Professor Ellie Fossey
Name: Ellie Fossey
Qualifications:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), 2009, The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Melbourne, Australia.
Master of Science (Health Psychology) (MSc), 1993, City University, London, England.
Diploma of the College of Occupational Therapists (DipCOT), 1980, United Kingdom
Title in Occupational Therapy Department:Professor and Head of Department
Phone number: +613 9904 4225
Email: ellie.fossey@monash.edu
Professor Ellie Fossey is a registered Occupational Therapist whose academic and professional career spans undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, curriculum development and research in occupational therapy and in mental health at universities in England and Australia, and professional practice principally in community mental health settings.
Other positions:
Adjunct Professor, Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University
Honorary Research Fellow, Psychosocial Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
Research Interests:
Ellie’s previous research has predominantly focused on participation and disability, experiences of everyday living with mental health issues, and the ways in which people’s occupations may be impacted by ongoing health conditions. Recent projects focus on tertiary education experiences and support of students with disabilities, employment barriers and workplace supports for employees experiencing mental health issues, and recovery-oriented practice in mental health services; and involve interdisciplinary and interagency research collaborations. Her research interests include:
- Qualitative, collaborative and participatory approaches to research
- Improving vocational options of people experiencing mental health issues
- Participation of students with disabilities and ongoing health conditions in postsecondary education
- Consumer involvement in mental health services and research
- Person-centred and occupation-focused approaches in mental health care
Awards
OT AUSTRALIA Gwendoline Sims Memorial National Research Award, 2001
Publications
Conteras, N.A., Fossey, E., Castle, D.J., Harvey, C., Crosse, C., Morgain, D. & Rossell, S. (in press) What is the personal experience of jobseekers with severe mental illness undertaking a cognitive remediation program? Psychosocial Intervention-Elsevier
Castle, D.J., Crosse, C., Morgain, D., McDowell, C. Rossell, S., Thomas, N., Philipou, A., Gilbert, M., Moore, G., Fossey, E. & Harvey, C. (2016). Helping people with a mental illness obtain work: the Health Optimisation Program for Employment. Australasian Psychiatry, 1039856216654400
Cavanagh, J., Bartram, T., Meacham, H., Bigby, C., Oakman, J. & Fossey, E. (2016). Supporting employees with disabilities in the workplace: A scoping review of human resource management in contemporary organisations. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources. DOI:10.1111/1744-7941.12111
Venville, A., Mealings, M., Ennals, P., Oates, J., Fossey, E., Douglas, J. & Bigby, C. (2016). Supporting students with mental illness or an acquired brain injury to participate in postsecondary education: a scoping review of approaches. International Journal of Disability, Development & Education. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1034912X.2016.1153050
Williams AE, Fossey E., Corbiere, M, Paluch, P & Harvey C. (2016). Making a difference to job tenure for people with severe mental illnesses: An integrative literature review. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 63, 65-85. DOI: 10.1111/1440-1630.12237
Doroud, N. Fossey, E. & Fortune, T. (2015). Recovery in everyday doing: A scoping review of the role of occupational engagement in recovery for people experiencing mental health issues. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 62, 378-392. DOI: 10.1111/1440-1630.12238
Davey, H., Imms, C. & Fossey, E. (2015). “Our child’s significant disability shapes our lives”: Experiences of family social participation. Disability & Rehabilitation, DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2015.1019013
Dun, C., Baker, K., Swan, J., Vlachou, V. & Fossey, E. (2015). Drive Safe Initiatives: Practice improvements in a mental health organization to support service users to drive safely. British Journal of Occupational Therapy DOI: 10.1177/0308022614562785
Ennals, P., Fossey, E. & Howie, L. (2015). Postsecondary study and mental ill-health: A metasynthesis of qualitative research exploring students’ lived experiences. Journal of Mental Health, 24(2), 111-119. DOI:10.3109/09638237.2015.1019052
McDowell, C. & Fossey, E. (2014). Workplace accommodations for people with mental illness: A scoping review. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, DOI: 10.1007/s10926-014-9512
Venville, A., Street, A.F. & Fossey, E. (2014). Good intentions: Teaching and specialist support staff perspectives of student disclosure of mental health issues in post-secondary education. International Journal of Inclusive Education DOI:10.1080/13603116.2014.881568
Bacon, T., Farhall, J. & Fossey, E. (2013). The Active Therapeutic Processes of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Persistent Symptoms of Psychosis: Clients’ Perspectives. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, doi:10.1017/S1352465813000209
Bennetts, W., Pinches, A., Paluch, T. & Fossey, E. (2013). Real lives, real jobs: Sustaining consumer perspective work in the mental health sector. Advances in Mental Health, 11(3), 308-320.
