Associate Professor Vanessa Cobham
Advanced Psychologist
Child and Youth Mental Health Service
Book
Rapee, R. M., Spence, S. H., Cobham, V. E. and Wignall, A. M. (2000). Helping Your Anxious Child. Oaklands, CA: New Harbinger Publications.
Book Chapters
Shaw, Ashley M., Brown, Renee L., Ringle, Vanesa A. Mora and Cobham, Vanessa E. (2021). Community mental health delivery. Applications of the unified protocols for transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders in children and adolescents. (pp. 162-179) edited by Jill Ehrenreich-May and Sarah M. Kennedy. New York, NY, United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/med-psych/9780197527931.003.0011
Hiller, Rachel M., Hitchcock, Caitlin and Cobham, Vanessa E. (2020). Assessing Trauma-Related Symptoms in Children and Adolescents. The Oxford Handbook of Traumatic Stress Disorders. (pp. 1-27) edited by Beck, J. Gayle and Sloan, Denise M.. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190088224.013.20
Cobham, Vanessa E. and Hiller, Rachel (2019). Treatment of PTSD and comorbid disorders. Innovations in CBT for Childhood Anxiety, OCD & PTSD: Improving Access and Outcomes. (pp. 671-696) edited by Lara Farrell, Thomas H. Ollendick and Peter Muris. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Cobham, Vanessa E., McDermott, Brett and Sanders, Matthew R. (2018). Parenting support in the context of natural disaster. The power of positive parenting: transforming the lives of children, parents, and communities using the Triple P system. (pp. 272-283) edited by Matthew R. Sanders and Trevor G. Mazzuchelli. New York, United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/med-psych/9780190629069.003.0024
Cobham, Vanessa E. and Newnham, Elizabeth A. (2018). Trauma and parenting: considering humanitarian crisis contexts. Handbook of parenting and child development across the lifespan. (pp. 143-169) edited by Matthew R. Sanders and Alina Morawska. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-94598-9_7
Dadds, M. R., Barrett, P. M. and Cobham, V. E. (1998). Anxiety disorders. Comprehensive Clinical Psychology. (pp. xx-xx) edited by T. H. Ollendick. New York , U.S.A: Elsevier Science. doi: 10.1016/b0080-4270(73)00139-5
Journal Articles
Douglas, Tonia, Deery, Maddison, Kimball, Hayley, Cobham, Vanessa E., Panochini, Sophia, Robinson, Paul D., Wainwright, Claire E., Sly, Peter D. and Blake, Tamara (2024). Mental health, behaviour and sleep quality in children 6–11 years before and after elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor initiation. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2024.10.002
Donaghy, Olivia J. E., Cobham, Vanessa and Lin, Ashleigh (2024). Screening adolescent transgender-related distress: Gender preoccupation and stability questionnaire demonstrates excellent criterion validity with multi-disciplinary, pediatric gender specialist assessment. International Journal of Transgender Health, 1-9. doi: 10.1080/26895269.2024.2378378
Strauven, Sarah, Dennison, Meg J., O'Donnell, Meaghan L., Cowlishaw, Sean, Gibson, Kari, Pedder, David J., Baur, Jenelle, Nursey, Jane and Cobham, Vanessa E. (2024). A pilot study of a brief and scalable psychosocial intervention for children and adolescents following disasters. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. doi: 10.1111/bjc.12484
Cobham, Vanessa E. and McDermott, Brett (2024). ‘School‐based screen‐and‐treat’: An effective blueprint for expediating access to care in children experiencing PTSD following disasters. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. doi: 10.1111/bjc.12475
Griffin, Bronwyn R., Trenoweth, Kate, Dimanopoulos, Tanesha A., De Young, Alexandra C., Cobham, Vanessa E., Williams, Hayley and Kimble, Roy (2024). Co-design of a paediatric post-trauma electronic psychosocial screen. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 76, 52-60. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2024.02.004
Hoang, April, Sanders, Matthew R., Turner, Karen M. T., Morawska, Alina, Cobham, Vanessa, Chainey, Carys and Simmons, Erik (2024). Connecting families, schools, and communities: A systems‐contextual approach to sustainable futures for children. Sustainable Development, 32 (5), 1-13. doi: 10.1002/sd.2911
Cobham, Vanessa E., Radtke, Sarah R., Hawkins, Ingrid, Jordan, Michele, Ali, Nasriah Rizman, Ollendick, Thomas H. and Sanders, Matthew R. (2024). Piloting a one-day parent-only intervention in the treatment of youth with anxiety disorders: child and family-level outcomes. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 18 (1) 8, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s13034-023-00702-y
