9037 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder in healthcare workers before and during Covid-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated many known risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among healthcare workers. This systematic review and meta-analysis examines pooled prevalence estimates of probable PTSD among this cohort prior to COVID-19 compared to during COVID-19 and investigates time trends in prevalence. Systematic multi-database literature searches were conducted to identify studies published between January 2017 and July …
Mental health in the construction industry: Vulnerabilities and psychosocial risks among diverse workers
Workers in the construction industry are at heightened risk of mental ill-health and suicide; however, a more nuanced understanding of risk factors is needed to inform prevention efforts. The current study aimed to identify workers most at risk of poor mental health and offer unique insights into both the prevalence and impact of workplace psychosocial risk factors among less commonly examined subgroups of workers. A nationwide survey was conduct…
How do you know you know that you're doing ACT?” An experimental study of simulated therapy sessions to explore the measurement properties of the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Fidelity Measure (AC…
The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Fidelity Measure (ACT-FM) offers a user-friendly assessment of ACT delivery in clinical trials and clinical practice. However, the ACT-FM's measurement properties have not been adequately explored. This study tests whether it performs two key functions: 1) discriminates between therapy sessions delivered with different levels of fidelity to ACT principles; 2) enables reliable scoring. In total, 14 clinicians …
Naturalistic Evaluation of HeadGear: A Smartphone App to Reduce Depressive Symptoms in Workers
Mobile health (mHealth) apps have the potential to expand access to evidence-based interventions for mental health conditions, including depression. HeadGear was developed to prevent depression and improve well-being among the working population and was associated with significant positive effects in an efficacy trial. This study presents the results from a naturalistic trial intended to evaluate real-world usage of the app. We examined the natur…
Job Loss Due to Covid-19: A Longitudinal Study of Mental Health, Protective and Risk Factors
The COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on unemployment, which-compounded by the additional stressors associated with the pandemic-had considerable mental health impact. The current study examined the trajectory of mental health amongst those experiencing pandemic-related job loss, alongside the impact of risk and protective factors. Data were obtained from 374 Australian participants who were allocated to a waitlist control arm of a rando…
Pilot Trial of Workable: A Therapist-Supported Digital Program for Injured Workers
Workplace sickness absence is a major public health and economic problem, and common mental disorders (CMDs) such as anxiety and depression are associated with particularly high rates of long-term sickness absence. Effective return-to-work (RTW) interventions are required. This pilot study investigates the feasibility, acceptability, and potential effectiveness of a new therapist-assisted Web-based RTW intervention ( Workable) for injured workers…
The Utility of a Mental Health App in Apprentice Workers: A Pilot Study
Background: Young people are at heightened risk for mental health problems. Apprenticeships are common pathways into the workforce at a critical developmental period. However, in some cases the working conditions for apprentices present significant challenges to mental wellness. As apprentices are unlikely to utilise traditional services, eHealth and mHealth interventions are a useful means of delivering interventions to this group. The aim of th…
A Pilot Evaluation of a Smartphone Application for Workplace Depression
Interventions delivered via mobile apps show particular promise in tackling the burden of common mental disorders. Appropriately targeting these interventions to at-risk populations is critical to their success. This pilot study aimed to assess the usability, feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of an app-based intervention designed to target depressive symptoms in a stressed working population. Anchored, a smartphone app including…
ParentWorks: Evaluation of an Online, Father-Inclusive, Universal Parenting Intervention to Reduce Child Conduct Problems
Evidence-based parenting interventions are effective in reducing conduct problems, yet these interventions have limited reach, and few involve the participation of fathers. This paper describes the outcomes of an open trial of ParentWorks, a universal, online, father-inclusive parenting intervention aiming to decrease childhood behavioural problems and promote positive parenting in mothers and fathers. A total of 388 families (456 individual pare…
Evaluating Practitioner Training to Improve Competencies and Organizational Practices for Engaging Fathers in Parenting Interventions
Fathers are consistently underrepresented in parenting interventions and practitioners are an important target for change in interventions to enhance father engagement. This research examined the effects of two practitioner training programs in improving practitioner rated competencies and organizational father-inclusive practices. Two studies were conducted, each with a single group, repeated measures (pre, post and 2-month follow-up) design. St…
Enhancing Father Engagement in Parenting Programs: Translating Research into Practice Recommendations
ObjectiveGiven the increasing research and practice interest in father engagement, this article aimed to develop a clinical narrative integrating the extant research literature to distil key practice recommendations for enhancing father engagement in parenting interventions for child wellbeing.MethodA narrative review of research on father engagement in interventions for child wellbeing was conducted, to identify and distil evidence‐based policie…