Ennals, P., Fossey, E., Harvey, C.A. & Killackey, E. (2013). Postsecondary education: Kindling opportunities for people with mental illness. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, Doi: 10.111/appy.12091
Venville, A., Street, A. & Fossey, E. (2013). Student perspectives on disclosure of mental illness in post- compulsory education: displacing doxa. Disability & Society, 29, 792-806
Venville, A., Street, A. & Fossey, E. (2013) Smoke and mirrors: recruiting hidden populations in VET. Creative Approachesto Research, 6(2), 45–56
Chaffey, L., Unsworth, C. & Fossey, E. (2012) Relationship between intuition and emotional intelligence among occupational therapists in mental health practice. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66, 88-96
Conteras, N., Rossell, S., Castle, D.J., Fossey, E., Morgain, D., Crosse, C. et al. (2012). Enhancing work-focused support for people with severe mental illness in Australia. Rehabilitation Research & Practice, Doi: 10.1155/2012/863203.
Fossey, E., Harvey, C., Moktari, M. & Meadows, G. (2012). Self-rated assessment of needs for mental health care: A qualitative analysis. Community Mental Health Journal, 48, 407-419.
Paluch, T., Fossey, E. & Harvey, C. (2012). Social firms: cross-sectoral partnerships to create employment opportunity and supportive workplaces for people with mental illness. WORK, 43(2), 63-75.
Williams, A.E., Fossey, E. & Harvey, C. (2012). Social Firms: creating sustainable employment for people with mental illness. WORK, 43(2), 53-62.
Fossey, E. (2011). Furry companions: caring, affection and connections. New Paradigm, Australian Journal on Psychosocial Rehabilitation [Summer], 30-33.
Chaffey, L., Unsworth, C. & Fossey, E. (2010). A grounded theory of intuition among occupational therapists in mental health practice. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 73, 300-308.
Fossey, E. & Harvey, C.A. (2010). Finding and sustaining mainstream employment: A qualitative meta-synthesis of mental health consumer views. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77, 303-314.
Williams, A.E., Fossey, E., & Harvey, C. (2010). Sustaining employment in a social firm: Use of the Work Environment Impact Scale v.2.0 to explore views of employees with psychiatric disabilities. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 73, 531-539.
Ennals, P. & Fossey, E. (2009). Using the OPHI-II to support people with mental illness in their recovery. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 25(2), 138-150.
Krupa, T., Fossey, E., Anthony, W., Brown, C. & Pitts, D. (2009). “Doing daily life” as a means to health, personal growth and empowerment: Occupational therapy, psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 32 (3), 155-161
Curtin, M & Fossey, E. (2007). Appraising the trustworthiness of qualitative studies: guidelines for occupational therapists. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 54, 88-94.
Ennals, P. & Fossey, E. (2007). The Occupational Performance History Interview (OPHI-II) in adult community mental health settings: Consumers’ and occupational therapists’ perspectives. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 54(1), 11-21.
Fossey E., Harvey, C.A., Plant, G., & Pantelis, C. (2006). Occupational performance of people diagnosed with schizophrenia in supported housing and outreach programmes in Australia. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 69 (9), 409-419.
Harvey, C., Fossey, E., Jackson, H., & Shimitras, L. (2006). Time use of people with schizophrenia living in the community: Predictors of participation in occupations and their implications for social inclusion. Journal of Mental Health, 15(1), 43-55.
Kennedy-Jones, M., Cooper, J. & Fossey, E. (2005). Developing a worker role: Stories of four people with severe mental illness. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 52, 116-126
Chaffey, L. & Fossey, E. (2004) Caring and daily life: Occupational experiences of women living with sons diagnosed with schizophrenia. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 51, 199-207.
Fossey, E, Bennetts W, Saunders S, McDermott F, Harvey C. (2004). Participating lives: Learning more about consumers’ aspirations and options for meaningful employment and other forms of occupation. New Paradigm: Australian Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, March 2004.