Peach, Natalie, Kihas, Ivana, Isik, Ashling, Cassar, Joanne, Barrett, Emma Louise, Cobham, Vanessa, Back, Sudie E., Perrin, Sean, Bendall, Sarah, Brady, Kathleen, Ross, Joanne, Teesson, Maree, Bezzina, Louise, Dobinson, Katherine A., Schollar-Root, Olivia, Milne, Bronwyn and Mills, Katherine L. (2024). Clinical characteristics of adolescents and emerging adults presenting for integrated posttraumatic stress and substance use treatment. Advances in Dual Diagnosis, 17 (2), 1-18. doi: 10.1108/ADD-11-2023-0021
Ludlow, Kristiana, March, Sonja, Russell, Jeremy K., Ryan, Brooke, Brown, Renee L., Hides, Leanne, Donovan, Caroline, Spence, Susan H., Saxby, Joseph and Cobham, Vanessa E. (2024). Co-designing a new digital mental health platform, ‘Momentum’, with caregivers of young people aged 7–17. Digital Health, 10 ARTN 20552076241263693, 1-17. doi: 10.1177/20552076241263693
Boyle, Christopher, Sanders, Matthew R., Ma, Tianyi, Hodges, Julie, Allen, Kelly-Ann, Cobham, Vanessa E., Darmawan, Igusti, Dittman, Cassandra K., Healy, Karyn L., Hepburn, Stevie-Jae, MacLeod, Lynda M., Teng, Jiachen and Trompf, Madilyn (2023). The thriving kids and parents schools project: protocol of an incomplete stepped wedged cluster randomised trial evaluating the effectiveness of a Triple P seminar series. BMC Public Health, 23 (1) 2021. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16962-4
Ludlow, Kristiana, Russell, Jeremy K., Ryan, Brooke, Brown, Renee L., Joynt, Tamsin, Uhlmann, Laura R., Smith, Genevieve E., Donovan, Caroline, Hides, Leanne, Spence, Susan H., March, Sonja and Cobham, Vanessa E. (2023). Co-designing a digital mental health platform, "Momentum", with young people aged 7-17: A qualitative study. Digital Health, 9 ARTN 20552076231216410, 1-22. doi: 10.1177/20552076231216410
Walter, Zoe C., Carlyle, Molly, Kerswell, Nick, Mefodeva, Valeriya, Nixon, Reg D. V., Cobham, Vanessa E. and Hides, Leanne (2023). Study protocol: implementing and evaluating a trauma-informed model of care in residential youth treatment for substance use disorders. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14 1169794, 1-11. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1169794
Kimball, Hayley, Cobham, Vanessa E., Sanders, Matthew and Douglas, Tonia (2023). Procedural anxiety among children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis and their parents. Pediatric Pulmonology, 58 (7), 1967-1976. doi: 10.1002/ppul.26419
Byrne, S., Cobham, V., Richardson, M. and Imuta, K. (2023). Do parents enhance cognitive behavior therapy for youth anxiety? An overview of systematic reviews over time. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 26 (3), 773-788. doi: 10.1007/s10567-023-00436-5
Payne, Leanne, Goijen, Hedwig J., Cobham, Vanessa, Bor, William, Stathis, Stephen S., Coghill, David C. and Middeldorp, Christel M. (2023). The impact of
COVID
‐19 on children and adolescents attending Child and Youth Mental Health Services in Queensland, Australia. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 17 (12), 1180-1188. doi: 10.1111/eip.13421
McKeown, Lisa, Burke, Kylie, Cobham, Vanessa E., Kimball, Hayley, Foxcroft, Katie and Callaway, Leonie (2023). The prevalence of PTSD of mothers and fathers of high-risk infants admitted to NICU: a systematic review. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 26 (1), 33-49. doi: 10.1007/s10567-022-00421-4
Morawska, Alina, Kish, Antonia, Sanders, Matthew R, Turner, Karen M T, Cobham, Vanessa E and Burke, Kylie (2023). Parenting in a pandemic podcast: a case study in delivering parenting intervention during COVID‑19. Journal of Children and Young People's Health, 3 (3). doi: 10.33235/jcyph.3.3.4-9
Vasileva, Mira, Marsac, Meghan L., Alisic, Eva, Cobham, Vanessa E., Davis, Seetha H., Donovan, Caroline, Hildenbrand, Aimee K., Hoehn, Elisabeth, March, Sonja, Miller, Alisa B., Smith-Thomas, Tess, Wamser-Nanney, Rachel and De Young, Alexandra (2022). Preschooler stressor-related thoughts and worries during the COVID-19 pandemic: development and validation of a caregiver-report instrument. Traumatology, 30 (3), 477-484. doi: 10.1037/trm0000429
Sicouri, Gemma, March, Sonja, Pellicano, Elizabeth, De Young, Alex C., Donovan, Caroline L., Cobham, Vanessa E., Rowe, Arlen, Brett, Simon, Russell, Jeremy K., Uhlman, Laura and Hudson, Jennifer L. (2022). Mental health symptoms in children and adolescents during COVID-19 in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57 (2), 000486742210901-229. doi: 10.1177/00048674221090174
Doyle, Frances L., Morawska, Alina, Higgins, Daryl J., Havighurst, Sophie S., Mazzucchelli, Trevor G., Toumbourou, John W., Middeldorp, Christel M., Chainey, Carys, Cobham, Vanessa E., Harnett, Paul and Sanders, Matthew R. (2022). Policies are needed to increase the reach and impact of evidence-based parenting supports: a call for a population-based approach to supporting parents, children, and families. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 54 (3), 1-14. doi: 10.1007/s10578-021-01309-0
