Professor Ed Heffernan
ATH - Associate Professor
School of Public Health
ATH - Professor
Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit
Publications
Book Chapters
Heffernan, Ed, Anderson, Kimina, McEntyre, Elizabeth and Kinner, Stuart (2014). Mental disorder and cognitive disability in the criminal justice system. Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice. (pp. 165-178) edited by Pat Dudgeon, Helen Milroy and Roz Walker. Subiaco, WA, Australia: Telethon Kids Institute, Kulunga Aboriginal Research Development Unit.
Heffernan, Edward, Anderson, Kimina and Whitton, Gilbert (2012). Prison populations. Handbook for Aboriginal alcohol and drug work. (pp. 385-397) edited by Kylie Lee, Bradley Freeburn, Steve Ella, Warren Miller, Jimmy Perry and Kate Conigrave. Sydney, NSW, Australia: University of Sydney.
Journal Articles
Raut, Sanket, Mellor, Rebecca, Meurk, Carla, Lam, Michael, Lane, Jonathan, Khoo, Andrew, Cronin, Andrew, Smith, Steve, Heffernan, Ed and Johnson, Luke (2025). Prevalence and factors associated with polypharmacy in military and veteran populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 369, 411-420. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.10.025
Wittenhagen, Lisa, Gullestrup, Jorgen, Doran, Chris M., Brimelow, Rachel, Thompson, Nicholas, Heffernan, Edward and Meurk, Carla S. (2024). The concept of distress–widely used but what does it mean for individuals working in the construction industry?. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health. doi: 10.1080/15555240.2024.2356799
Brandenburg, Caitlin, Thomas, Stuart D. M., Lincoln, Cathy, Somerville, Annabel, Heffernan, Ed, Kinner, Stuart A., Byrnes, Joshua, Gardiner, Paul, Davidson, Peter, Daley, Nathan, Green, David and Crilly, Julia (2024). Supporting equitable care of patients transferred from police watch-houses to the emergency department: A qualitative study of the perspectives of emergency doctors. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 36 (4), 616-627. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14408
Oltvolgyi, Csongor G., Meurk, Carla and Heffernan, Ed (2024). Suicide and suicidality in Australian Defence Force veterans: A systematic scoping review. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58 (9), 760-774. doi: 10.1177/00048674241246443
Wittenhagen, Lisa, Hielscher, Emily, Meurk, Carla S., Scott, James G., Steele, Megan L., Bosley, Emma, Watson, Shelby and Heffernan, Ed (2024). A cohort profile of children and adolescents who had a suicide‐related contact with police or paramedics in Queensland (Australia). Emergency Medicine Australasia, 36 (4), 520-526. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14392
Steele, Megan L., Wittenhagen, Lisa, Meurk, Carla, Phillips, Jane, Clugston, Bobbie, Heck, Peter, Waterson, Elissa and Heffernan, Ed (2024). Police negotiators and suicide crisis situations: a mixed-methods examination of incident details, characteristics of individuals and precipitating factors. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 31 (4), 748-763. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2023.2206878
Clugston, Bobbie, Meurk, Carla, Harris, Meredith, Burgess, Philip and Heffernan, Ed (2024). Persons with mental disorders and suicidality in crisis or high-risk situations involving police negotiation: a systematic review. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 31 (1), 57-75. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2023.2175066
Moss, Katherine, Meurk, Carla, Steele, Megan L. and Heffernan, Ed (2024). Physical health and activity of inpatients under forensic mental health care: a cross-sectional survey and audit of patients in a high secure setting in Queensland, Australia. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 23 (1), 12-23. doi: 10.1080/14999013.2022.2154872
Dale, Penny R., Meurk, Carla, Williams, Megan, Watson, Marshall, Steele, Megan L., Wittenhagen, Lisa, Harden, Scott, Stathis, Stephen, Scott, James G., Kinner, Stuart and Heffernan, Ed (2023). Our Ways, Your Ways, Both Ways – a multi-disciplinary collaboration to develop, embed and evaluate a model of social and emotional wellbeing care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people who experience detention – Phase 1. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14 1207103, 1-15. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1207103
Brandenburg, Caitlin, Crilly, Julia, Thomas, Stuart, Gardiner, Paul, Kinner, Stuart A., Heffernan, Ed, Lincoln, Cathy, Somerville, Annabel, Davidson, Peter, Wilson, Daniel, Green, David and Byrnes, Joshua (2023). Police perspectives on the economic considerations of providing healthcare in short-term custodial settings in Australia. Medicine, Science and the Law, 64 (3), 217-223. doi: 10.1177/00258024231198915
Wallace, Duncan, Meurk, Carla, Moss, Andrew and Heffernan, Ed (2023). Australian Defence Force Centre for Mental Health Second Opinion Clinic – first ten years of operation. Australasian Psychiatry, 31 (5), 669-673. doi: 10.1177/10398562231190780
Brand, Elnike, Tham, Ching, Ratsch, Angela and Heffernan, Edward (2023). Sexual knowledge of Queensland forensic mental health patients: A cross-sectional quantitative study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14 1160277, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1160277
Wallace, D., Heffernan, E., Meurk, C., McKay, D. and Jones, C. Nas (2023). Bipolar disorder in the Australian Defence Force: estimating prevalence from Defence Electronic Health System Records. Journal of Military and Veterans Health, 31 (2), 13-21.
