Dr. Simon Rice PhD

Associate Professor

Dr. Simon Rice is a Clinical Psychologist and Principal Research Fellow based at Orygen, Centre for Youth Mental Health at The University of Melbourne, Australia. He is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Career Development Fellowship. Simon leads Orygen’s young men’s mental health research area, and also works in the area of athlete mental health.

Simon has a long standing interest in men’s mental health, and including depression and suicidality in men. His work focuses on gender-appropriate assessment and intervention, with a view to improved service design and delivery for men and young men. His work has been recognised through competitive national and international grants and fellowships.

Simon practices as a clinician at the Orygen’s Youth Mood Clinic early intervention service supporting young people and their caregivers following recent suicide attempt. He has a number of active collaborative projects with the Men’s Health Research Program at the University of British Columbia.

First Author Publications

Title Authors Journal Publication date
Men’s depression, externalizing, and DSM-5-TR: primary signs and symptoms or co-occurring symptoms? Rice, S., Seidler, Z., Kealy, D., Ogrodniczuk, J., Zajac, I., Oliffe.  Harvard Review of Psychiatry
Sexual abuse and mental ill health in boys and men: what we do and don't know Rice, S. M., Easton, S. D., Seidler, Z. E., Oliffe, J. L. BJPsych open
An evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale in a sample of help-seeking men Rice, S.R., Trail, K., Walton, C.C., Kealy, D., Seidler, Z.E., Oliffe, J.L., & Ogrodniczuk, J.S. Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Recognition and management of depression in men Rice, S. M., Seidler, Z. E. Medicine Today
Male-type depression symptoms in young men with a history of childhood sexual abuse and current hazardous alcohol use Rice, S., Kealy, D., Seidler, Z., Walton, C., Oliffe, J.L., & Ogrodnickzuk, J.  Psychiatry Research
Gender norms and the mental health of boys and young men Rice, S., Oliffe, J.L., Seidler, Z., Borschmann, R., Pirkis, J., Reavley, N., Patton, G. The Lancet Public Health
The anxiety depression pathway among men following a prostate cancer diagnosis: Cross-sectional interactions between anger responses and loneliness Rice, S., Kealy, D., Ogrodniczuk, J., Seidler, Z., Gonzalez Montaner, G., Chambers, S., & Oliffe, J.L. American Journal of Men’s Health
Male-Type and Prototypal Depression Trajectories for Men Experiencing Mental Health Problems Rice, S.M., Kealy, D., Seidler, Z.E., Oliffe, J.L., Levant, R.F., & Ogrodniczuk, J.S. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Men’s Help-Seeking for Depression: Attitudinal and Structural Barriers in Symptomatic Men Rice, S.M., Oliffe, J.L., Kealy, D., Seidler, Z.E., & Ogrodniczuk, J.S. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
Health-related Masculine Values, Depression and Suicide Risk: Associations Among Men with a History of Childhood Maltreatment Rice, S.M., Kealy, D., Ogrodniczuk, J.S., Black, N., Seidler, Z.E., & OIiffe, J.L. Journal of Mental Health

First Nations land acknowledegement

UBC VPRI acknowledges that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm.

Reducing Male Suicide Research Excellence Cluster

Vancouver, BC Canada

Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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