Study protocol: Evaluation of an online, father-inclusive, universal parenting intervention to reduce child externalising behaviours and improve parenting practices
ACTRN12616001223426 , registered 05/09/2016
Optimising child outcomes from parenting interventions: Fathers’ experiences, preferences and barriers to participation
The findings have important implications for services seeking to increase father engagement and highlight a number of strategies to enhance the promotion and delivery of parenting interventions to fathers. These strategies include more public health messaging about parenting programs and the importance of father participation
Examining Practitioner Competencies, Organizational Support and Barriers to Engaging Fathers in Parenting Interventions
Evidence-based parenting interventions have been developed and evaluated largely with mothers. This study examined practitioner reports of rates of father attendance, barriers to engagement, organizational support for father-inclusive practice, participation in training in father engagement, and competencies in working with fathers. It also explored predictors of practitioner competence and rates of father attendance. Practitioners (N = 210) who …
The impact of engineered cobalt, iron, nickel and silver nanoparticles on soil bacterial diversity under field conditions
Our understanding of how engineered nanoparticles (NPs) migrate through soil and affect microbial communities is scarce. In the current study we examined how metal NPs, including those from the iron triad (iron, cobalt and nickel), moved through pots of soil maintained under winter field conditions for 50 days, when mesophilic bacteria may not be dividing. Based on total metal analysis, cobalt and nickel were localized in the top layer of soil, e…
Participatory Geographic Information Systems (PGIS) in Visual Research
The American Isolates: The Racially-Mixed People of the Ramapos: Undoing the Jackson White Legends
A review of the literature fails to validate the Jackson White legends which traditionally have accounted for the presence of a racially mixed collectivity in the Ramapo Mountain area. Extant oral traditions supporting the least documented and most pejorative aspects of the legends serve to maintain isolation and threaten the continuation of the Ramapo Mountain community of racially mixed people
Enhancing Father Engagement in Parenting Programs: Translating Research into Practice Recommendations
ObjectiveGiven the increasing research and practice interest in father engagement, this article aimed to develop a clinical narrative integrating the extant research literature to distil key practice recommendations for enhancing father engagement in parenting interventions for child wellbeing.MethodA narrative review of research on father engagement in interventions for child wellbeing was conducted, to identify and distil evidence‐based policie…
The American Isolates: The Racially-Mixed People of the Ramapos: Undoing the Jackson White Legends
A review of the literature fails to validate the Jackson White legends which traditionally have accounted for the presence of a racially mixed collectivity in the Ramapo Mountain area. Extant oral traditions supporting the least documented and most pejorative aspects of the legends serve to maintain isolation and threaten the continuation of the Ramapo Mountain community of racially mixed people
Participatory Geographic Information Systems (PGIS) in Visual Research
The impact of engineered cobalt, iron, nickel and silver nanoparticles on soil bacterial diversity under field conditions
Our understanding of how engineered nanoparticles (NPs) migrate through soil and affect microbial communities is scarce. In the current study we examined how metal NPs, including those from the iron triad (iron, cobalt and nickel), moved through pots of soil maintained under winter field conditions for 50 days, when mesophilic bacteria may not be dividing. Based on total metal analysis, cobalt and nickel were localized in the top layer of soil, e…
Study protocol: Evaluation of an online, father-inclusive, universal parenting intervention to reduce child externalising behaviours and improve parenting practices
ACTRN12616001223426 , registered 05/09/2016
Optimising child outcomes from parenting interventions: Fathers’ experiences, preferences and barriers to participation
The findings have important implications for services seeking to increase father engagement and highlight a number of strategies to enhance the promotion and delivery of parenting interventions to fathers. These strategies include more public health messaging about parenting programs and the importance of father participation
Examining Practitioner Competencies, Organizational Support and Barriers to Engaging Fathers in Parenting Interventions
Evidence-based parenting interventions have been developed and evaluated largely with mothers. This study examined practitioner reports of rates of father attendance, barriers to engagement, organizational support for father-inclusive practice, participation in training in father engagement, and competencies in working with fathers. It also explored predictors of practitioner competence and rates of father attendance. Practitioners (N = 210) who …
Evaluating Practitioner Training to Improve Competencies and Organizational Practices for Engaging Fathers in Parenting Interventions
Fathers are consistently underrepresented in parenting interventions and practitioners are an important target for change in interventions to enhance father engagement. This research examined the effects of two practitioner training programs in improving practitioner rated competencies and organizational father-inclusive practices. Two studies were conducted, each with a single group, repeated measures (pre, post and 2-month follow-up) design. St…
