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Maree is a Professor in Epidemiology at UCLAN and is Program Head, Mental Health at The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, focusing on developing simple, cost effective strategies to prevent depression and significantly improve the outcome for people with cardiovascular disease. She has a particular interest in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. This is in concordance with her current National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Fellowship (Level 2) Improving the identification, management and outcome of people with depression and other chronic diseases.
Psychological problems in people with physical illness
Towfighi A, Ovbiagele B, El Husseini N, Hackett ML, Jorge RE, Kissela BM, Mitchell PH, Skolarus LE, Whooley MA, Williams LS, on behalf of the American Heart Association Stroke Council; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; and Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research. Poststroke depression: a scientific statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke. 2017;48(2):e30-e43
Hackett ML, Farnbach S, Glozier N, Skinner T, Teixeira-Pinto A, Askew D, Gee G, Cass A, Brown A. Getting it Right: study protocol to determine the diagnostic accuracy of a culturally-specific measure to screen for depression in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. BMJ Open 2016;6:e015009. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015009
Hackett ML, Pickles K. Part I: Frequency of depression after stroke: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. International Journal of Stroke 2014;9:1017-1025
Kutlabaev MA, Hackett ML. Part II: Predictors of depression after stroke and impact of depression on stroke outcome: an updated systematic review of observational studies. International Journal of Stroke 2014;9:1026-1036
Cochrane systematic reviews and meta-analyses
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for stroke recovery