Dr Carol Hulbert

PhD

Senior Lecturer / Director The University of Melbourne Psychology Clinic

Dr Hulbert has extensive clinical experience in adult mental health services as a senior clinical psychologist with a range of adjunctive managerial roles, as well as inresearch and program development in the areas of early psychosis and borderline personality. Recent work roles have involved secondary consultation, management, program development and research for Spectrum Personality Disorder service for Victoria. Her current position includes the Convernorship of the past graduate Clinical Psychology Program in the management of the University of Psychology Clinic, teaching, and clinical and research supervision in the University of Melbourne postgraduate Clinical Psychology Program. Teaching undertaken in the Clinical Psychology Program includes the areas of assessment of personality, aetiology and treatment of personality disorder, aetiology and treatment of the psychotic disorders and substance abuse.

Research Interests:

• Clinical Psychology
  • The aetiology, phenomenology, and treatment of borderline personality disorder
  • The classification of personality disorders
  • The role of personality in course and outcome for early psychosis
  • The psychological treatment of early psychosis

Recent Funded Research:

Selected Publications:.

Books

Henry, L., Edwards, J., Jackson, H., Hulbert, C., & McGorry, P. Cognitively oriented psychotherapy for early psychosis (COPE):: A practitioner's Manual . EPPIC: Melbourne, 2002.

Book Chapter

Jackson, H. J., McGorry, P. D., Edwards, J., & Hulbert, C. A. Cognitively-oriented psychotherapy for early psychosis. In Cotten, P., & H. J. Jackson (Eds.), Early intervention and prevention in mental health (pp. 131-154). Melbourne: Australian Psychological Society, 1996.

Jackson, H. J., Edwards, J., Hulbert, C. A., & McGorry, P.D.. Recovery from psychosis: Psychological interventions. In P. D. McGorry & H. J. Jackson (Eds.), The recognition and management of early psychosis (265-307). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Jackson, H. H., Hulbert, C. A., & Henry, L. P. The treatment of secondary morbidity in first-episode psychosis. In M. Birchwood, D. Fowler. & C. Jackson (eds), Early intervention in psychosis (pp.213-235). Chichester: Wiley, 2000.

Journal Articles

Hulbert, C. A., Jackson, H. J., & McGorry, P. D.. Relationship between personality and course and outcome in early psychosis: A review of the literature. Clinical Psychology Review , 16, 707-727, 1996.

Jackson, H. McGorry, P. Edwards, J. Hulbert, C. Henry, L. Francey, S. Maude, D., Cocks, J., Power, P., Harrigan S.& Dudgeon P.. Cognitively-oriented psychotherapy for early psychosis (COPE): Preliminary results. British Journal of Psychiatry, 172 (Supplement 33), 93-100, 1998.

Jackson, H., McGorry, P., Henry, L., Edwards, J., Hulbert, C., Harrigan, S., Dudgeon, P., Francey, S., Maude, D., Cocks, J., & Power, P. (2001). Cognitively oriented psychotherapy for early psychosis (COPE): A 1 year follow-up. British Journal of Clinical Psychology , 40, 57-70.

Jackson, H., McGorry, P., Edwards, J., Hulbert, C., Henry, L., Harrigan, S., Dudgeon, P., Francey, S., Maude, D., Cocks, J., Killackey, E. & Power, P. A randomized trial of Cognitively-oriented Psychotherapy for Early Psychosis (COPE) with four- year follow-up relapse data . Psychological Medicine, In Press.

PhD Students under Supervision:

Sarah Bendall, Esta Kannelopoulos, Alice Forwood