Fossey, E, Irwin P, Cassidy L, King L, Cahill, L., Jess, J., Lescun, E. & Parker, L. (2004). Sunshine Friendship Quilters’ Group: a trip in a taxi, a yap, a good laugh and a cup of tea. New Paradigm: Australian Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, December 2004.
Pantelis, C., Harvey, C.A., Plant, G., Fossey, E., Maruff, P., Stuart, G.W., Brewer, W.J., Nelson, H.E., Robbins, T.W. & Barnes, T.R.E. (2004). Behavioural and symptomatic syndromes in schizophrenia and their relationship to spatial working memory and attentional set-shifting ability. Psychological Medicine, 34, 693-704.
Farnworth, L. & Fossey, E. (2003). Occupational terminology interactive dialogue: Explaining concepts of time use, tempo and temporality. Journal of Occupational Science, 10, 150-153
Farnworth, L., Nitikin, L. & Fossey, E. (2003). Being in a secure forensic psychiatry unit: every day’s the same, killing time or making the most of it. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 67, 430-438.
Gray M, Fossey, E. (2003). The illness experiences and occupations of people with chronic fatigue syndrome. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 50, 127-136.
Shimitras L, Fossey, E, Harvey C. (2003). Time use of people living with schizophrenia in a North London catchment area. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66, 46-54.
Yuen M, Fossey, E. (2003). Working in a community recreation program: a study of consumer-staff perspectives. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 50, 54-63.
Fossey, E, Epstein M, Findlay R, Plant G, Harvey C. (2002). Creating a positive experience of research for consumers by sharing feedback. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 25, 369-378.
Fossey, E., Harvey, C.A., McDermott, F. & Davidson, L. (2002). Understanding and evaluating qualitative research. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 36, 717-732.
Meadows G, Burgess P, Bobevski I, Fossey, E et al. (2002). Perceived Need for Mental Health Care: Influences of Diagnosis, Demography, and Disability. Psychological Medicine, 32, 299-309.
Fossey, E. (2001). The interdisciplinary team (Part 2): Effective interdisciplinary teamwork: an occupational therapy perspective. Australasian Psychiatry, 9(3), 232-235
Fossey, E, Harvey CA. (2001). A conceptual review of functioning: implications for the development of consumer outcome measures. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 35, 91-98.
Meadows G, Burgess P, Bobevski I, Liaw ST, Fossey, E. (2001). Australian general practice and the meeting of need for mental health care. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 36, 595-603.
Meadows GN, Burgess P, Fossey E, Harvey CA. (2000). Perceived Need for Mental Health Care, Findings from the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Well-being. Psychological Medicine, 30, 645-656.
Meadows GN, Harvey CA, Fossey E, Burgess P. (2000). Assessing perceived need for mental health care in a community survey: development of the PNCQ. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 35, 427-435.
Research report
Fossey, E., Chaffey, L., Venville, A., Ennals, P., Douglas, J., Bigby, C. (in press). Supporting tertiary students with disabilities: Exploring the use of individualized and institution-level approaches in practice. Adelaide, SA: National Council for Vocational & Educational Research (NCVER).
Book
Meadows G., Farhall, J., Fossey, E., Grigg M., McDermott, F. & Singh, B. (Eds.)(2012). Mental health in Australia: Collaborative Community Practice, 3rd edition. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780195574883.
Book chapters
Fossey, E. & Bramley, S. (2014). Chapter 21: Work and vocational pursuits. In: K Bannigan, W Bryant & J Fieldhouse (Eds) Creek’s Occupational therapy in mental health (5th edition), Elsevier.
