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 Books and Book Chapters

  1. Manjula Datta O’Connor. Book. Daughters of Durga. Melbourne University Press Publish date 15 June 2022

  2. Subramani, S., Wang, H., Islam, M.R., Ulhaq, A., O’Connor, M. (2018). Child Abuse and Domestic Abuse: Content and Feature Analysis from Social Media Disclosures. In: Wang, J., Cong, G., Chen, J., Qi, J. (eds) Databases Theory and Applications. ADC 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10837. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92013-9_14

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Publications in Journals

  1. Manjula O’Connor and Mannat Kaur Mali. 2025. Public health implications of Australian dowry abuse legislation. British Journal of Psychiatry. Invited Editorial   Accepted. In Press.

  2. Manjula O’Connor. 2025. Neuroscience of Racism. Lessons for Australian Medicine. In Press. Australasian Psychiatry

  3. Manjula O’Connor and Amanda Lee. The health impacts of dowry abuse on South Asian communities in Australia. Med J Aust 2022; 216 (1): 11-13. || doi: 10.5694/mja2.51358

  4. Manjula O’Connor. Book Review: Heart of Violence. Why People Harm Each Other. Australasian Psychiatry. November 24, 2020.

  5. Manjula O’Connor.2020. Adjunctive therapy with brexpiprazole improves treatment resistant complex post-traumatic stress disorder in domestic family violence victims. Australasian Psychiatry 2020, Vol 28(3) 264–266

  6. Manjula O’Connor, Jan Breckenridge, Sara Singh, Mailin Suchting.2019. Understanding Dowry And Dowry Abuse In Australia. Fifteenth day Blogathon. 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign Blogathaon. https://16daysblogathon.blog/2019/12/08/day-fifteen-understanding-dowry-and-dowry-abuse-in-australia/

  7. Manjula O’Connor, Samir Ibrahim .2018. Suicidality and family violence in Australian immigrant women presenting to out-patient mental health settings. An observational study. Australasian Psychiatry. 2018 Apr;26(2):224-225.

  8.   Kirsty Forsdike, Manjula O'Connor, David Castle, Kelsey Hegarty .2018.  Exploring Australian psychiatrists’ and psychiatric trainees’ knowledge, attitudes and preparedness in responding to adults experiencing domestic violence. July 2018. Australasian Psychiatry. DOI: 10.1177/1039856218789778.

  9. Sudha Subramanium, Manjula O’Connor . Extracting Actionable Knowledge from Domestic Violence Discourses on Social Media.  European Union Digital Library.  18(17): e2. Published 29th May 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.29-5-2018.154807.

  10. Deidre Smith, Jerome Sarris, Nathan Dowling, Manjula O’Connor, Chee Ng. 22 February 2017. Adjunctive low-dose docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) for major depression: An open- label pilot . Journal of Nutritional neuroscience

  11.  M O’Connor. March 27, 2017. Dowry related Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Australasian Psychiatry.

  12.  O’Connor M and Ibrahim S.  Suicidality in victims of family violence- comparison of two cohorts of migrants presenting to outpatient mental health clinics. Australasian Psychiatry. April 3, 2018.

  13. O’Connor M & Colluci E. 2015. Exploring social distress in Domestic Violence in Australian Indian Migrant Women through Participatory Community Theatre. January 2016, Journal of Transcultural Psychiatry.

  14. Colucci, E., O`Connor, M., Field, K., Baroni, A., Pryor, R., Minas, H. 2013. Nature of domestic violence, barriers to services among Indian immigrant women. Alterstice. International Journal of Intercultural Research 3(2).

  15. O’Connor M. 2014. Teaching Empathy to men could save lives. The Age Opinion 23 November 2014.

  16. O'Connor, Manjula MBBS, DPM, MMed (Geriatrics), FRANZCP; Silver, Henry MBBS, BMed Sci, DPM, FRANZCP . Adding Risperidone to Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Improves Chronic Depression. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 18(1):p 89-91, February 1998.

