Alison Beck
Biographic Data
| ID | 3825190 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison Beck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison |
| FAMILY NAME | Beck |
| SIGNATURE | BECK A |
| AFFILIATIONS | School of Psychology University of Wollongong Wollongong Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9031-2117 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
SMART Family and Friends Mutual‐Help Groups
‘It Takes a Village’
Scoping review of the characteristics and implementation of routine outcome monitoring and feedback for adults and young people accessing alcohol and other drug use treatment
Efforts to examine how best to generate, present and use feedback to inform AOD treatment are needed. Optimising the use of feedback across treatment settings will require examination of the interplay between feedback characteristics and clinician, client and contextual variables. Improved attention to idiographic outcomes, benchmarks, diversity considerations, health literacy, treatment context, training, fidelity and the reporting of evaluation…
Gender and Overdose Risk Factors Among Clients Entering Residential Treatment for Opioid Use
Routine outcome monitoring and feedback in alcohol and other drug treatment
A mixed‐methods study of staff perspectives on the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of patient‐reported routine outcome measures and feedback in alcohol and other drug treatment
Psychological Distress Trajectories in Residential Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment
Relationship Between Patient‐Reported Experiences and Treatment Satisfaction Among Men and Women in Residential Substance Use Treatment
Groups for belonging
Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, CTRN12625000132448 ( https://www.anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12625000132448.aspx ). Registered on 6 February 2025
Women and opioid use disorder treatment
BACKGROUND: Patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) are an important aspect of assessing and improving women's experiences of person-centred care during treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD). This scoping review aimed to 1) examine the extent, type, and characteristics of evidence regarding women's OUD treatment experiences, and 2) describe the extent to which PREMs and person-centred care principles are incorporated within research method…
Online SMART Recovery mutual support groups
The effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for family members impacted by another's substance use
The benefits and challenges of virtual SMART recovery mutual-help groups
SMART Recovery mutual-help groups provided participants with another option for accessing mutual-help and appealed to different people under different circumstances. Depending on the needs and preferences of the individual, online SMART Recovery mutual-help groups may help to mitigate a range of barriers to help seeking and may also engage people otherwise unable or reluctant to engage in treatment. To inform training, practice and policy, improv…
Developing a mHealth Routine Outcome Monitoring and Feedback App (“SMART Track”) to Support Self-Management of Addictive Behaviours
Background: Routine outcome monitoring (ROM) has been implemented across a range of addiction treatment services, settings and organisations. Mutual support groups are a notable exception. Innovative solutions are needed. SMART Track is a purpose built smartphone app designed to capture ROM data and provide tailored feedback to adults attending Australian SMART Recovery groups for addictive behaviour(s). Objective: Details regarding the formative…
Psychological Therapy in Secondary Mental Health Care
Training peers to treat Ebola centre workers with anxiety and depression in Sierra Leone
BACKGROUND: Following the 2014 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa, the UK Department for International Development funded South London and Maudsley National Health Service (NHS) to develop a psychological intervention that ex-Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) staff could be trained to deliver to their peers to improve mental health in Sierra Leone. AIM: The two key aims were to assess the feasibility of training a national team to deliv…
Users' Views of Looked after Children's Mental Health Services
This study by Alison Beck explores the views of young people in the care of Lambeth local authority, and those of their carers, about the young people's mental health and their access to and experience of mental health services. It is associated with a separate study which used a quantitative design to clarify mental health needs in the same population (Beck, forthcoming) and which identified two particularly disadvantaged subgroups: young people…
Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Looked after Children Who Move Placement Frequently
Research has revealed high levels of mental health need among children who are looked after. The aim of this study, reported by Alison Beck, was to compare the mental health needs of looked after children who move placement frequently with the mental health needs of those who do not and to consider how these differences may be addressed in terms of mental health service planning. Two questionnaires (including the Strengths and Difficulties Questi…
Co-morbidity Across Levels of Hospital Security
This study explores the prevalence of co-morbid mental illness and substance abuse across three levels of hospital security (non-secure, medium and high secure). The medical records of 428 individuals with a mental illness were examined for evidence of a history of co-morbid substance abuse and criminal convictions. Abuse of solvents, hallucinogens, cocaine and poly-substance abuse were all found to be more likely in the high secure mentally ill …
Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Looked after Children Who Move Placement Frequently
Research has revealed high levels of mental health need among children who are looked after. The aim of this study, reported by Alison Beck, was to compare the mental health needs of looked after children who move placement frequently with the mental health needs of those who do not and to consider how these differences may be addressed in terms of mental health service planning. Two questionnaires (including the Strengths and Difficulties Questi…
