Dr Slewa-Younan is currently Senior Lecturer in Mental Health at the School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney. She has been working as a sessional psychologist to the NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre since 2001 working specifically with Iraqi refugees. Since taking on her lectureship at UWS, she has worked on several projects examining trauma related mental health disorders in this group of refugees, including the measurement of psychological and physiological measures of distress and the refinement of treatment approaches to PTSD in refugee populations more broadly. She has developed collaborative networks with academics at Universities of Melbourne and Uppsala (Sweden) and with NSW Refugee Health Service. She has published over 30 peer reviewed publications including an invited article on Iraqi refugee mental health for Australian Journal of Nursing and has appeared on ABC news regarding the mental health outcomes of Iraqi refugees in Australia.

Mental Health

Psychophysiology Psychotherapies in Refugee Mental Health Refugee Mental Health Schizophrenia Sex Differences in Trauma Trauma-Related Disoders Traumatic Brain Injury

Slewa-Younan, S., Santalucia, Y., McDonald, R. and Salem, M. (2016), 'Enhancing the lives of older refugees : an evaluation of a training resource', International Journal Mental Health Systems, vol 10 . Uribe Guajardo, M., Slewa-Younan, S., Smith, M., Eagar, S. and Stone, G. (2016), 'Psychological distress is influenced by length of stay in resettled Iraqi refugees in Australia', International Journal of Mental Health Systems, vol 10, no 4 . Yaser, A., Slewa-Younan, S., Smith, C., Olson, R., Uribe Guajardo, M. and Mond, J. (2016), 'Beliefs and knowledge about post-traumatic stress disorder amongst resettled Afghan refugees in Australia', International Journal of Mental Health Systems, vol 10, no 1 . Jaaniste, E., Linnell, S., Ollerton, R. and Slewa-Younan, S. (2015), 'Drama therapy with older people with dementia : does it improve quality of life?', Arts in Psychotherapy, vol 43 , pp 40 - 48. Mitchison, D., Morin, A., Mond, J., Slewa-Younan, S. and Hay, P. (2015), 'The bidirectional relationship between quality of life and eating disorder symptoms : a 9-year community-based study of Australian women', PLoS One, vol 10, no 3 . Slewa-Younan, S., Mond, J., Bussion, E., Melkonian, M., Mohammad, Y., Dover, H., Smith, M., Milosevic, D. and Jorm, A. (2015), 'Psychological trauma and help seeking behaviour amongst resettled Iraqi refugees in attending English tuition classes in Australia', International Journal of Mental Health Systems, vol 9, no 1 . Slewa-Younan, S., Uribe Guajardo, M., Heriseanu, A. and Hasan, T. (2014), 'A systematic review of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression amongst Iraqi refugees located in western countries', Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, vol 17, no 4 , pp 1231 - 1239. Mitchison, D., Hay, P., Slewa-Younan, S. and Mond, J. (2014), 'The changing demographic profile of eating disorder behaviors in the community', BMC Public Health, vol 14 . Slewa-Younan, S., Radulovic, M., Lujic, S., Hasan, T. and Raphael, B. (2014), 'Trauma in resettled Iraqi refugees : differences between those seeking psychological treatment versus those not seeking psychological treatment', Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, vol 23, no 9 , pp 917 - 929. Slewa-Younan, S., Mond, J., Buisson, E., Mohammad, Y., Uribe Guajardo, M., Smith, M., Milosevic, D., Lujic, S. and Jorm, A. (2014), 'Mental health literacy of resettled Iraqi refugees in Australia : knowledge about posttraumatic stress disorder and beliefs about helpfulness of interventions', BMC Psychiatry, vol 14, no 1 . Mitchison, D., Hay, P., Mond, J. and Slewa-Younan, S. (2013), 'Self-reported history of anorexia nervosa and current quality of life : findings from a community-based study', Quality of Life Research, vol 22, no 2 , pp 273 - 281. Mitchison, D., Mond, J., Slewa-Younan, S. and Hay, P. (2013), 'Sex differences in health-related quality of life impairment associated with eating disorder features : a general population study', International Journal of Eating Disorders, vol 46, no 4 , pp 375 - 380. Mitchison, D., Hay, P., Engel, S., Crosby, R., Le Grange, D., Lacey, H., Mond, J., Slewa-Younan, S. and Touyz, S. (2013), 'Assessment of quality of life in people with severe and enduring anorexia nervosa : a comparison of generic and specific instruments', BMC Psychiatry, vol 13 . Saxton, M., Slewa-Younan, S. and Lah, S. (2013), 'Social behaviour following severe traumatic brain injury : contribution of emotion perception deficits', NeuroRehabilitation, vol 33, no 2 , pp 263 - 271. Slewa-Younan, S., Chippendale, K., Heriseanu, A., Lujic, S., Atto, J. and Raphael, B. (2012), 'Measures of psychophysiological arousal among resettled traumatized Iraqi refugees seeking psychological treatment', Journal of Traumatic Stress, vol 25, no 3 , pp 348 - 352.