Reilly, John, Meurk, Carla, Heffernan, Ed and Sara, Grant (2023). Substance use disorder screening and brief intervention in routine clinical practice in specialist adult mental health services: a systematic review. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57 (6), 1-18. doi: 10.1177/00048674221148394
Wittenhagen, Lisa, Doran, Christopher, Brady, John, Heffernan, Edward and Meurk, Carla (2022). Understanding and enhancing responses to distress in the construction industry: protocol for a data linkage study. BMJ Open, 12 (12) e061695, 1-7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061695
Brand, Elnike, Ratsch, Angela, Nagaraj, Dinesh and Heffernan, Edward (2022). The sexuality and sexual experiences of forensic mental health patients: An integrative review of the literature. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13 975577, 1-13. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.975577
Thomas, Emma G., Spittal, Matthew J., Taxman, Faye S., Puljević, Cheneal, Heffernan, Edward B. and Kinner, Stuart A. (2022). Association between contact with mental health and substance use services and reincarceration after release from prison. PLoS One, 17 (9) e0272870, 1-15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272870
Crilly, Julia L., Brandenburg, Caitlin, Kinner, Stuart A., Heffernan, Ed, Byrnes, Joshua, Lincoln, Cathy, Gardiner, Paul, Davidson, Peter, Somerville, Annabel, Wilson, Daniel, Green, David and Thomas, Stuart (2022). Health care in police watch-houses: a challenge and an opportunity. Medical Journal of Australia, 217 (6), 287-289. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51688
Kerr, Katelyn, Heffernan, Ed, Hawgood, Jacinta, Edwards, Bronwen and Meurk, Carla (2022). Optimal care pathways for people in suicidal crisis who interact with first responders: a scoping review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (18) 11510, 1-17. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191811510
Meurk, Carla, Roberts, Susan, Lam, Michael, Wittenhagen, Lisa, Callaway, Leonie, Moss, Katherine, Lucke, Jayne, Barker, Ruth, Waterson, Elissa, Rawlinson, Catherine, Malmstrom, Natasha, Weaver, Edward, Hoehn, Elisabeth, Bosley, Emma, Watson, Shelby and Heffernan, Ed (2022). Suicide crises among women and mothers during and around the time of pregnancy: Prevalence and timing of initial contact with first responders and health services. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57 (2) ARTN 00048674221101517, 000486742211015-301. doi: 10.1177/00048674221101517
Snow, K. J., Petrie, D., Young, J. T., Preen, D. B., Heffernan, E. and Kinner, S. A. (2022). Impact of dual diagnosis on healthcare and criminal justice costs after release from Queensland prisons: a prospective cohort study. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 28 (3), 264-270. doi: 10.1071/PY21142
Perdacher, Elke, Kavanagh, David, Sheffield, Jeanie, Healy, Karyn, Dale, Penny and Heffernan, Edward (2022). Using the Stay Strong app for the well-being of Indigenous Australian prisoners: feasibility study. JMIR Formative Research, 6 (4) e32157, 1-17. doi: 10.2196/32157
Brand, Elnike, Nagaraj, Dinesh, Ratsch, Angela and Heffernan, Edward (2022). A qualitative study on sexuality and sexual experiences in community forensic mental health patients in Queensland, Australia. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13 832139, 832139. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.832139
Willoughby, Melissa, Young, Jesse T., Hail-Jares, Katie, Spittal, Matthew J., Borschmann, Rohan, Patton, George, Sawyer, Susan M., Janca, Emilia, Teplin, Linda, Heffernan, Ed and Kinner, Stuart A. (2021). Circumstances and toxicology of violence-related deaths among young people who have had contact with the youth justice system: a data linkage study. BMC Public Health, 21 (1) 2207, 2207. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-12244-z
