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North Terrace Campus
Level 4, Hughes Building
The University of Adelaide
SA 5005
AUSTRALIA
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Telephone: +61 8 8303 5693
(Country and interstate callers toll free on 1800 061 459)
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Phil Tully

Room 245, Hughes Building

Phone

Fax +61 (08) 8303 3770

phillip.tully@adelaide.edu.au

Area of Research

Clinical psychology and health psychology.

Awards

Australian Postgraduate Award (2006).

Department of General Practice vocational research scholarship: The Discharge Planning Needs of Young Offenders (2005).

Faculty of Health Sciences vocational research scholarship: Needlestick Injury Among Hospital Staff (2004).

Psychology Research Interests

My research interests are generally in the areas of Health Psychology and Public Health Psychology. My particular interests include recovery from surgery, young offender health, exposure to blood borne pathogens among healthcare workers, and coping with illness.

Research Project

This study seeks to determine the relationship between self-reported psychosocial risk factors and post-surgical complications following coronary bypass surgery. Specifically, this study will explore the role of psychosocial variables in predicting re-hospitalisation, resource utilisation, mortality and morbidity. A secondary aim is to determine whether psychological interventions can reduce re-hospitalisation among patients.

Recent Key Publications

Tully PJ, Winefield HR, Baker RA, Turnbull DA, de Jonge P. Confirmatory factor analysis of the Beck Depression Inventory-II and the association with cardiac morbidity and mortality after coronary revascularization. Journal of Health Psychology(in press)

Tully PJ, Baker RA, Winefield HR, Turnbull DA. Depression, anxiety disorders and Type D personality as risk factors for delirium after cardiac surgery. ANZ J Psychiatry (in press)

Tully PJ, Bennets JS, Baker RA, McGavican AD. Turnbull DA, Winefield HR. Anxiety, depression and stress as risk factors for atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery. Heart & Lung (in press)

Tully PJ, Baker RA, Knight JL, Turnbull DA, Winefield HR. (2009). Neuropsychological function five years after cardiac surgery and the effect of psychological distress. Arch Clin Neuropsychol, 24(8), 741-751.

Tully PJ, Zajac IT, Venning A. (2009). The structure of anxiety and depression symptoms in a normative sample of younger and older Australian adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psycholology, 37(5), 717-726.