Research Publications

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Meaklim, H., Le, F., Drummond, S. P., Bains, S. K., Varma, P., Junge, M. F., & Jackson, M. L. (2024). Insomnia is more likely to persist than remit after a time of stress and uncertainty: A longitudinal cohort study examining trajectories and predictors of insomnia symptoms. Sleep, zsae028.

Hailey Meaklim, Lisa J Meltzer, Imogen C Rehm, Moira F Junge, Melissa Monfries, Gerard A Kennedy, Romola S Bucks, Marnie Graco, Melinda L Jackson, Disseminating sleep education to graduate psychology programs online: a knowledge translation study to improve the management of insomnia, Sleep, Volume 46, Issue 10, October 2023, zsad169, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsad169

Jackson, M. L., Meaklim, H., & Mason, E. C. (2023). Digital Therapies for Insomnia. In Digital Mental Health: A Practitioner’s Guide (pp. 95-114). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

H., Rehm, I.C., Junge, M.F., Monfries, M., Kennedy, G.A., Bucks, R.S., Meltzer, L.J. and Jackson, M.L., 2022. Evaluation of a Sleep Education Workshop for Trainee Psychologists Designed to Increase Knowledge and Practical Skills in Sleep and Insomnia Management: A Pilot Study. Preprint

Meaklim, H., Burge, M., Le, F., Bains, S.K., Saunders, W., Ghosh, S., Junge, M.F., Varma, P., Rehm, I.C. and Jackson, M.L., 2022. Strange themes in pandemic dreams: Insomnia was associated with more negative, anxious and death‐related dreams during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Journal of sleep research, p.e13655.

Meaklim, H., Junge, M. F., Varma, P., Finck, W. A., & Jackson, M. L. (2022). Beyond Stress: Altered Sleep-Wake Patterns are a Key Behavioral Risk Factor for Acute Insomnia During Times of Crisis. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 1-18.

Bensen-Boakes, D. B., Lovato, N., Meaklim, H., Bei, B., & Scott, H. (2022). “Sleep-wake state discrepancy”: toward a common understanding and standardized nomenclature. Sleep, 45(10), zsac187.

Meaklim, H., Rehm, I. C., Monfries, M., Junge, M., Meltzer, L. J., & Jackson, M. L. (2021). Wake up psychology! Postgraduate psychology students need more sleep and insomnia education. Australian Psychologist, 56(6), 485-498.

Meaklim, H., Junge, M. F., Varma, P., Finck, W. A., & Jackson, M. L. (2021). Pre-existing and post-pandemic insomnia symptoms are associated with high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 17(10), 2085-2097.

Peters, A., Reece, J., Meaklim, H., Junge, M., Cunnington, D., Ong, J. C., … & Greenwood, K. M. (2021). Mindfulness and Behaviour Therapy for Insomnia: An Assessment of Treatment Effect in a Sleep Disorders Clinic Population with Insomnia. Behaviour Change, 38(1), 25-39.

Shergis, J. L., Hyde, A., Meaklim, H., Varma, P., Da Costa, C., & Jackson, M. L. (2021). Medicinal seeds Ziziphus spinosa for insomnia: A randomized, placebo-controlled, cross-over, feasibility clinical trial. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 57, 102657.

Ellender, C. M., Zahir, S. F., Meaklim, H., Joyce, R., Cunnington, D., & Swieca, J. (2021). Prospective cohort study to evaluate the accuracy of sleep measurement by consumer-grade smart devices compared with polysomnography in a sleep disorders population. BMJ open, 11(11), e044015.

Varma, P., Burge, M., Meaklim, H., Junge, M., & Jackson, M. L. (2021). Poor sleep quality and its relationship with individual characteristics, personal experiences and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(11), 6030.

Varma, P., Junge, M., Meaklim, H., & Jackson, M. L. (2021). Younger people are more vulnerable to stress, anxiety and depression during COVID-19 pandemic: A global cross-sectional survey. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 109, 110236.

Meaklim, Hailey, Melinda L. Jackson, Delwyn Bartlett, Bandana Saini, Karen Falloon, Moira Junge, James Slater, Imogen C. Rehm, and Lisa J. Meltzer. (2020) Sleep education for healthcare providers: Addressing deficient sleep in Australia and New Zealand. Sleep Health 6 (5), 636-650.

Low, T., Conduit, R., Varma, P., Meaklim, H., & Jackson, M. L. (2020). Treating subclinical and clinical symptoms of insomnia with a mindfulness-based smartphone application: A pilot study. Internet Interventions, 21, 100335.

Hatt, A., Brown, E., Berlowitz, D. J., O’Donoghue, F., Meaklim, H., Connelly, A., … & Bilston, L. E. (2020). Tetraplegic obstructive sleep apnoea patients dilate the airway similarly to able-bodied obstructive sleep apnoea patients. The journal of spinal cord medicine, 1-11.

Varma, P., Jackson, M. L., & Meaklim, H. (2019). Dreaming of the good old days: sleep in older adults. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 49(3), 209-211.

Wijesuriya, N. S., Eckert, D. J., Jordan, A. S., Schembri, R., Lewis, C., Meaklim, H., Booker, L., Brown, D., Graco, M., & Berlowitz, D. J. (2019). A randomised controlled trial of nasal decongestant to treat obstructive sleep apnoea in people with cervical spinal cord injury. Spinal cord, 1.

Meaklim, H., Abbott, J.-A. M., Kennedy, G. A., Murray, G., Klein, B., & Rehm, I. (2018). Lessons learned from delivering an internet intervention for insomnia in an Australian public hospital outpatient setting. Australian Psychologist, doi:10.1111/ap.12374

Meaklim H., Swieca J., Junge M., Laska I., Kelly D., Joyce R., & Cunnington D. (2018). The DSM 5 Self-Rated Level 1 Cross Cutting Symptom Measure identifies high levels of coexistent psychiatric symptomatology in patients referred for insomnia treatment. Nature and Science of Sleep, 10. 

Sharon, D., Allen, R. P., Martinez-Martin, P., Walters, A. S., Strambi, L. F., Högl, B., Trottig, L.M., Buchfuhrer, M., Swieca,J., Bogan, R.K.,  Zak., R., Hensley, J.G., Schaefer, L.A., Marelli, S.,  Zucconi, M., Stefani, A., Holzknecht, E., Olvera, V., Meaklim, H., Laska, I., & Becker, P.M (2018). Validation of the self-administered version of the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group severity rating scale–the sIRLS. Sleep Medicine.

Meaklim, H., & Cunnington, D. (2018). Web-based cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia shows long-term efficacy in improving chronic insomnia. Evidence-based mental health, 21(1), e3-e3

Swieca, J., Hamilton, G.S., & Meaklim, H. (2017).The management, privacy and medico-legal issues of electronic CPAP data in Australia and New Zealand. Sleep Medicine, 36 (S1), S48-S55.

O’Donoghue, F. J., Meaklim, H., Bilston, L., Hatt, A., Connelly, A., Jackson, G., … & Berlowitz, D. J. (2017). Magnetic resonance imaging of the upper airway in patients with quadriplegia and obstructive sleep apnea. Journal of sleep research.Meaklim, H., Junge, M. F., Varma, P., Finck, W. A., & Jackson, M. L. (2023). Beyond Stress: Altered Sleep-Wake Patterns are a Key Behavioral Risk Factor for Acute Insomnia During Times of Crisis. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 21(2), 208-225.