Marynowski-Traczyk, Donna, Wallis, Marianne, Broadbent, Marc, Scuffham, Paul, Young, Jesse T., Johnston, Amy N. B., Fitzgerald, Gerard, Heffernan, Ed, Kinner, Stuart A., Zhang, Ping, Keijzers, Gerben, Bosley, Emma, Martin-Khan, Melinda, Shevlin, Laurie and Crilly, Julia (2021). Optimising emergency department and acute care for people experiencing mental health problems: A nominal group study. Australian Health Review, 46 (5), 519-528. doi: 10.1071/AH21092
Saha, Sukanta, Lim, Carmen C.W., Degenhardt, Louisa, Cannon, Danielle L., Bremner, Monique, Prentis, Finley, Lawrence, Zoe, Heffernan, Ed, Meurk, Carla, Reilly, John and McGrath, John J. (2021). Comorbidity between mood and substance-related disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56 (7) ARTN 00048674211054740, 000486742110547-770. doi: 10.1177/00048674211054740
Moss, Katherine, Meurk, Carla, Steele, Megan L. and Heffernan, Ed (2021). The physical health and activity of patients under forensic psychiatric care: a scoping review. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 21 (2), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/14999013.2021.1943570
Doran, Christopher M., Wittenhagen, Lisa, Heffernan, Edward and Meurk, Carla (2021). The MATES case management model: presenting problems and referral pathways for a novel peer-led approach to addressing suicide in the construction industry. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (13) 6740, 1-11. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18136740
Brand, Elnike, Ratsch, Angela and Heffernan, Edward (2021). The sexual development, sexual health, sexual experiences, and sexual knowledge of forensic mental health patients: a research design and methodology protocol. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12 651839, 1-7. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.651839
Steele, Megan L., Meurk, Carla, Schess, Jaclyn, Yap, Lorraine, Jones, Jocelyn, Harden, Scott, Davison, Sophie, Butler, Tony and Heffernan, Ed (2021). Substance use and help‐seeking among justice‐involved young people in Queensland and Western Australia: A cross‐sectional survey of 14–17‐year‐olds. Drug and Alcohol Review, 40 (4), 617-626. doi: 10.1111/dar.13238
Meurk, Carla, Wittenhagen, Lisa, Bosley, Emma, Steele, Megan L., Bunting, Denise, Waterson, Elissa, Edwards, Bronwen, Martain, Ben and Heffernan, Ed (2021). Suicide crisis calls to emergency services: Cohort profile and findings from a data linkage study in Queensland, Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56 (2) ARTN 00048674211009604, 1-10. doi: 10.1177/00048674211009604
Brand, Elnike, Ratsch, Angela and Heffernan, Edward (2021). Case Report: The sexual experiences of forensic mental health patients. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12 651834, 651834. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.651834
Meurk, Carla, Wittenhagen, Lisa, Lucke, Jayne, Barker, Ruth, Roberts, Susan, Moss, Katherine, Waterson, Elissa and Heffernan, Ed (2021). Suicidal behaviours in the peripartum period: a systematic scoping review of data linkage studies. Archives of Womens Mental Health, 24 (4), 579-593. doi: 10.1007/s00737-021-01102-x
Charlson, Fiona, Gynther, Bruce, Obrecht, Karin, Heffernan, Ed, David, Michael, Young, Jesse T. and Hunter, Ernest (2021). Incarceration among adults living with psychosis in Indigenous populations in Cape York and the Torres Strait. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 55 (7), 1-9. doi: 10.1177/0004867420985247
Yap, Lorraine, Jones, Jocelyn, Donovan, Basil, Nathan, Sally, Sullivan, Elizabeth, Davison, Sophie, Heffernan, Ed, Richards, Alun, Meurk, Carla, Steele, Megan, Fisher, Christopher, Ton, Bianca and Butler, Tony (2020). The sexual behaviours of adolescents aged between 14 and 17 years involved with the juvenile justice system in Australia: A community-based survey. PLoS One, 15 (12) e0243633, 1-19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243633
Young, Jesse T., Borschmann, Rohan, Heffernan, Ed, Spittal, Matthew J., Brophy, Lisa, Ogloff, James R. P., Moran, Paul, Armstrong, Gregory, Preen, David B. and Kinner, Stuart A. (2020). Contact with mental health services after acute care for self-harm among adults released from prison: a prospective data linkage study. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 50 (5) sltb.12639, 990-1006. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12639
