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Ms Barbara Loessl

Ms Barbara Loessl

Ms Barbara Loessl

Lecturer

Telephone: (61 8)  63043508  
Facsimile: (61 8)  63042323  
Email: b.loessl@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO21.419  

 

Current Teaching

  • NNT1205 (Fundamentals of Nursing Practice)

Background

  • 1997-2001: RN, Acting Staff Development and Tutor at RPH (Spinal Unit, trauma ward) and ECU
  • 2001-2009: Research Assistant, Study Nurse, Research Associate at University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany (Psychiatry and Cancer Center), free-lance lecturer
  • 2009-2010: Research Assistant and Tutor UWA (School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
  • 2010-2011: Mental Health Team Leader at the Perth Immigration Detention Centre

Professional Memberships

  • HERDSA (Higher Education Research & Development Society of Australia)
  • Graduate Women WA
  • ASMR (Australian Society for Medical Research)

Awards and Recognition

Other

  • 2006 - Poster prize, 15th congress of the ESRS, Innsbruck, Austria

Research Areas and Interests

  • Legal drug addiction therapy, mental health, sleep and memory, teaching
  • Smoking cessation in mental health and with regards to cultural differences

Staff Qualifications

  • M (Master Degree), Switzerland, 2005 .
  • GradCert (Graduate Certificate), Edith Cowan University, 1999 .
  • B (Bachelor Degree), Northern Territory University, 1997 .

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

  • Frick, K., Loessl, B., Brueck, R., Kriston, L., Jaehne, A., Riemann, D., Gann, H., Batra, A., Wodarz, N., Mann, K., Berner, M., (2011), What works for patients in outpatient treatment for alcohol addiction? An explorative study into clients? evaluation of subjective factors and therapy satisfaction. Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 5(1), 27-34, DOI: 10.4137/SART.S6796.
  • Voderholzer, U., Piosczyk, H., Holz, J., Landmann, N., Feige, B., Loessl, B., Kopasz, M., Doerr, JP., Riemann, D., Nissen, C., (2011), Sleep restriction over several days does not affect long-term recall of declarative and procedural memories in adolescents. Sleep Medicine, 12(2), 170-178, DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.07.017.
  • Kopasz, M., Loessl, B., Valerius, G., Koenig, E., Matthaeas, N., Hornyak, M., Kloepfer, C., Nissen, C., Riemann, D., Voderholzer, U., (2010), No persisting effect of partial sleep curtailment on cognitive performance and declarative memory recall in adolescents. Journal of Sleep Research, 19(1), 71-79, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2009.00742.x.
  • Kopasz, M., Loessl, B., Hornyak, M., Riemann, D., Nissen, C., Piosczyk, H., Voderholzer, U., (2010), Sleep and memory in healthy children and adolescents ? a critical review. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 14(3), 167-177, DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2009.10.006.
  • Jahne, A., Cohrs, S., Rodenbeck, A., Andreas, S., Loessl, B., Felge, B., Kloepfer, C., Hornyak, M., Reimann, D., (2010), Nicotine: Influence on sleep and its relevance for psychiatry and psychotherapy. Der Nervenarzt: Monatsschrift fuer alle Gebiete nervenaerztlicher Forschung und Praxis, 81(7), 844-859 , DOI: 10.1007/s00115-009-2926-7.
  • Jaehne, A., Loessl, B., Barkai, Z., Riemann, D., Hornyak, M., (2009), Effects of nicotine on sleep: consumption, withdrawal and replacement therapy. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 13(5), 363-377, DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2008.12.003.
  • Frick, K., Jaehne, A., Brueck, R., Loessl, B., Kriston, L., Riemann, D., Gann, H., Berner, M., (2009), Alcohol-specific psychotherapy (ASP) in practice--a survey of psychotherapists. Die Alkoholismusspezifische Psychotherapie (ASP) in der Praxis ? eine Expertenbefragung. Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, Medizinische Psychologie, 59(11), 416-422, Stuttgart, DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1090082.
  • Brueck, R., Frick, K., Loessl, B., Kriston, L., Schondelmaier, S., Go, C., Haerter, M., Berner, M., (2009), Psychometric Properties of the German Version of the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity Code (MITI-d). Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 36(1), 44-48, New York, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2008.04.004.
  • Loessl, B., Valerius, G., Kopasz, M., Hornyak, M., Riemann, D., Voderholzer, U., (2008), Are Adolescents Chronically Sleep-deprived? An Investigation of Sleep Habits of Adolescents in the Southwest of Germany. Child: Health Care and Development, 34(5), 549-556, Oxford, England, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00845.x.
  • Berner, M., Guenzler, C., Frick, K., Kriston, L., Loessl, B., Bruck, R., Gann, H., Batra, A., Mann, K., (2008), Finding the ideal place for a psychotherapeutic intervention in a stepped care approach ? a brief overview of the literature and preliminary results from the Project PREDICT. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 17(SUPPL. 1), S60-S64 , Malden, MA, DOI: 10.1002/mpr.250.