Havighurst, Sophie S., Chainey, Carys, Doyle, Frances L., Higgins, Daryl J., Mathews, Ben, Mazzucchelli, Trevor G., Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie, Andriessen, Karl, Cobham, Vanessa E., Cross, Donna, Dadds, Mark R., Dawe, Sharon, Gray, Kylie M., Guastella, Adam J., Harnett, Paul, Haslam, Divna M., Middeldorp, Christel M., Morawska, Alina, Ohan, Jeneva L., Sanders, Matthew R., Stallman, Helen M., Tonge, Bruce J., Toumbourou, John W., Turner, Karen M.T., Williams, Kate E., Yap, Marie B.H. and Nicholson, Jan M. (2022). A review of Australian Government funding of parenting intervention research. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46 (3), 262-268. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13235
Le Roux, Isabella H. and Cobham, Vanessa E. (2021). Psychological interventions for children experiencing PTSD after exposure to a natural disaster: a scoping review. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 25 (2), 249-282. doi: 10.1007/s10567-021-00373-1
Gibbs, L., Marinkovic, K., Nursey, J., Tong, L. A., Tekin, E., Ulubasoglu, M., Callard, N., Cowlishaw, S. and Cobham, V. E. (2021). Child and adolescent psychosocial support programs following natural disasters: a scoping review of emerging evidence. Current Psychiatry Reports, 23 (12) 82, 82. doi: 10.1007/s11920-021-01293-1
De Young, Alexandra C., Vasileva, Mira, Boruszak-Kiziukiewicz, Joanna, Demipence Seçinti, Dilara, Christie, Hope, Egberts, Marthe R., Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous, Xenia, Marsac, Meghan L., Ruiz, Gemma, COVID-19 Unmasked Global Collaboration, Middeldorp, Christel and Cobham, Vanessa E. (2021). COVID-19 Unmasked Global Collaboration Protocol: longitudinal cohort study examining mental health of young children and caregivers during the pandemic. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12 (1) 1940760, 1-14. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2021.1940760
Hickling, Anna, Dingle, Genevieve A., Barrett, Helen L. and Cobham, Vanessa E. (2021). Systematic review: diabetes family conflict in young people with type 1 diabetes. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 46 (9) jsab052, 1091-1109. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsab052
Kimball, Hayley, Douglas, Tonia, Sanders, Matthew and Cobham, Vanessa E. (2021). Anxiety in children with cystic fibrosis and their parents: a systematic review. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 24 (2), 370-390. doi: 10.1007/s10567-021-00345-5
Hitchcock, Caitlin, Brown, Renee L. and Cobham, Vanessa E. (2021). Validation of the Child version of the Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire of repetitive negative thinking in young people with diagnosed depressive and anxiety disorders. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61 (2), 242-254. doi: 10.1111/bjc.12336
Schollar-Root, Olivia, Cassar, Joanne, Peach, Natalie, Cobham, Vanessa E., Milne, Bronwyn, Barrett, Emma, Back, Sudie E., Bendall, Sarah, Perrin, Sean, Brady, Kathleen, Ross, Joanne, Teesson, Maree, Kihas, Ivana, Dobinson, Katherine A. and Mills, Katherine L. (2021). Integrated trauma-focused psychotherapy for traumatic stress and substance use: two adolescent case studies. Clinical Case Studies, 21 (3), 192-208. doi: 10.1177/15346501211046054
Mills, Katherine L., Barrett, Emma, Back, Sudie E., Cobham, Vanessa E., Bendall, Sarah, Perrin, Sean, Brady, Kathleen T., Ross, Joanne, Peach, Natalie, Kihas, Ivana, Cassar, Joanne, Schollar-Root, Olivia and Teesson, Maree (2020). Randomised controlled trial of integrated trauma-focused psychotherapy for traumatic stress and substance use among adolescents: Trial protocol. BMJ Open, 10 (11) e043742, e043742. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043742
McLean, Mia A., Simcock, Gabrielle, Elgbeili, Guillaume, Laplante, David P., Kildea, Sue, Hurrion, Elizabeth, Lequertier, Belinda, Cobham, Vanessa E. and King, Suzanne (2020). Disaster-related prenatal maternal stress, and childhood HPA-axis regulation and anxiety: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 118 104716, 104716. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104716
Creswell, Cathy, Nauta, Maaike H., Hudson, Jennifer L., March, Sonja, Reardon, Tessa, Arendt, Kristian, Bodden, Denise, Cobham, Vanessa E., Donovan, Caroline, Halldorsson, Brynjar, In‐Albon, Tina, Ishikawa, Shin‐ichi, Johnsen, Daniel Bach, Jolstedt, Maral, Jong, Rachel, Kreuze, Leonie, Mobach, Lynn, Rapee, Ronald M., Spence, Susan H., Thastum, Mikael, Utens, Elisabeth, Vigerland, Sarah, Wergeland, Gro Janne, Essau, Cecilia A., Albano, Anne Marie, Chu, Brian, Khanna, Muniya, Silverman, Wendy K. and Kendall, Philip C. (2020). Research review: Recommendations for reporting on treatment trials for child and adolescent anxiety disorders – an international consensus statement. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 62 (3) jcpp.13283, 255-269. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13283