Young, Jesse T., Borschmann, Rohan, Preen, David B., Spittal, Matthew J., Brophy, Lisa, Wang, Emily A., Heffernan, Ed and Kinner, Stuart A. (2020). Age-specific incidence of injury-related hospital contact after release from prison: a prospective data-linkage study. Injury Prevention, 26 (3), 204-214. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2018-043092
Wallace, Duncan, Meurk, Carla, McKay, Diana, Khoo, Andrew, Lane, Jon and Heffernan, Ed (2020). Keeping military in mind: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists’ Military and Veterans’ Mental Health Network. Australasian Psychiatry, 28 (3), 274-278. doi: 10.1177/1039856219895199
Meurk, Carla, Wittenhagen, Lisa, Steele, Megan L., Ferris, Laura, Edwards, Bronwen, Bosley, Emma and Heffernan, Ed (2020). Examining the use of police and ambulance data in suicide research: a systematic scoping review of data linkage studies. Crisis, 42 (5), 1-11. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000739
Davidson, Fiona, Clugston, Bobbie, Perrin, Michelle, Williams, Megan, Heffernan, Edward and Kinner, Stuart A. (2019). Mapping the prison mental health service workforce in Australia. Australasian Psychiatry, 28 (4) ARTN 1039856219891525, 1039856219891525-447. doi: 10.1177/1039856219891525
Clugston, Bobbie, Green, Bob, Phillips, Jane, Samaraweera, Zara, Ceron, Carolina, Gardner, Cameron, Meurk, Carla and Heffernan, Ed (2019). Interviewing persons with mental illness charged with murder or attempted murder: a retrospective review of police interviews. Psychiatry Psychology and Law, 26 (6), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2019.1642260
Crilly, Julia, Johnston, Amy N.B., Wallis, Marianne, Polong-Brown, Josea, Heffernan, Ed, Fitzgerald, Gerard, Young, Jesse T. and Kinner, Stuart (2019). Review article: Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patient presentations to the emergency department via police: a scoping review. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 31 (4), 506-515. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13300
Davidson, Fiona, Heffernan, Ed, Hamilton, Bruce, Greenberg, David, Butler, Tony and Burgess, Philip (2019). Benchmarking Australian mental health court liaison services - results from the first national study. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 30 (5), 729-743. doi: 10.1080/14789949.2019.1646788
Marynowski-Traczyk, Donna, Broadbent, Marc, Kinner, Stuart A., FitzGerald, Gerard, Heffernan, Ed, Johnston, Amy, Young, Jesse T., Keijzers, Gerben, Scuffham, Paul, Bosley, Emma, Martin-Khan, Melinda, Zhang, Ping and Crilly, Julia (2019). Mental health presentations to the emergency department: a perspective on the involvement of social support networks. Australasian Emergency Care, 22 (3), 162-167. doi: 10.1016/j.auec.2019.06.002
Johnston, Amy N.B., Spencer, Melinda, Wallis, Marianne, Kinner, Stuart A., Broadbent, Marc, Young, Jesse T., Heffernan, Ed, Fitzgerald, Gerry, Bosley, Emma, Keijzers, Gerben, Scuffham, Paul, Zhang, Ping, Martin-Khan, Melinda and Crilly, Julia (2019). Review article: Interventions for people presenting to emergency departments with a mental health problem: a systematic scoping review. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 31 (5) 1742-6723.13335, 715-729. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13335
Clugston, Bobbie, Young, Amy and Heffernan, Edward B. (2018). A comparison of the reported use of involuntary treatment orders within Australian jurisdictions. Australasian Psychiatry : Bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, 26 (5), 1039856218789787-485. doi: 10.1177/1039856218789787
Dias, Shannon, Waghorn, Geoffrey, Kinner, Stuart A., Ware, Robert and Heffernan, Ed (2018). Identifying rehabilitation priorities among ex-prisoners vulnerable to mental llnesses and substance abuse. Journal of Rehabilitation, 84 (3), 46-56.
