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

• 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.