Research

Books

• Beatson, J., Rao, S., & Watson, C. (2010). Borderline Personality Disorder: Towards Effective Treatment.

• Donald, F., & Potter, A. (2020). Spectrum Common Factors Treatment: A Brief Individual Intervention for Borderline Personality Disorder. Melbourne, VIC: Spectrum.

• Chapter: Personality Disorders (Rao, S,. Broadbear, JH,. Brown, R.) (2019). Mental Health and Collaborative Community Practice: An Australian Perspective. Fourth Edition, ISBN 9780190309916 Edited by Graham Meadows, John Farhall, Ellie Fossey, Brenda Happell, Fiona McDermott and Sebastian Rosenberg.

• Chapter: Rao, S. (June 2019). Drugs in Psychiatry.

• Rao, S and Beatson J. (Editors) (2019). Developing a state-wide service for the treatment of patients with Borderline Personality Disorder, in Humanising Mental Health Care in Australia.

• Beatson, J., Rao, S., & Watson, C. (2010). Borderline Personality Disorder: Towards Effective Treatment.

• Morton, J., & Shaw, L. (2012). Wise Choices: Acceptance and Commitment therapy groups for people with borderline personality disorder.

• National Health and Medical Research Council. Clinical practice guideline for the management of borderline personality disorder. (2012). Melbourne: National Health and Medical Research Council.

Journal papers

• Broadbear, J.H., Beatson, J.A., Moss, F., Jayaram, H., George, K., Planinic, A., Rodrigo, K., & Rao, S. (2022): Development and Preliminary Evaluation of a Rapid Screening Tool for Detecting Borderline Personality Disorder in People Aged over 60 Years, Clinical Gerontologist, https://doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2022.2123727

• Brown, R., Heidari, P. Taylor, K., Veltkamp, J., Broadbear, J.H., Rao, S. (2022) Assessment of peer-conceptualised, written and led single-session group interventions for carers supporting a person with borderline personality disorder, Advances in Mental Health, https://doi.org/10.1080/18387357.2021.2020139

• Broadbear, J.H., Rotella, J.-A., Lorenze, D. and Rao, S. (2022), Emergency department utilisation by patients with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder: An acute response to a chronic disorder. Emergency Medicine Australasia. https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.13970

• Heidari, P., Broadbear, J., Cheney, L., Dharwadkar, N., Rao, S (2022). The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the well-being of mental healthcare providers working in a specialist clinic for personality disorder. Australian Psychologist. 57:1, 21-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/00050067.2021.1990735

• Cheney L, Broadbear JH, Rao S (2022). Disjunction in the subjective and objective measurement of co-occurring depression in borderline personality disorder – Implications for diagnosis. Australasian Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1177/10398562211065296

• Dharwadkar, N., Broadbear, J., Heidari, P., Cheney, L., Rao, S (2022). Psychotherapy via Telehealth during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia–Experience of Clients with a Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder. Global Journal of Health Science. 14 (1). https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v14n1p29

• Heidari, P., Broadbear, J., Cheney, L., Dharwadkar, N., Rao, S (2021). The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the well-being of clients of a specialist personality disorder service. Australasian Psychiatry. 30 (2):235-238. https://doi.org/10.1177/10398562211057078

• Broadbear, J., Heidari, P., Dharwadkar, N., Cheney, L., Rao, S (2021). Telehealth Psychotherapy for Severe Personality Disorder during COVID-19: Experience of Australian Clinicians. Global Journal of Health Science. 13 (12). https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v13n12p61

• Gec, D.,Broadbear, J.H., Bourton, D., Rao, S. (2021). Ten-week Intensive Group Program (IGP) for borderline personality disorder: making the case for more accessible and affordable psychotherapy. Evidence-Based Mental Health;24:e1

• Nithianandan M, Heidari P, Broadbear J, Rao S. Confidence of psychiatry trainees in meeting the needs of borderline personality disorder in comparison with schizophrenia. Australasian Psychiatry. February 2021. doi:10.1177/1039856221992650

• Rao, S., Heidari, P., & Broadbear, J. H. (2020). Developments in diagnosis and treatment of people with borderline personality disorder. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 33(5), 441-446. doi:10.1097/yco.0000000000000625

• Broadbear, J. H., Dwyer, J., Bugeja, L., & Rao, S. (2020). Coroners’ investigations of suicide in Australia: The hidden toll of borderline personality disorder. J Psychiatr Res, 129, 241-249. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.07.007