Young, Jesse T., Heffernan, Ed, Borschmann, Rohan, Ogloff, James R. P., Spittal, Matthew J., Kouyoumdjian, Fiona G., Preen, David B., Butler, Amanda, Brophy, Lisa, Crilly, Julia and Kinner, Stuart A. (2018). Dual diagnosis of mental illness and substance use disorder and injury in adults recently released from prison: a prospective cohort study. The Lancet. Public health, 3 (5), e237-e248. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30052-5
Davidson, Fiona, Heffernan, Ed, Greenberg, David, Butler, Tony and Burgess, Philip (2017). Key performance indicators for Australian mental health court liaison services. Australasian Psychiatry, 25 (6), 609-613. doi: 10.1177/1039856217711052
Davidson, Fiona, Heffernan, Edward, Greenberg, David, Waterworth, Rhondda and Burgess, Philip (2017). Mental health and criminal charges: variation in diversion pathways in Australia. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 24 (6), 888-898. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2017.1327305
Borschmann, Rohan, Young, Jesse T., Moran, Paul, Spittal, Matthew J., Heffernan, Ed, Mok, Katherine and Kinner, Stuart A. (2017). Ambulance attendances resulting from self-harm after release from prison: a prospective data linkage study. Social Psychiatry And Psychiatric Epidemiology, 52 (10), 1295-1305. doi: 10.1007/s00127-017-1383-z
Emmerson, Brett, Praskova, Anna, Fawcett, Lisa, Crompton, David and Heffernan, Edward (2017). Mental health services planning for G20 summit in Brisbane and assessment of impact. Australasian Psychiatry, 25 (1), 60-65. doi: 10.1177/1039856216671653
Heffernan, Ed, Davidson, Fiona, Andersen, Kimina and Kinner, Stuart (2016). Substance use disorders among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in custody: a public health opportunity. Health and Justice, 4 (1) 12. doi: 10.1186/s40352-016-0044-8
Mellsop, Graham, Choi, W. K., Every-Palmer, Susanna, Green, Bob, Heffernan, Ed, Kachaeva, Margarita, Shiina, Akihiro and Wang, Xiaoping (2016). Drug driven psychoses and legal responsibility or insanity in six Western Pacific nations. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 47, 68-73. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2016.02.037
Green, Bob, Denton, Michelle, Heffernan, Ed, Russell, Beverley, Stapleton, Larry and Waterson, Elissa (2016). From custody to community: outcomes of community-based support for mentally ill prisoners. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 23 (5), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2016.1152926
Borschmann, Rohan, Thomas, Emma, Moran, Paul, Carroll, Megan, Heffernan, Ed, Spittal, Matthew J., Sutherland, Georgina, Alati, Rosa and Kinner, Stuart A. (2016). Self-harm following release from prison: a prospective data linkage study. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 51 (3), 250-259. doi: 10.1177/0004867416640090
Davidson, F., Heffernan, E., Greenberg, D., Butler, T. and Burgess, P. (2016). A critical review of mental health court liaison services in Australia: A first national survey. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 23 (6), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2016.1155509
Heffernan, Edward, Andersen, Kimina, Davidson, Fiona and Kinner, Stuart A. (2015). PTSD Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Custody in Australia: Prevalence and Correlates. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 28 (6), 523-530. doi: 10.1002/jts.22051
Heffernan, Edward, Andersen, Kimina and Kinner, Stuart A. (2015). Enhancing research quality through cultural competence: a case study in Queensland prisons. Australasian Psychiatry, 23 (6), 654-657. doi: 10.1177/1039856215609763
Thomas, E. G., Spittal, M. J., Heffernan, E. B., Taxman, F. S., Alati, R. and Kinner, S. A. (2015). Trajectories of psychological distress after prison release: implications for mental health service need in ex-prisoners. Psychological Medicine, 46 (3), 611-621. doi: 10.1017/S0033291715002123