Users' Views of Looked after Children's Mental Health Services
This study by Alison Beck explores the views of young people in the care of Lambeth local authority, and those of their carers, about the young people's mental health and their access to and experience of mental health services. It is associated with a separate study which used a quantitative design to clarify mental health needs in the same population (Beck, forthcoming) and which identified two particularly disadvantaged subgroups: young people…
Psychological Therapy in Secondary Mental Health Care
Co-morbidity Across Levels of Hospital Security
This study explores the prevalence of co-morbid mental illness and substance abuse across three levels of hospital security (non-secure, medium and high secure). The medical records of 428 individuals with a mental illness were examined for evidence of a history of co-morbid substance abuse and criminal convictions. Abuse of solvents, hallucinogens, cocaine and poly-substance abuse were all found to be more likely in the high secure mentally ill …
Users' Views of Looked after Children's Mental Health Services
This study by Alison Beck explores the views of young people in the care of Lambeth local authority, and those of their carers, about the young people's mental health and their access to and experience of mental health services. It is associated with a separate study which used a quantitative design to clarify mental health needs in the same population (Beck, forthcoming) and which identified two particularly disadvantaged subgroups: young people…
Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Looked after Children Who Move Placement Frequently
Research has revealed high levels of mental health need among children who are looked after. The aim of this study, reported by Alison Beck, was to compare the mental health needs of looked after children who move placement frequently with the mental health needs of those who do not and to consider how these differences may be addressed in terms of mental health service planning. Two questionnaires (including the Strengths and Difficulties Questi…
Training peers to treat Ebola centre workers with anxiety and depression in Sierra Leone
BACKGROUND: Following the 2014 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa, the UK Department for International Development funded South London and Maudsley National Health Service (NHS) to develop a psychological intervention that ex-Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) staff could be trained to deliver to their peers to improve mental health in Sierra Leone. AIM: The two key aims were to assess the feasibility of training a national team to deliv…
Psychological Therapy in Secondary Mental Health Care
Developing a mHealth Routine Outcome Monitoring and Feedback App (“SMART Track”) to Support Self-Management of Addictive Behaviours
Background: Routine outcome monitoring (ROM) has been implemented across a range of addiction treatment services, settings and organisations. Mutual support groups are a notable exception. Innovative solutions are needed. SMART Track is a purpose built smartphone app designed to capture ROM data and provide tailored feedback to adults attending Australian SMART Recovery groups for addictive behaviour(s). Objective: Details regarding the formative…
Online SMART Recovery mutual support groups
The effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for family members impacted by another's substance use
The benefits and challenges of virtual SMART recovery mutual-help groups
SMART Recovery mutual-help groups provided participants with another option for accessing mutual-help and appealed to different people under different circumstances. Depending on the needs and preferences of the individual, online SMART Recovery mutual-help groups may help to mitigate a range of barriers to help seeking and may also engage people otherwise unable or reluctant to engage in treatment. To inform training, practice and policy, improv…
Women and opioid use disorder treatment
BACKGROUND: Patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) are an important aspect of assessing and improving women's experiences of person-centred care during treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD). This scoping review aimed to 1) examine the extent, type, and characteristics of evidence regarding women's OUD treatment experiences, and 2) describe the extent to which PREMs and person-centred care principles are incorporated within research method…
Gender and Overdose Risk Factors Among Clients Entering Residential Treatment for Opioid Use
Routine outcome monitoring and feedback in alcohol and other drug treatment
A mixed‐methods study of staff perspectives on the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of patient‐reported routine outcome measures and feedback in alcohol and other drug treatment
Psychological Distress Trajectories in Residential Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment
Relationship Between Patient‐Reported Experiences and Treatment Satisfaction Among Men and Women in Residential Substance Use Treatment
Groups for belonging
Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, CTRN12625000132448 ( https://www.anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12625000132448.aspx ). Registered on 6 February 2025
SMART Family and Friends Mutual‐Help Groups
‘It Takes a Village’
Scoping review of the characteristics and implementation of routine outcome monitoring and feedback for adults and young people accessing alcohol and other drug use treatment
Efforts to examine how best to generate, present and use feedback to inform AOD treatment are needed. Optimising the use of feedback across treatment settings will require examination of the interplay between feedback characteristics and clinician, client and contextual variables. Improved attention to idiographic outcomes, benchmarks, diversity considerations, health literacy, treatment context, training, fidelity and the reporting of evaluation…
Medicine (13 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Mental health (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works)