Charles Marley

University of Adelaide · Faculty of Health Sciences

Rather than being evidence-based, the ‘everyday’ practice of ADHD health care enacted daily by a multitude of professionals is the result of the interaction of historical, social, political, economic and institutional elements. By drawing on several critical theorists, this book provides an ethnographic investigation of the nexus of elements that c...

In this paper we discuss the reproduction of the compliant worker, required by the neoliberal labour market, through subjective re-constitution. We follow Foucault in positioning neoliberalism as a political rationality which can usefully be excavated with Foucauldian 'tools': analytics of gov-ernmentality, problematisation and power-knowledge. We...

Lay abstract: Parents of children with autism spectrum condition report increased stress and difficulties compared with parents of typically developing children. Our knowledge and understanding of how autism spectrum condition presents in autistic females is currently limited and parents of this population may experience challenges when raising th...

COVID-19 is compromising all aspects of society, with devastating impacts on health, political, social, economic and educational spheres. A premium is being placed on scientific research as the source of possible solutions, with a situational imperative to carry out investigations at an accelerated rate. There is a major challenge not to neglect et...

Background: Increasing numbers of children have been forced to flee and seek asylum in high-income countries. Current research indicates that focussing on resilience and protective factors is an important long-term goal for positive mental health and psychological functioning of refugee children. Methods: We performed a systematic review of quan...

Introduction: The sustainability of resuscitation skills is a widespread concern, with a rapid decay in competence following training reported in many health disciplines. Meanwhile, training programs continue to be disconnected with real-world expectations, and teaching and assessment designs remain in conflict with the evidence for sustainable lea...

The article elaborates the theoretical and methodological foundations of a Foucauldian-inspired critical ethnographic investigation of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The aim was to consider ADHD from outside its dominant biomedical explanation as a means of problematizing the increasing usage within schools and health services. Th...

Introduction Common Perinatal Mental Disorders affect women and children across the world. Rates are high in sub-Saharan Africa, however studies on interventions are limited. Highlighting existing and upcoming practice to support maternal mental health services is imperative. Method We conducted a systematic review, yielding a large array of papers...

Background The Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) supports engagement of non-specialists in mental health services in Low- and Middle-Income countries. Given this aim, assessment of the effectiveness of approaches under its remit is warranted. Aims We evaluated mhGAP approaches relating to child and adolescent mental health, focusing on pr...

Background and aim Traditionally, practical skills are taught on face-to-face (F-F) basis. COVID-19 pandemic brought distance learning (DL) to the spotlight because of the social distancing mandates. We sought to determine the acceptability and effectiveness of DL of basic suturing in novice learners. Methods A prospective randomized controlled tr...

Background and aim Traditionally, practical skills are taught on face-to-face (F-F) basis. COVID-19 pandemic brought distance learning (DL) to the spotlight because of the social distancing mandates. We sought to determine the acceptability and effectiveness of DL of basic suturing in novice learners. Methods A prospective randomized controlled tri...

In this chapter, we will describe our attempts to examine, through fieldwork, the interconnected nexus of discourses, power/knowledges, practices and procedures through which young people came to be psychiatrically ‘problematised’ within the school system, conventionally thought of as a non-psychiatric community context. Our approach to this proble...

The 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals have heightened awareness of the interconnectedness of our global future resulting in new research priorities and corresponding funding to address complex global challenges through partnership. This has generated the potential for powerful new solutions but also for ethical risks within and betw...

Our aim with this chapter is twofold: to provide an account of the diverse ways students engage with online learning and to offer an alternative approach to student feedback on courses, one that extends an ‘ethic of hospitality’ to the process. In our chapter, we challenge the typically narrow structures that govern ‘student feedback’ (e.g., standa...

This systematic review sought to examine neuroimaging results on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) published between 2003 and 2015, paying special attention to the major confound of prior medication use first brought to attention by Leo and Cohen (2003) and subsequently acknowledged in the ADHD literature. Neuroimaging studies compari...

This paper addresses the questions of what it is to engage in social change through knowledge work. The authors engage critically with the constitution as a ‘social reality’ of ‘evidence-based practice’ in relation to ADHD.

While prison is recognised as a setting for infectious disease transmission among drug users, little is known about psychological and situational factors influencing high-risk behaviours, knowledge vital to prison-based interventions. Qualitative interview and focus group data were collected from staff and prisoners in six Scottish prisons. A gener...

A firm rather than a friendly interviewer demeanour may make interviewees more likely to alter their initial responses to questions during requestioning. Conversely, warnings that an interviewer may attempt to be misleading may lower interviewees’ trust, heightening their vigilance and accuracy. Participants were tested under one of four conditions...