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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Frances Shawyer is Deputy Director and a Research Fellow at Southern Synergy, the Southern Adult Mental Health Research, Training and Evaluation Centre at Monash University. She has worked as a clinical psychologist and researcher for over 20 years in a variety of settings including public mental health, clinical research and private practice. Her role at Southern Synergy has included coordination of the DARE project, a large-scale trial of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for recurrent depression funded by the NHMRC, and management of the Refugee Mental Health project, a survey of the mental health needs of refugees attending specialist refugee health services in south-east metropolitan Melbourne funded by Southern Health. The latter was recently cited in the Australian Federal Government report: Australia's health 2018 by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Fran was also was centrally involved in the day-to-day operation of PULSAR (Principles Unite Local Services Assisting Recovery), a training and research project funded through a major competitive grant by the Victorian State Government's Mental Illness Research Fund (MIRF). The project tested a practical approach to address the vital issue of how different types of services within a defined geographical area can be refocused to support recovery. In another setting, Fran was a Chief Investigator with the Lifengage Project, a trial of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Medication-Resistant Psychosis run through La Trobe University. She is currently the Lead Chief Investigator in Melbourne for the Place-based suicide prevention trials evaluation team (formative phase), which is a consortium that includes the Sax Institute in Sydney and Southern Synergy, amongst others. In addition to her research activities, she coordinates the Mindfulness Program at Southern Synergy and is a member of the Promotion and Prevention Committee at Monash Health. Fran completed her training in Clinical Psychology in 1993 and her PhD in 2000, both at La Trobe University. Her primary research interest is the application of third-wave therapies to psychiatric conditions: she has led or co-authored 34 journal articles and book chapters including 17 related to this topic. Fran is based at Dandenong Hospital.
Research area keywords
- Depression
- psychosis
- mindfulness
- acceptance and commitment therapy
- third-wave therapies
Network
Projects
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MHFMHiCH-E: Monash Health Forensic Mental Health in Community Health - Evaluation
Meadows, G., Shawyer, F. & Haines, T.
1/06/20 → 31/05/21
Project: Research
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Place-based suicide prevention trials evaluation (summative phase)
Shawyer, F., Meadows, G., Enticott, J., Edan, V. & Johnson, B.
Department of Health and Human Services (Victoria)
1/01/20 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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Better Mental Health Treatment Plans Project
Meadows, G., Shawyer, F., Fossey, E., Enticott, J. & Kunin, M.
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
17/02/20 → 22/05/20
Project: Research
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Place-based suicide prevention trials evaluation (formative phase)
Shawyer, F., Meadows, G., Enticott, J., Edan, V. & Johnson, B.
30/03/19 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
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Place-based suicide prevention trials evaluation (establishment phase)
Meadows, G., Shawyer, F., Edan, V., Kennedy, H. & Enticott, J.
Department of Health and Human Services (Victoria)
4/01/18 → 30/03/19
Project: Research
Research output
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Efficacy and Moderators of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis Versus Other Psychological Interventions: An Individual-Participant Data Meta-Analysis
Turner, D. T., Reijnders, M., van der Gaag, M., Karyotaki, E., Valmaggia, L. R., Moritz, S., Lecomte, T., Turkington, D., Penadés, R., Elkis, H., Cather, C., Shawyer, F., O'Connor, K., Li, Z-J., de Paiva Barretto, E. M. & Cuijpers, P., May 2020, In : Frontiers in Psychiatry. 11, 12 p., 402.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Erratum: Study protocol for a randomized control trial to investigate the effectiveness of an 8-week mindfulness-integrated cognitive behavior therapy (MiCBT) transdiagnostic group intervention for primary care patients (BMC Psychiatry DOI: 10.1186/s12888-019-2411-1)
Francis, S., Shawyer, F., Cayoun, B., Enticott, J. & Meadows, G., 26 Mar 2020, In : BMC Psychiatry. 20, 1, 1 p., 136.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review
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Information on Australian mental health and its mental health care system
Meadows, G. N., Enticott, J., Harvey, C., Morgan, V., Shawyer, F. & Rosenberg, S., 5 Nov 2020, Mental Health and Collaborative Community Practice: An Australian Perspective. Meadows, G., Farhall, J., Fossey, E., Happell, B., McDermott, F. & Rosenberg, S. (eds.). 4th ed. Australia: Oxford University Press, p. 158-188 31 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
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Socio-economic disadvantage and resource distribution for mental health care: a model proposal and example application for Victoria, Australia
Meadows, G., Shawyer, F., Dawadi, S., Inder, B. A. & Enticott, J., 8 Oct 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Australasian Psychiatry. 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Study protocol for a randomized control trial to investigate the effectiveness of an 8-week mindfulness-integrated cognitive behavior therapy (MiCBT) transdiagnostic group intervention for primary care patients
Francis, S. E., Shawyer, F., Cayoun, B., Enticott, J. & Meadows, G., 6 Jan 2020, In : BMC Psychiatry. 20, 7, p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Activities
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International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology
Graham Meadows (Speaker), L Brophy (Organiser), Frances Shawyer (Speaker), Joanne Enticott (Speaker), Ellie Fossey (Speaker), C Thornton (Speaker), P Weller (Speaker), Elisabeth Wilson-Evered (Speaker), Vrinda Edan (Speaker) & Mike Slade (Speaker)
10 Apr 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology
Joanne Enticott (Speaker), D. Mazza (Speaker), G Russell (Speaker), Lisa Mary Brophy (Organiser), Frances Shawyer (Speaker), Elisabeth Wilson-Evered (Speaker), Vrinda Edan (Speaker), Mike Slade (Organiser) & Graham Meadows (Speaker)
10 Apr 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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International Congress of the International-Federation-of-Psychiatric-Epidemiology 2017
Joanne Enticott (Speaker), Frances Shawyer (Speaker) & Graham Meadows (Speaker)
20 Oct 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Centre for Mindfulness Research & Practice Conference 2017
Graham Meadows (Speaker), J. Enticott (Speaker) & Frances Shawyer (Speaker)
10 Jul 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Centre for Mindfulness Research & Practice Conference 2017
Graham Meadows (Speaker), J. Enticott (Speaker) & Frances Shawyer (Speaker)
10 Jul 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Press / Media
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When it’s easier to get meds than therapy: how poverty makes it hard to escape mental illness
Graham Meadows, Anthony Cichello, Anton Isaacs & Frances Shawyer
3/07/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature