Professor Bryan Rodgers

BA(hons), MA (Oxford), MSc (London), PhD (Bristol)

Professor

T: +61 2 6125 0399
E: Bryan.Rodgers@anu.edu.au
Room 3231, Coombs Building

Research Interests

• childhood adversity and adult mental health

• long-term sequelae of parental divorce

• family relationships and mental health

• relationships of alcohol consumption with anxiety, depression and cognitive function

• models of vulnerability and resilience

• epidemiology of mental disorders over the life course

• mental health literacy

Selected Recent Publications

Rodgers, B., Korten, A. E., Jorm, A. F., Jacomb, P. A., Christensen, H. & Henderson, S. (2000). Non-linear relationships in associations of depression and anxiety with alcohol use. Psychological Medicine 30, 421-432.

Rodgers, B., Korten, A. E., Jorm, A. F., Christensen, H., Henderson, S. & Jacomb, P. A. (2000). Risk factors for depression and anxiety in abstainers, moderate drinkers and heavy drinkers. Addiction 95, 1833-1845.

Pryor, J. & Rodgers, B. (2001). Children in Changing Families: Life after Parental Separation. Blackwell: Oxford.

Caldwell, T. M., Rodgers, B., Jorm, A. F., Christensen, H., Jacomb, P. A., Korten, A. E. & Lynskey, M. T. (2002). Patterns of association between alcohol consumption and symptoms of depression and anxiety in young adults. Addiction 97, 583-594.

D'Souza, R. M., Strazdins, L., Lim, L., Broom, D. & Rodgers, B. (2003). Work and health in a contemporary society: demands, control and insecurity. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 57, 849-854.

Rodgers, B., Smyth, B. & Robinson, E. (2004). Mental health and the family law system. Journal of Family Studies 10, 50-70.

Mond, J., Rodgers, B., Hay, P. J., Korten, A. E., Owen, C. & Beumont, P. (2004). Disability associated with community cases of commonly occurring eating disorders. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 28, 246-251.

Mond, J. M., Rodgers, B., Hay, P. J., Owen, C. & Beumont, P. J. V. (2004). Mode of delivery, but not questionnaire length, affected response in an epidemiological study of eating-disordered behaviour. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 57, 1167-1171.

Rosenman, S. & Rodgers, B. (2004). Childhood adversity in an Australian population. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 39, 695-702.