Enhancing Father Engagement in Parenting Programs: Translating Research into Practice Recommendations
ObjectiveGiven the increasing research and practice interest in father engagement, this article aimed to develop a clinical narrative integrating the extant research literature to distil key practice recommendations for enhancing father engagement in parenting interventions for child wellbeing.MethodA narrative review of research on father engagement in interventions for child wellbeing was conducted, to identify and distil evidence‐based policie…
ParentWorks: Evaluation of an Online, Father-Inclusive, Universal Parenting Intervention to Reduce Child Conduct Problems
Evidence-based parenting interventions are effective in reducing conduct problems, yet these interventions have limited reach, and few involve the participation of fathers. This paper describes the outcomes of an open trial of ParentWorks, a universal, online, father-inclusive parenting intervention aiming to decrease childhood behavioural problems and promote positive parenting in mothers and fathers. A total of 388 families (456 individual pare…
The Utility of a Mental Health App in Apprentice Workers: A Pilot Study
Background: Young people are at heightened risk for mental health problems. Apprenticeships are common pathways into the workforce at a critical developmental period. However, in some cases the working conditions for apprentices present significant challenges to mental wellness. As apprentices are unlikely to utilise traditional services, eHealth and mHealth interventions are a useful means of delivering interventions to this group. The aim of th…
A Pilot Evaluation of a Smartphone Application for Workplace Depression
Interventions delivered via mobile apps show particular promise in tackling the burden of common mental disorders. Appropriately targeting these interventions to at-risk populations is critical to their success. This pilot study aimed to assess the usability, feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of an app-based intervention designed to target depressive symptoms in a stressed working population. Anchored, a smartphone app including…
Pilot Trial of Workable: A Therapist-Supported Digital Program for Injured Workers
Workplace sickness absence is a major public health and economic problem, and common mental disorders (CMDs) such as anxiety and depression are associated with particularly high rates of long-term sickness absence. Effective return-to-work (RTW) interventions are required. This pilot study investigates the feasibility, acceptability, and potential effectiveness of a new therapist-assisted Web-based RTW intervention ( Workable) for injured workers…
Job Loss Due to Covid-19: A Longitudinal Study of Mental Health, Protective and Risk Factors
The COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on unemployment, which-compounded by the additional stressors associated with the pandemic-had considerable mental health impact. The current study examined the trajectory of mental health amongst those experiencing pandemic-related job loss, alongside the impact of risk and protective factors. Data were obtained from 374 Australian participants who were allocated to a waitlist control arm of a rando…
How do you know you know that you're doing ACT?” An experimental study of simulated therapy sessions to explore the measurement properties of the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Fidelity Measure (AC…
The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Fidelity Measure (ACT-FM) offers a user-friendly assessment of ACT delivery in clinical trials and clinical practice. However, the ACT-FM's measurement properties have not been adequately explored. This study tests whether it performs two key functions: 1) discriminates between therapy sessions delivered with different levels of fidelity to ACT principles; 2) enables reliable scoring. In total, 14 clinicians …
Naturalistic Evaluation of HeadGear: A Smartphone App to Reduce Depressive Symptoms in Workers
Mobile health (mHealth) apps have the potential to expand access to evidence-based interventions for mental health conditions, including depression. HeadGear was developed to prevent depression and improve well-being among the working population and was associated with significant positive effects in an efficacy trial. This study presents the results from a naturalistic trial intended to evaluate real-world usage of the app. We examined the natur…
Prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder in healthcare workers before and during Covid-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated many known risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among healthcare workers. This systematic review and meta-analysis examines pooled prevalence estimates of probable PTSD among this cohort prior to COVID-19 compared to during COVID-19 and investigates time trends in prevalence. Systematic multi-database literature searches were conducted to identify studies published between January 2017 and July …
Mental health in the construction industry: Vulnerabilities and psychosocial risks among diverse workers
Workers in the construction industry are at heightened risk of mental ill-health and suicide; however, a more nuanced understanding of risk factors is needed to inform prevention efforts. The current study aimed to identify workers most at risk of poor mental health and offer unique insights into both the prevalence and impact of workplace psychosocial risk factors among less commonly examined subgroups of workers. A nationwide survey was conduct…
Psychology (12 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Psychological intervention (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (8 works) · Intervention (counseling (7 works) · Mental health (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Anxiety (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works)