Cobham, Vanessa E., Hickling, Anna, Kimball, Hayley, Thomas, Hannah J., Scott, James G. and Middeldorp, Christel M. (2020). Systematic review: anxiety in children and adolescents with chronic medical conditions. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 59 (5), 595-618. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2019.10.010
McLean, Mia A., Cobham, Vanessa E., Simcock, Gabrielle, Lequertier, Belinda, Kildea, Sue and King, Suzanne (2020). Childhood anxiety: prenatal maternal stress and parenting in the QF2011 cohort. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 52 (3), 389-398. doi: 10.1007/s10578-020-01024-2
Alisic, Eva, Roth, Jessica, Cobham, Vanessa, Conroy, Rowena, De Young, Alexandra, Hafstad, Gertrud, Hecker, Tobias, Hiller, Rachel, Kassam-Adams, Nancy, Lai, Betty, Landolt, Markus, Marsac, Meghan, Seedat, Soraya and Trickey, David (2020). Working towards inclusive and equitable trauma treatment guidelines: a child-centered reflection. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 11 (1) 1833657, 1833657. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2020.1833657
Laplante, David P., Simcock, Gabrielle, Cao-Lei, Lei, Mouallem, Maya, Elgbeili, Guillaume, Brunet, Alain, Cobham, Vanessa, Kildea, Sue and King, Suzanne (2019). The 5-HTTLPR polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene and child's sex moderate the relationship between disaster-related prenatal maternal stress and autism spectrum disorder traits: The QF2011 Queensland flood study. Development and Psychopathology, 31 (4), 1395-1409. doi: 10.1017/S0954579418000871
Simcock, Gabrielle, Cobham, Vanessa E., Laplante, David P., Elgbeili, Guillaume, Gruber, Reut, Kildea, Sue and King, Suzanne (2019). A cross-lagged panel analysis of children's sleep, attention, and mood in a prenatally stressed cohort: the QF2011 Queensland flood study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 255, 96-104. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.05.041
McGuire, Rosie, Hiller, Rachel M., Cobham, Vanessa, Haag, Katharina and Halligan, Sarah L. (2019). A mixed-methods investigation of parent-child posttrauma discussion and the effects of encouraging engagement. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 10 (1) 1644127, 1644127. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2019.1644127
McLean, Mia A., Cobham, Vanessa E., Simcock, Gabrielle, Kildea, Sue and King, Suzanne (2019). Toddler temperament mediates the effect of prenatal maternal stress on childhood anxiety symptomatology: the QF2011 Queensland flood study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (11) 1998, 1998. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16111998
Lequertier, Belinda, Simcock, Gabrielle, Cobham, Vanessa E., Kildea, Sue and King, Suzanne (2019). Infant Behavior and Competence Following Prenatal Exposure to a Natural Disaster: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Infancy, 24 (3), 411-432. doi: 10.1111/infa.12286
Moss, Katrina M., Ziviani, Jenny, Newcombe, Peter, Cobham, Vanessa E., McCutcheon, Helen, Montague, Gillian and Kenardy, Justin (2019). Pathways to increasing the use of psychosocial care with hospitalized children. Psychological Services, 16 (1), 29-37. doi: 10.1037/ser0000276
Moss, Katrina M., Healy, Karyn L., Ziviani, Jenny, Newcombe, Peter, Cobham, Vanessa E., McCutcheon, Helen, Montague, Gillian and Kenardy, Justin (2019). Trauma-informed care in practice: observed use of psychosocial care practices with children and families in a large pediatric hospital. Psychological Services, 16 (1), 16-28. doi: 10.1037/ser0000270
Moss, Katrina M, Simcock, Gabrielle, Cobham, Vanessa E, Kildea, Sue, Laplante, David P and King, Suzanne (2018). Continuous, emerging, and dissipating associations between prenatal maternal stress and child cognitive and motor development: The QF2011 Queensland flood study. Early Human Development, 119, 29-37. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.02.022
McLean, Mia A., Cobham, Vanessa E. and Simcock, Gabrielle (2018). Prenatal Maternal Distress: A Risk Factor for Child Anxiety?. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 21 (2), 203-223. doi: 10.1007/s10567-017-0251-4
McLean, Mia A., Cobham, Vanessa E., Simcock, Gabrielle, Elgbeili, Guillaume, Kildea, Sue and King, Suzanne (2018). The role of prenatal maternal stress in the development of childhood anxiety symptomatology: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Development and Psychopathology, 30 (03), 995-1007. doi: 10.1017/S0954579418000408