Every-Palmer, Susanna, Brink, Johann, Chern, Tor P., Choi, Wing-Kit, Hern-Yee, Jerome Goh, Green, Bob, Heffernan, Ed, Johnson, Sarah B., Kachaeva, Margarita, Shiina, Akihiro, Walker, David, Wu, Kevin, Wang, Xiaoping and Mellsop, Graham (2014). Review of psychiatric services to mentally disordered offenders around the Pacific Rim. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, 6 (1), 1-17. doi: 10.1111/appy.12109
Carroll, Megan, Kinner, Stuart A. and Heffernan, Edward B. (2014). Medication use and knowledge in a sample of Indigenous and non-Indigenous prisoners. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 38 (2), 142-146. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12203
Pathé, Michele, Phillips, Jane, Perdacher, Elke and Heffernan, Ed (2014). The harassment of Queensland members of parliament: a mental health concern. Psychiatry Psychology and Law, 21 (4), 577-584. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2013.858388
Ober, Coralie, Dingle, Kaeleen, Clavarino, Alexandra, Najman, Jake M., Alati, Rosa and Heffernan, Edward (2013). Validating a screening tool for mental health and substance use risk in an Indigenous prison population. Drug and Alcohol Review, 32 (6), 611-617. doi: 10.1111/dar.12063
Heffernan, Edward B., Andersen, Kimina C., Dev, Abhilash and Kinner, Stuart (2012). Prevalence of mental illness among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland prisons. Medical Journal of Australia, 197 (1-2), 37-41. doi: 10.5694/mja11.11352
Heffernan, Edward, Anderson, Kimina and Kinner, S. (2009). The insidious problem inside: Mental health problems of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in custody. Australasian Psychiatry, 17 (Supp. 1), s41-s46. doi: 10.1080/10398560902948696
Heffernan, Edward B., Finn, Joe, Saunders, John B. and Byrne, Gerard (2003). Substance-use disorders and psychological distress among police arrestees. Medical Journal of Australia, 179 (8), 408-411.
Conference Papers
Heffernan, E., Meurk, C., Wallace, D., Lam, M., Wittenhagen, L., Mckay, D., Lane, J. and Khoo, A. (2023). Suicidality Among Current And Ex-serving Members In Contact With The Queensland Police Service. RANZCP 2023 Congress, Perth, WA Australia, 28 May - 1 June 2023. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
Heffernan, E., Watson, M., Meurk, C., Wittenhagen, L., Williams, M., Dale, P., Fletcher, R. Hird and Harden, S. (2023). The Need To Rethink Mental Health Care For Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Youth In Detention. RANZCP 2023 Congress, Perth, WA Australia, 28 May - 1 June 2023. London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications.
Meurk, Carla, Ferris, Laura J., Wittenhagen, L., Davidson, F., Steele, M., Waterson, E., Bosley, E., Edwards, B. and Heffernan, E. (2020). Partners in Prevention: Understanding and enhancing first responses to suicide crisis situations - Context and methods. TheMHS, Brisbane, Queensland, 27-30 August . Australia: TheMHS Learning Network.
Kavanagh, D. J., Young, R., Sitharthan, T., Clark, D., Clair, A., Boyce, L., Heffernan, E. and Thompson, K. (1998). Treatment of substance abuse in schizophrenia: Pilot of an integrated psychological treatment. Ninth Biennial Winter Workshop on Schizophrenia, Davos, Switzerland, 7-13 February 1998. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/S0920-9964(97)88347-8
Thesis
Heffernan, Edward (2016). The mental health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in custody. PhD Thesis, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.665
Research Report
Heffernan, Edward, Andersen, Kimina and Dev, Abhilash (2012). Inside out: the mental health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in custody report. Not available: Not available.