Bennett, C., Fossey, E., Farhall, J., Grigg, M., Jeffs, S. & Sundram, S. (2012). Schizophrenia and related disorders. In G. Meadows, J. Farhall, E.Fossey, M. Grigg, F. McDermott & B. Singh (Eds). Mental Health in Australia: A collaborative community practice. 3rd edition, pp. 741-788. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Bennetts, W., Callander, R. Cavill, M., Fossey, E., Meadows, G., Naughtin, G. & Renouf, N. (2012). Working collaboratively. In G. Meadows, J. Farhall, E.Fossey, M. Grigg, F. McDermott & B. Singh (Eds). Mental Health in Australia: A collaborative community practice. 3rd edition, pp. 320-341. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Bland, R., .Farhall, J., Fernbacher, S., Fossey, E., Happell, B., Katzantsis, N., King, R., Meadows, G., Minas, H., Petrik, A. & Willshire, D. (2012). Specialised assessment skills. In G. Meadows, J. Farhall, E, Fossey, M. Grigg, F. McDermott & B. Singh (Eds). Mental Health in Australia: A collaborative community practice. 3rd edition, pp. 394-427. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Fossey, E., Brophy, L., Grigg, M., Harmann, J., Hamilton, B., Harvey, C., Minas, H., Thorburn, K. & Watson, S. (2012). Case management. In G. Meadows, J. Farhall, E.Fossey, M. Grigg, F. McDermott & B. Singh (Eds). Mental Health in Australia: A collaborative community practice. 3rd edition, pp. 342-393. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Fossey, E., Cuff, R., Ennals, P., Grey, F., Lloyd, C., McKenzie, P., Meadows, G., Papakotsias, A., Waghorn, G. & Zimmermann, A. (2012). Supporting people in recovering and living well: In G. Meadows, J. Farhall, E.Fossey, M. Grigg, F. McDermott & B. Singh (Eds). Mental Health in Australia: A collaborative community practice. 3rd edition, pp. 502-528. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Gerrand, V., Singh, B., Nagel, T., Ash, D., Turnbull, C., Meadows, G., Fossey, E., Grigg, M., Rosen, A., Weir, W. & Benson, A. (2012). Mental health services in Australia. In G. Meadows, J. Farhall, E.Fossey, M. Grigg, F. McDermott & B. Singh (Eds). Mental Health in Australia: A collaborative community practice. 3rd edition, pp. 69-117. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
McDermott, F., Epstein, M. Olsen, A., Meadows, G. & Fossey, E. (2012). Society, mental health and illness. In
G. Meadows, J. Farhall, E.Fossey, M. Grigg, F. McDermott & B. Singh (Eds). Mental Health in Australia: A collaborative community practice. 3rd edition, pp. 3-30. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
McDermott, F., Meadows, G., Farhall, J., Callander, R., McKenzie, P., Sundram, S., Harvey, C. Favilla, A, McNab, C., Shawyer, F., Happell, B. Fossey, E., Wadsworth, Y. & Grey, F. (2012). Research in mental health practice. In G. Meadows, J. Farhall, E.Fossey, M. Grigg, F. McDermott & B. Singh (Eds). Mental Health in Australia: A collaborative community practice. 3rd edition, pp. 155-198. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
McDermott, F., Hupert, D. Blashki, G. Stone, L., Epstein, M., Olsen, A., Elsom, S., Meadows, G., Rosen, A., Singh, B., Ash, D., Turnbull, C. Bland, R., Fossey, E., Farhall, J., Tsismetsi, A. Nagel, T., Minas, H., Clarke, M., Leggatt, M. & Cavill, M. (2012). Active participants in mental health services. In G. Meadows, J. Farhall, E.Fossey, M. Grigg, F. McDermott & B. Singh (Eds). Mental Health in Australia: A collaborative community practice. 3rd edition, pp. 267-319. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Meadows, G., Cavill, M., Epstein, M., Fossey, E., Leggatt, M., Olsen, A., Minas, H. & Willshire, D. (2012). Assessment in practice: Essential knowledge and skills. In G. Meadows, J. Farhall, E.Fossey, M. Grigg,F. McDermott & B. Singh (Eds). Mental Health in Australia: A collaborative community practice. 3rd edition, pp. 342-393. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Kielhofner, G. & Fossey E. (2006). The range of research. In Kielhofner G. (Ed) (2006). Scholarship in Occupational Therapy: Methods of inquiry for enhancing practice. Philadelphia: FA Davis.
Kielhofner, G., Fossey, E. & Taylor, R. (2006). Disseminating research. In Kielhofner G. (Ed) (2006). Scholarship in Occupational Therapy: Methods of inquiry for enhancing practice. Philadelphia: FA Davis.
Kielhofner, G., Fossey, E. & Taylor, R. (2006). Writing a research report. In Kielhofner G. (Ed) (2006). Scholarship in Occupational Therapy: Methods of inquiry for enhancing practice. Philadelphia: FA Davis.
Dun C. & Fossey, E. (2002) Promoting the process of recovery. In S Pepper (ed) Vol 1: Towards recovery (Series - Psychosocial rehabilitation: Working with people with psychiatric disability), pp 45-51. Melbourne: New Paradigm Press.