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In this pilot study, adult consumers attending primary care, the private sector and Southern Mental Health Services, who have had recurrent major depression will be randomised to one of four conditions: 1. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) 2. Medication alliance therapy (MAT) 3. MBCT and MAT combined, and 4. Treatment as usual. Randomisation Strategy: Participants will be randomised to one of the four conditions. People either not prescribed or fully compliant with medication will have their randomisation options restricted to either Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy or Treatment As Usual, because Medication Alliance Technology is not relevant to their situation. MBCT will be delivered by clinical psychologists trained according to the MBCT manual modified for an Australian context. MAT will be administered by community health staff, eg practice nurses, trained according to a manual developed by the research group. The research evaluation is at three levels: A. Examination of the feasibility of delivery of training programs and interventions within the Australian primary care context. B. Evaluation of the MBCT and MAT training packages, for which the participating therapists will be engaged also as study participants. C. Participating consumers will be regularly assessed over 12 months with systematic interviews assessing depression and disability as outcomes, and also mindfulness and adherence as possible mediating factors in the effects of these two therapies.

Australia has rising numbers of sexually transmissible infections, high levels of unprotected sex among young adults & a high teenage abortion rate. To address these public health priorities, we will use mobile phone text messaging (aka SMS) & email to send sexual health & contraception information to young men & women. A randomised controlled trial of the impact of text & email messages on sexual risk-taking will enable rigorous analysis of their efficacy and cost-effectiveness, & provide valuable data about how these cheap technologies could be used on a larger scale.

study completed and the results are now published in the American journal of Respiratory and critical care medicine

This study will test the efficacy of an undergarment with magnetic discs on the improvement of urinary incontinence symptoms in women 60 years or older.

To observe and compare the course of IBD, IBS and hepatitis C in relation to psychological co-morbidity.

To discover whether disclosure of the psychological status of inflammatory bowel disease patients to their physicians influences patients responses to treatment.