Cobham, Vanessa E., Filus, Ania and Sanders, Matthew R. (2017). Working with parents to treat anxiety-disordered children: a proof of concept RCT evaluating fear-less triple P. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 95, 128-138. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2017.06.004
Simcock, Gabrielle, Laplante, David P., Elgbeili, Guillaume, Kildea, Sue, Cobham, Vanessa, Stapleton, Helen and King, Suzanne (2017). Infant neurodevelopment is affected by prenatal maternal stress: The QF2011 Flood Study. Infancy, 22 (3), 282-302. doi: 10.1111/infa.12166
Simcock, Gabrielle, Elgbeili, Guillaume, Laplante, David P., Kildea, Sue, Cobham, Vanessa, Stapleton, Helen, Austin, Marie-Paule, Brunet, Alain and King, Suzanne (2017). The effects of prenatal stress on early temperament: the 2011 Queensland flood study. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 38 (5), 310-321. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000444
Moss, Katrina M., Simcock, Gabrielle, Cobham, Vanessa, Kildea, Sue, Elgbeili, Guillaume, Laplante, David P. and King, Suzanne (2017). A potential psychological mechanism linking disaster-related prenatal maternal stress with child cognitive and motor development at 16 months: the QF2011 Queensland flood study. Developmental Psychology, 53 (4), 629-641. doi: 10.1037/dev0000272
Simcock, G., Kildea, S., Elgbeili, G., Laplante, D. P., Cobham, V. and King, S. (2017). Prenatal maternal stress shapes children’s theory of mind: the QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 8 (4), 483-492. doi: 10.1017/S2040174417000186
Westerman, Nancy K., Cobham, Vanessa E. and McDermott, Brett (2017). Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy: narratives of children and adolescents. Qualitative Health Research, 27 (2), 226-235. doi: 10.1177/1049732315627795
Simcock, Gabrielle, Kildea, Sue, Elgbeili, Guillaume, Laplante, David P., Stapleton, Helen, Cobham, Vanessa and King, Suzanne (2016). Age-related changes in the effects of stress in pregnancy on infant motor development by maternal report: the Queensland flood study. Developmental Psychobiology, 58 (5), 640-659. doi: 10.1002/dev.21407
Cobham, Vanessa E., McDermott, Brett, Haslam, Divna and Sanders, Matthew R. (2016). The role of parents, parenting and the family environment in children’s post-disaster mental health. Current Psychiatry Reports, 18 (6) 53, 53. doi: 10.1007/s11920-016-0691-4
King, Suzanne, Kildea, Sue, Austin, Marie-Paule, Brunet, Alain, Cobham, Vanessa E., Dawson, Paul A., Harris, Mark, Hurrion, Elizabeth M., Laplante, David P., McDermott, Brett M., McIntyre, H. David, O'Hara, Michael W., Schmitz, Norbert, Stapleton, Helen, Tracy, Sally K., Vaillancourt, Cathy, Dancause, Kelsey N., Kruske, Sue, Reilly, Nicole, Shoo, Laura, Simcock, Gabrielle, Turcotte-Tremblay, Anne-Marie and Ping, Erin Yong (2015). QF2011: a protocol to study the effects of the Queensland flood on pregnant women, their pregnancies, and their children's early development. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 15 (1) 109, 109.2-109.47. doi: 10.1186/s12884-015-0539-7
Donovan, Caroline L, Cobham, Vanessa, Waters, Allison M and Occhipinti, Stefano (2015). Intensive Group-Based CBT for Child Social Phobia: A Pilot Study. Behavior Therapy, 46 (3), 350-364. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2014.12.005
Poulsen, Kellee M, Mcdermott, Brett M, Wallis, Jeffrey and Cobham, Vanessa E (2015). School-Based Psychological Screening in the Aftermath of a Disaster: Are Parents Satisfied and Do Their Children Access Treatment?. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 28 (1), 69-72. doi: 10.1002/jts.21987
March, Sonja, Kenardy, Justin A., Cobham, Vanessa E., Nixon, Reginald D. V., McDermott, Brett and De Young, Alexandra (2015). Feasibility of a screening program for at-risk children following accidental injury. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 28 (1), 34-40. doi: 10.1002/jts.21981
Hong, Soon-Beom, Youssef, George J., Song, Sook-Hyung, Choi, Nam-Hee, Ryu, Jeong, McDermott, Brett, Cobham, Vanessa, Park, Subin, Kim, Jae-Won, Shin, Min-Sup, Yoo, Hee-Jeong, Cho, Soo-Churl and Kim, Bung-Nyun (2014). Different clinical courses of children exposed to a single incident of psychological trauma: a 30-month prospective follow-up study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 55 (11), 1226-1233. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12241
McDermott, Brett M. and Cobham, Vanessa E. (2014). A stepped-care model of post-disaster child and adolescent mental health service provision. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 5 (SUPPL), 1-10. doi: 10.3402/ejpt.v5.24294
