Dr Litza Kiropoulos
BEd-Sc, BSc(Hons)Psych, MClinPsych, PhD
Lecturer in Clinical Psychology
Joint position
Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne and Department of Psychology, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Contact details:
| email: litzak AT unimelb.edu.au | |
| telephone: +61 903 54063 fax: +61 3 9326 7616 |
Dr Kiropoulos currently holds a joint University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital position which involves a number of roles including teaching the Psychology of Health Problems and Psychosocial Perspectives of Disorders subjects in the Master of Clinical Psychology professional program; providing clinical and research supervision to Master of Clinical Psychology and PhD students; being responsible for supervising Master of Clinical Psychology students on clinical placement at the Royal Melbourne Hospital; and conducting her own research.
Dr Kiropoulos has extensive clinical experience in the area of adult mental health, particularly in hospital and medical settings, and is also currently working part-time as a senior clinical psychologist at Western Health.
Research Interests:
- Psychology of health problems
- Depression and anxiety disorders
- Development and evaluation of psychological interventions for the medically ill (i.e., Multiple Sclerosis, Coronary Heart Disease, Prostate, Breast and Gynaecologic cancers) and for different ethnic groups
- Personality, resilience and mental health
- Culture and mental health including immigrant and refugee mental health
- Cross cultural clinical practice
- Stigma and mental health
- Psychological test construction
- Explanatory models of illness / illness schemas
- E-mental health
Recent Funded Research:
| Project: | Effectiveness of a Multiple Sclerosis (MS) specific psychological intervention for depression and anxiety in those newly diagnosed with MS |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Funded by: | Neurosciences and Behavioural Science Domain Research Grant, University of Melbourne |
| Project: | Healthy Mind, Healthy Heart: Assessment of depression and related psychosocial factors in CALD people with CHD |
| Year: | 2008-2011 |
| Funded by: | Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders beyondblue: the national depression initiative |
| Project: | The psychosocial support and information needs of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) men with localised prostate cancer and their partners. |
| Year: | 2008-2009 |
| Funded by: | Victorian Cancer Agency, Supportive Care in Cancer Research Capacity Building Grant |
| Project: | Examination of Australian general practitioners' knowledge, attitudes and practices in relation to sleep disorders in the primary care setting |
| Year: | 2008-2009 |
| Funded by: | RACGP/CONROD Research Fellowship Grant |
| Project: | Multicultural Information on Depression online (MIDonline): Development of an IT resource to improve depression literacy and assist in pathways to mental health care for people of CALD background |
| Year: | 2006-2008 |
| Funded by: | Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders beyondblue: the national depression initiative |
| Project: | Trauma Online: Development and evaluation of an internet-based intervention for the treatment of acute PTSD and the treatment and prevention of chronic PTSD |
| Year: | 2006-2007 |
| Funded by: | Australian Rotary Health Research Fund |
| Project: | Pathways and barriers to mental health care in Sudanese young people |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Funded by: | Victorian Multicultural Commission: Strengthening Multicultural Communities grant |
Memberships:
- Member, APS College of Clinical Psychologists
- Member, APS College of Health Psychologists
- Registered Psychologist, AHPRA (Approved area of practice – Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology)