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Associate Professor Ross G. Menzies

Associate Professor Ross Menzies

Qualifications: BSc (Psych) Hons I. MPsychol (Clin) Hons I. PhD, UNSW

Positions held:

  • Associate Professor, Australian Stuttering Research Centre & Discipline of Behavioural and Social Sciences
  • Director, Anxiety Disorders Clinic, The University of Sydney

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Biography

Associate Professor Ross Menzies is a clinical psychologist with an interest in the origins and management of anxiety. He has developed cognitive behaviour therapy packages for obsessive compulsive disorder, the phobic disorders and stuttering. He is the past national president of the AACBT.  He is currently the Director of the Anxiety Clinic at The University of Sydney.


Teaching and Service Responsibilities

Research Opportunities

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Selected Publications

  • Iverach, L, et al. 2009, ‘Prevalence of anxiety disorders among adults seeking speech therapy for stuttering',  Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 2, 928-934.
  • Menzies, R., et al. 2008, ‘An experimental clinical trial of a cognitive behavior therapy package for chronic stuttering',  Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 51, 1451-1464.
  • Menzies, R.G., & Parker, L. 2001, ‘The origins of height fear: An evaluation of neoconditioning explanations', Behaviour Research and Therapy, 39, 185-199.
  • Menzies, R.G., Harris, L. M., Cumming, S., & Einstein, D. A. 2000, ‘The relationship between inflated personal responsibility and exaggerated danger expectancies in obsessive-compulsive disorder', Behaviour Research and Therapy, 38, 1029-1037
  • Menzies, R.G., Onslow, M., & Packman, A. 1999, ‘Anxiety and stuttering: Exploring a complex relationship', American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 8, 3-10
  • Jones, M. K., & Menzies, R.G. 1998, ‘Danger Ideation Reduction Therapy (DIRT) for obsessive-compulsive washing: A controlled trial', Behaviour Research and Therapy, 36, 959-970
  • Jones, M. K., & Menzies, R.G. 1997 ‘The cognitive mediation of obsessive-compulsive hand washing' Behaviour Research and Therapy, 35, 843-850
  • Menzies, R.G. 1996, ‘The origins of specific phobias in a mixed clinical sample: Classificatory differences between two origins instruments', Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 10, 347-354

Selected Grants

  • NHMRC Program Grant, 2011-2015, $4.6 million
  • NHMRC Program Grant, 2006-2010, $4.1 million
  • NHMRC Project Grant, 2010-2012, $695,850
  • ARC Discovery Grant 2006-2008, $210,000
  • NHMRC Project Grant 2000-2002 $197,000

Further grants and further publications

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