• Broadbear, J. H., & Rao, S. (2020). Designing a study to evaluate a clinical training program: Training clinicians to assess ongoing risk in people with borderline personality disorder.In SAGE Research Methods Cases. doi: https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781529740882

• Rao, S., & Broadbear, J. (2019). Borderline personality disorder and depressive disorder. Australasian Psychiatry, 27(6), 573-577. doi:10.1177/1039856219878643

• Beatson, J. A., Broadbear, J. H., Duncan, C., Bourton, D., & Rao, S. (2019). Avoiding Misdiagnosis When Auditory Verbal Hallucinations Are Present in Borderline Personality Disorder. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 207(12), 1048-1055. doi:10.1097/nmd.0000000000001073

• Donald, F., Lawrence, K. A., Broadbear, J. H., & Rao, S. (2019). An exploration of self-compassion and self-criticism in the context of personal recovery from borderline personality disorder. Australasian Psychiatry, 27(1), 56-59. doi:10.1177/1039856218797418

• Palihawadana, V., Broadbear, J. H., & Rao, S. (2019). Reviewing the clinical significance of ‘fear of abandonment’ in borderline personality disorder. Australasian Psychiatry, 27(1), 60-63. doi:10.1177/1039856218810154

• Rao, S. (2019). Borderline personality disorder–a misunderstood disorder. Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry, 10(2).

• Elsner, D., Broadbear, J. H., & Rao, S. (2018). What is the clinical significance of chronic emptiness in borderline personality disorder? Australas Psychiatry, 26(1), 88-91. doi:10.1177/1039856217734674

• Beatson, J., Broadbear, J. H., Lubrnan, D. I., & Rao, S. (2017). Hallucinations in BPD: more prevalent than community sample study suggests? Br J Psychiatry, 211(4), 250-251. doi:10.1192/bjp.211.4.250b

• Rao, S., Broadbear, J. H., Thompson, K., Correia, A., Preston, M., Katz, P., & Trett, R. (2017). Evaluation of a novel risk assessment method for self-harm associated with Borderline Personality Disorder. Australas Psychiatry, 25(5), 460-465. doi:10.1177/1039856217707390

• Donald, F., Duff, C., Broadbear, J., Rao, S., & Lawrence, K. (2017). Consumer perspectives on personal recovery and borderline personality disorder. The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 12(6), 350-359. doi:10.1108/JMHTEP-09-2016-0043

• Donald, F., Duff, C., Lawrence, K., Broadbear, J., & Rao, S. (2017). Clinician perspectives on recovery and borderline personality disorder. The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 12(3), 199-209. doi:10.1108/JMHTEP-09-2016-0044

• Broadbear, J. H., Nesci, J., Thomas, R., Thompson, K., Beatson, J., & Rao, S. (2016). Evaluation of changes in prescription medication use after a residential treatment programme for borderline personality disorder. Australasian Psychiatry, 24(6), 583-588.

• Beatson, J., Broadbear, J. H., Sivakumaran, H., George, K., Kotler, E., Moss, F., & Rao, S. (2016). Missed diagnosis: The emerging crisis of borderline personality disorder in older people. Aust N Z J Psychiatry, 50(12), 1139-1145. doi:10.1177/0004867416640100

• Beatson, J., & Rao, S. (2014). Psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder. Australasian Psychiatry, 22(6), 529-532.

• Beatson, J. A., & Rao, S. (2013). Depression and borderline personality disorder. Medical Journal of Australia, 199, S24-S27.

• Morton, J., Snowdon, S., Gopold, M., & Guymer, E. (2012). Acceptance and commitment therapy group treatment for symptoms of borderline personality disorder: A public sector pilot study. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 19(4), 527-544.

• Lubman, D., Hall, K., Pennay, A., & Rao, S. (2011). Managing borderline personality disorder and substance use An integrated approach. Australian Family Physician, 40, 376-381.

• Hulbert, C., & Thomas, R. (2010). Predicting self-injury in BPD: an investigation of the experiential avoidance model. Journal of personality disorders, 24(5), 651-663.

• Giffin, J. (2008). Family experience of borderline personality disorder. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 29(3), 133-138.

• Hulbert, C., & Thomas, R. (2007). Public sector group treatment for severe personality disorder: a 12-month follow-up study. Australasian Psychiatry, 15(3), 226-231.