B Science, B Science (Honours), PhD
Lecturer, School of Psychology
Contact details for Dr Heather Green
Research Expertise
- Understanding and managing cognitive impairments associated with cancer and cancer treatments
- Adjustment, quality of life, and coping of individuals, couples, and families who are experiencing chronic health conditions such as cancer
- Sexual orientation, gender identity and sex hormones
Current teaching areas
- Psychology for the Health Sciences
- Adult psychopathology
- Clinical health psychology
- Clinical supervision of postgraduate clinical psychology interns
- Research supervision for Honours, Masters, Doctoral and PhD students.
Publications
- Phillips, C. A., Green, H. J., & Morrissey, S. A. (in press). Cognitive and affective correlates of decisional balance regarding screening mammography in older women. Psychology, Health and Medicine.
- Green, H. J. (2011). Skills training and self-esteem: Educational and clinical perspectives on giving feedback to clinical trainees. Behaviour Change, 28, 87-96.
- Green, H. J., Wells, D. J. N., & Laakso, L. (2011). Coping in men with prostate cancer and their partners: a quantitative and qualitative study. European Journal of Cancer Care, 20, 237-247.
- Chamberlin, M. J. A., & Green, H. J. (2010). Stress and coping strategies among firefighters and recruits. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 15, 548-560.
- Green, H. J., Frank, R., Butwell, A., and Beck, O. (2007). Implementation and evaluation of brief cognitive-behavioural therapy in a mental health acute assessment and treatment service. Behaviour Change, 24, 87-98.
- Green, H. J., Pakenham, K. I., and Gardiner, R. A. (2005). Cognitive deficits associated with cancer: A model of subjective and objective outcomes. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 10, 145-160.
- Green, H. J., Pakenham, K. I., Headley, B. C., Yaxley, J., Nicol, D. L., Mactaggart, P. N., Swanson, C., Watson, R. B., and Gardiner, R. A. (2004). Quality of life compared during pharmacological treatments and clinical monitoring for non-localised prostate cancer: A randomised controlled trial. BJU International, 93, 975-979.
- Green, H. J., Pakenham, K. I., Headley, B. C., Yaxley, J., Nicol, D. L., Mactaggart, P. N., Swanson, C., Watson, R. B., and Gardiner, R. A. (2002). Altered cognitive function in men treated for prostate cancer with LHRH analogues and cyproterone acetate: a randomised controlled trial. BJU International, 90, 427-432.
- Green, H. J., Pakenham, K. I., Headley, B. C., and Gardiner, R. A. (2002). Coping and health-related quality of life in men with prostate cancer randomly assigned to hormonal medication or close monitoring. Psycho-Oncology, 11, 401-414.