Manassis, Katharina, Lee, Trevor Changgun, Bennett, Kathryn, Zhao, Xiu Yan, Mendlowitz, Sandra, Duda, Stephanie, Saini, Michael, Wilansky, Pamela, Baer, Susan, Barrett, Paula, Bodden, Denise, Cobham, Vanessa E., Dadds, Mark R., Flannery-Schroeder, Ellen, Ginsburg, Golda, Heyne, David, Hudson, Jennifer L., Kendall, Philip C., Liber, Juliette, Masia-Warner, Carrie, Nauta, Maaike H., Rapee, Ronald M., Silverman, Wendy, Siqueland, Lynne, Spence, Susan H., Utens, Elisabeth and Wood, Jeffrey J. (2014). Types of parental involvement in CBT with anxious youth: A preliminary meta-analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 82 (6), 1163-1172. doi: 10.1037/a0036969
De Young, Alexandra C., Hendrikz, Joan, Kenardy, Justin A., Cobham, Vanessa E. and Kimble, Roy M. (2014). Prospective evaluation of parent distress following pediatric burns and identification of risk factors for young child and parent posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 24 (1), 9-17. doi: 10.1089/cap.2013.0066
Cobham, Vanessa E. and Mcdermott, Brett (2014). Perceived parenting change and child posttraumatic stress following a natural disaster. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 24 (1), 18-23. doi: 10.1089/cap.2013.0051
Scheeringa, Michael S., Cobham, Vanessa E. and Mcdermott, Brett (2014). Policy and administrative issues for large-scale clinical interventions following disasters. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 24 (1), 39-46. doi: 10.1089/cap.2013.0067
Mcdermott, Brett, Cobham, Vanessa, Berry, Helen and Kim, Bungnyun (2014). Correlates of persisting posttraumatic symptoms in children and adolescents 18 months after a cyclone disaster. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 48 (1), 80-86. doi: 10.1177/0004867413500349
Park, Subin, Kim, Bung-Nyun, Choi, Nam-Hee, Ryu, Jong, McDermott, Brett, Cobham, Vanessa, Song, Sook-Hyung, Kim, Jae-Won, Shin, Min-Sup, Yoo, Hee-Jeong and Cho, Soo-Churl (2013). The effect of persistent posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms on executive functions in preadolescent children witnessing a single incident of death. Anxiety, Stress and Coping, Published online (3), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/10615806.2013.853049
Bennett, Kathryn, Manassis, Katharina, Walter, Stephen D., Cheung, Amy, Wilansky-Traynor, Pamela, Diaz-Granados, Natalia, Duda, Stephanie, Rice, Maureen, Baer, Susan, Barrett, Paula, Bodden, Denise, Cobham, Vanessa E., Dadds, Mark R., Flannery-Schroeder, Ellen, Ginsburg, Golda, Heyne, David, Hudson, Jennifer L., Kendall, Philip C., Liber, Juliette, Warner, Carrie Masia, Mendlowitz, Sandra, Nauta, Maaike H., Rapee, Ronald M., Silverman, Wendy, Siqueland, Lynne, Spence, Susan H., Utens, Elisabeth and Wood, Jeffrey J. (2013). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Age Effects in Child and Adolescent Anxiety: An Individual Patient Data Metaanalysis. Depression and Anxiety, 30 (9), 829-841. doi: 10.1002/da.22099
Richardson, Meg, Cobham, Vanessa, Mc Dermott, Brett and Murray, Judith (2013). Youth mental illness and the family: parents' loss and grief. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 22 (5), 719-736. doi: 10.1007/s10826-012-9625-x
Lynn, Sasha, Carroll, Annemaree, Houghton, Stephen and Cobham, Vanessa (2013). Peer relations and emotion regulation of children with emotional and behavioural difficulties with and without a developmental disorder. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 18 (3), 297-309. doi: 10.1080/13632752.2013.769707
Cobham, Vanessa E., March, Sonja, De Young, Alexandra, Leeson, Fiona, Nixon, Reginald, McDermott, Brett and Kenardy, Justin (2012). Involving parents in indicated early intervention for childhood PTSD following accidental injury. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 15 (4), 345-363. doi: 10.1007/s10567-012-0124-9
Cobham, Vanessa E. (2012). Do anxiety-disordered children need to come into the clinic for efficacious treatment?. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80 (3), 465-476. doi: 10.1037/a0028205
McDermott, Brett M. and Cobham, Vanessa E. (2012). Family functioning in the aftermath of a natural disaster. BMC Psychiatry, 12 (1) 55, 55.1-55.7. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-55
Song, Sook, Kim, Bung-Nyun, Choi, Nam-Hee, Ryu, Jeong, McDermott, Brett, Cobham, Vanessa, Park, Subin, Kim, Jae-Won, Hong, Soon-Beom, Shin, Min-Sup, Yoo, Hee-Jeong and Cho, Soo-Churl (2012). 30-month prospective follow-up study of psychological symptoms, psychiatric diagnosis and their effects on quality of life in children exposed to single incident of witnessing death at school. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 73 (5), e594-e600. doi: 10.4088/JCP.11m07348