  17. O’Connor M. Adjunctive therapy with brexpiprazole improves treatment resistant complex post-traumatic stress disorder in domestic family violence victims. Australasian Psychiatry. 2020 Jun;28(3):264-266. doi: 10.1177/1039856219889303

  18. O’Connor M. April 2011.” Stigma –Do not submit “MIPS Newsletter

  19. O’Connor M. 2001 “Depressive Illness in Women” Women’s Health Victoria”, May Vol. 8, No.4,

  20.  O’Connor M 1991 “Sexuality and Disturbed Behaviour in the Elderly”, Current Therapeutics, August.

  21. O’Connor M 1987 “Depression in the Elderly”, Current Therapeutics, January 1987.

  22. O’Connor M 1986 “Disturbed Behaviour in the Elderly – Medical or Psychiatric Problem?” Medical Journal of Australia, May 1986, Vol.144, pp 558.

  23. O’Connor M. and Grigor J. 1984. “Double Blind Study Comparing the Efficacy of Zimelidine and Amitriptyline in Endogenous Depression” Prog. Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biol. Psyh., 1984, Vol.8, pp 127-132

  24. O’Connor M.and H.W.G. Baker 1983 “Depo-medroxy Progesterone Acelate as an Adjunctive Treatment in three Aggressive Schizophrenic patients” .ACTA Psychiatry,Scand, 1983, 67:399-403.

  25. O’Connor M. and J. Pettiford, 1982 “Zimelidine in Chronic Suicidal Behaviour”, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 1982, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp 296-297.

  26. O’Connor M., Johnson G .   Intra-uterine Effects of Phenothiazines”, Medical Journal of Australia, 1981, Vol. 1 pp 416-417.

  27. O’Connor M 1981 “Pindolol in Schizophrenia”, Medical Journal of Australia, 1981, 1 (8) pp 429.

  28. O’Connor M 1980 “Further Toxic Effect of Parental Chlorpromazine”, Medical Journal of Australia, 1980, Vol. 2. No.4, pp 227.

  29. O’Connor M 1980 “Muscle Neurosis induced by IM Chlorpromazine”, Medical Journal of Australia, 1980, pp 361:1-46.

 

Invited Keynote Adress

i Mental health in the shadows of family violence. RANZCP South Australia Branch. October 2025.

ii Invited Keynote speaker Medico-legal Society, Victoria. Intersection of migration, domestic violence and mental health. November 2025

iii Invited Grand Round Presentation to Sunshine and Western Hospital Intersection of migration, domestic violence and mental health. September 2025

iv Invited speaker Public lecture ‘Pillars of Light’ Jewish New Year celebration  Federal Square 12 December 2024, Peaceful Coexistence In Multicultural Australia, invited by The Jewish Australian Council Rabbi Gabi Kaltman

v Victorian Branch Royal Australia New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. “The workings of society impact mental health. Psychiatrists have a role. 2023

vi Invited speaker Grand Round Werribee Mercy Hospital 2023.

vii - Invited Co- Chair Panel session with Professor Meera Mahapatro at the 19th IUAES-WAU World Anthropology Congress 2023, held at Delhi University, India. 

viii Dowry abuse and mental health harm in migrant communities. RANZCP Social and Cultural Psychiatry Conference Collaborating.2019

ix A migrant woman’s journey in Australia. International Women’s Day. Tamil literary society. 16 March 2019

xx Dowry abuse in Australia. Wellsprings for Women. 16 Days of Activism.Love is not abuse. 3 December 2020

xi. Dowry, mental health harm and human rights. Keynote address 2nd National Dowry Abuse Summit, ACHRH and UNSW. 22 Feb 2019

xii Dowry abuse in migrant communities. Stop Domestic Violence. Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association. Gold Coast Dec.2018

xiii.  Guest of Honour’ speech for the inaugural session of the International Seminar by MBCP College Lucknow titled “Global Connections: Unveiling The Indian Diaspora's Transnational Impact” 2023.

xiv.  UN Women March 2013. Invited Panellist by National Council of Women of The United States.   A Global Outcry: It Should Not Hurt to be a Girl. see https://vgifun.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/shouldnothurt/

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