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

• 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.

Review Manuscripts

• Dharwadkar N, Broadbear JH, Heidari P, Cheney L, Rao S. Psychotherapy via telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic – an Australian consumer experience. Patient Experience Journal (March 2021)
• Heidari P, Broadbear JH, Cheney L , Dharwadkar N, Rao S. The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the well-being of mental healthcare providers working in a specialist clinic for personality disorder. Under review at Australian Psychologist.
• Heidari P, Broadbear JH, Cheney L , Dharwadkar N, Rao S. The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the well-being of Australians with severe borderline personality disorder. Under review at Australasian Psychiatry.
• Cheney L, Broadbear JH, Rao S. Disjunction in the subjective and objective measurement of co-occurring depression in Borderline Personality Disorder – implications for diagnosis. For submission to ANZJP
• Broadbear JH, Beatson J, Moss F, Jayaram H, George K, Planinic A, Rodrigo K, Rao S. Preliminary evaluation of a screening tool for detecting Borderline Personality Disorder in people aged over 60. For submission to ANZJP
• Broadbear JH, Heidari P, Dharwadkar N, Cheney L, Rao S. Telehealth psychotherapy for severe personality disorder during COVID-19: Experience of Australian clinicians. Drafting for submission.
• Wheeler J, Mildred H, Broadbear JH, Mellor D, Rao S. How is suicide risk assessed in Australian Public Mental Health? A qualitative analysis of risk protocols in the context of Borderline Personality Disorder. Revising for submission to Psychiatry Research.
• Brown R, Heidari P, Taylor K, Veltkamp J, Broadbear JH, Rao S. Assessment of peer-conceptualised, written and led single-session group interventions for carers supporting a person with borderline personality disorder. Advances in Mental Health (Special Issue: Peer support in mental health services), under review April 2021.