McDermott, Brett, Berry, Helen and Cobham, Vanessa (2012). Social connectedness: A potential aetiological factor in the development of child post-traumatic stress disorder. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 46 (2), 109-117. doi: 10.1177/0004867411433950
De Young, Alexandra C., Kenardy, Justin A., Cobham, Vanessa E. and Kimble, Roy (2012). Prevalence, comorbidity and course of trauma reactions in young burn-injured children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 53 (1), 56-63. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02431.x
De Young, Alexandra, Kenardy, Justin A. and Cobham, Vanessa (2011). Trauma in early childhood: A neglected population. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 14 (3), 231-250. doi: 10.1007/s10567-011-0094-3
De Young, Alexandra C., Kenardy, Justin A. and Cobham, Vanessa E. (2011). Diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder in preschool children. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 40 (3), 375-384. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2011.563474
Richardson, Meg, Cobham, Vanessa, Murray, Judith and McDermott, Brett (2011). Parents' grief in the context of adult child mental illness: A qualitative review. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 14 (1), 28-43. doi: 10.1007/s10567-010-0075-y
Kenardy, Justin, Cobham, Vanessa, Nixon, Reginald D.V., McDermott, Brett and March, Sonja (2011). Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of risk screening and early intervention comparing child- and family-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy for PTSD in children following accidental injury. BMC Psychiatry, 11 (1) 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-15
Cobham, Vanessa E., Dadds, Mark R., Spence, Susan H. and McDermott, Brett (2010). Parental anxiety in the treatment of childhood anxiety: A different story three years later. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 39 (3), 410-420. doi: 10.1080/15374411003691719
McDermott, Brett M., Cobham, Vanessa E., Berry, Helen and Stallman, Helen M. (2010). Vulnerability factors for disaster-induced child post-traumatic stress disorder: the case for low family resilience and previous mental illness. Australian And New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 44 (4), 384-389. doi: 10.3109/00048670903489916
Kenardy, Justin, Cobham, Vanessa, Nixon, Reginald D. V., McDermott, Brett and March, Sonja (2010). Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of risk screening and early intervention comparing child- and family-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy for PTSD in children following accidental injury. BMC Psychiatry, 10 (1) 92, 92-1-92-9. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-10-92
Waters, Allison M., Ford, Louise A., Wharton, Trisha A. and Cobham, Vanessa E. (2009). Cognitive-behavioural therapy for young children with anxiety disorders: Comparison of a Child + Parent condition versus a Parent Only condition. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47 (8), 654-662. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.04.008
Leong, Joyce, Cobham, Vanessa Elise, de Groot, Jules and McDermott, Brett (2009). Comparing different modes of delivery: A pilot evaluation of a family-focused, cognitive-behavioral intervention for anxiety-disordered children. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 18 (4), 231-239. doi: 10.1007/s00787-008-0723-7
de Groot, Jules, Cobham, Vanessa, Leong, Joyce and McDermott, Brett (2007). Individual versus group family-focused cognitive-behaviour therapy or childhood anxiety: pilot randomized controlled trial. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41 (12), 990-997. doi: 10.1080/00048670701689436
Lilley, Peta Rochelle and Cobham, Vanessa E. (2005). Interaction of anxiety sensitivity and induced physiological state: Effect on behaviour and interpretation of ambiguous scenarios. Australian Journal of Psychology, 57 (2), 77-86. doi: 10.1080/00049530412331283390
Cobham, V. E. (2003). Evaluation of a brief child-focused group-based intervention for anxiety-disordered children. Behaviour Change, 20 (2), 109-116. doi: 10.1375/bech.20.2.109.24838
Waters, A. M., Lipp, O. V. and Cobham, V. E. (2000). Investigation of threat-related attentional bias in anxious children using the startle eyeblink modification paradigm. Journal of Psychophysiology, 14 (3), 142-150. doi: 10.1027//0269-8803.14.3.142
Cobham, V. E., Dadds, M. R. and Spence, S. H. (1999). Anxious children and their parents: What do they expect?. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 28 (2), 220-231. doi: 10.1207/s15374424jccp2802_9
Vanessa Elise Cobham (1999). Family treatment of childhood anxiety. The Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 16 (1).
Cobham, VE and Rapee, RM (1999). Accuracy of predicting a child's response to potential threat: A comparison of children and their mothers. Australian Journal of Psychology, 51 (1), 25-28. doi: 10.1080/00049539908255331
Cobham, VE (1998). The case for involving the family in the treatment of childhood anxiety. Behaviour Change, 15 (4), 203-212. doi: 10.1017/s0813483900004691
Cobham, VE, Dadds, MR and Spence, SH (1998). The role of parental anxiety in the treatment of childhood anxiety. Journal of Consulting And Clinical Psychology, 66 (6), 893-905. doi: 10.1037//0022-006X.66.6.893
Conference Papers
Deery, Maddison, Blake, Tamara, Cobham, Vanessa, Kimball, Hayley, Panochini, Sophia, Sly, Peter, Wainwright, Claire and Douglas, Tonia (2024). Mental health and sleep quality in children receiving elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor therapy. 15th Australasian Cystic Fibrosis Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2–4 August 2024. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
Deery, Maddison, Blake, Tamara, Cobham, Vanessa, Kimball, Hayley, Sly, Peter, Wainwright, Claire and Douglas, Tonia (2024). Anxiety, resilience and quality of life in children with cystic fibrosis. 15th Australasian Cystic Fibrosis Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2–4 August 2024. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
Blake, T., Deery, M., Cobham, V., Kimball, H., Panochini, S., Sly, P., Wainwright, C. and Douglas, T. (2024). Mental health and sleep quality in children receiving elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor therapy. 47th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 5-8 June 2024. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/s1569-1993(24)00121-8
Byrne, S., Cobham, V., Richardson, M. and Imuta, K. (2023). Parent enhancement of cognitive behaviour therapy for child and adolescent anxiety: An overview of systematic reviews over time. World Congress of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies, Seoul, South Korea, 1-4 June 2023.
Kassam-Adams, Nancy, Sadeh, Yaara, Haag, Katharina and Cobham, Vanessa (2019). Parental Influences on Child Posttraumatic Stress Outcomes. ABINGDON: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD.
Mills, Katherine, Teesson, Maree, Back, Sudie, Barrett, Emma, Cobham, Vanessa, Bendall, Sarah, Perrin, Sean, Kathleen, Brady and Ross, Joanne (2019). Trialling Exposure-Based Therapy for Adolescent Traumatic Stress and Substance Use: Challenges and Observations from a Randomized Controlled Trial. ABINGDON: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD.
Kihas, Ivana, Smout, Anna, Mather, Marius, Newton, Nicola C., Mills, Katherine L., Barrett, Emma L., Touyz, Stephen W., Slade, Tim, Chapman, Cath, Stapinski, Lexine, Champion, Katrina E., Lawler, Siobhan, Birrell, Louise, McBride, Nyanda, Allsop, Steve, Hides, Leanne, Castellanous-Ryan, Natalie, Conrod, Patricia, Peach, Natalie, Cobham, Vanessa, Ross, Joanne, Perrin, Sean, Bendall, Sarah, Back, Sudie, Brady, Kathleen and Teesson, Maree (2018). Symposium: substance use among adolescents: causes, comorbidities and innovative approaches. APSAD 2018 Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 4-7 November 2018. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
Mclean, Mia A., Simcock, Gabrielle, Elgbeili, Guillaume, Cobham, Vanessa E., Kildea, Sue and King, Suzanne (2018). Toddler Cortisol Profiles Predicts Early Childhood Anxiety in a Prenatally Stressed Cohort: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. AACAP's 65th Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 22-27 October 2018. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.09.345
Laplante, D. P., Mourallem, M., Elgbeilli, G., Cao-Lei, L., Cobham, V., Brunet, A., Kildea, S. and King, S. (2017). The 5-httlpr polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene moderates the relationship between prenatal maternal stress and autism spectrum disorder symptoms: the Queensland Flood Study. The Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting, Montebello, Quebec, Canada, 14-17 February 2017.
McLean, M., Cobham, V., Simcock, G., Kildea, S. and King, S. (2017). Prenatal stress and childhood anxiety symptomatology at 4 years: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX, United States, 6-8 April 2017.
McLean, Mia, Cobham, Vanessa, Simcock, Gabrielle, Kildea, Sue and King, Suzanne (2017). Flood-related Prenatal Maternal Stress effects Childhood Anxiety Symptomatology; The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Annual Congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand, The University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 2-5 April 2017. West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/jpc.13494_195
Thesis
Cobham, Vanessa Elise (1996). The role of parental anxiety in the aetiology and treatment of childhood anxiety. PhD Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/6cf58c1