Dr. Simon Rice PhD

Dr. Simon Rice is the Global Director of the Movember Institute of Men’s Health. Prior to this, he established and led the Young Men’s Mental Health Research Program at the Centre for Youth Mental Health (University of Melbourne) – building it to be the most productive men’s mental health research team globally. He continues to remain highly active in men’s mental health research. Simon also co-founded the Elite Athlete Mental Health Research Program at the Centre for Youth Mental Health.

Simon’s research provides new insights into athlete mental health, gender norms and masculinities, the mental health of boys and men including stigma reduction, and clinical trials research in digital youth mental health, including depression and suicide prevention. Simon’s work has received awards for innovation and excellence. He was Editor-in-Chief (2020-2023) of Australian Psychologist and has published >300 peer-reviewed scientific papers and >15 book chapters.

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
Psychological safety in elite sport settings: a psychometric study of the Sport Psychological Safety Inventory Rice, S. M., Walton, C. C., Pilkington, V., Gwyther, K., Olive, L. S., Lloyd, M., Kountouris, K., Butterworth, M., Clements, M., Purcell, R.  BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
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
Health-related masculine values, depression and suicide risk in men: Associations among men with a history of childhood maltreatment Rice, S. M., Kealy, D., Ogrodniczuk, J. S., Black, N., Seidler, Z. E., & Oliffe, J. L. Journal of Mental Health
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
Development of a graphic medicine-enabled social media-based intervention for youth social anxiety Rice, S. M., O'Bree, B., Wilson, M., McEnery, C., Lim, M. H., Hamilton, M., Gleeson, J., Bendall, S., D'Alfonso, S., Russon, P., Valentine, L., Cagliarini, D., Howell, S, Miles, C., Pearson, M., Álvarez-Jiménez, M. Clinical Psychologist
Severe and complex youth depression: Clinical and historical features of young people attending a tertiary mood disorders clinic Rice, S. M., McKechnie, B., Cotton, S., Brooker, A., Pilkington, V., Youzchalveen, B., Schmaal, L., Davey, C. G.  Early Intervention in Psychiatry
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
The cost of bottling it up: Emotion suppression as a mediator in the relationship between anger and depression among men with prostate cancer Rice, S. M., Kealy, D., Ogrodniczuk, J. S., Seidler, Z. E., Denehy, L., Oliffe, J. L.  Cancer Management and Research
Shame and guilt mediate the effects of alexithymia on distress and suicide-related behaviours among men Rice, S. M., Kealy, D., Oliffe, J. L., Treeby, M. S., Ogrodniczuk, J. S. Psychology, Health & Medicine
Affective-somatic symptoms of depression, suicide risk and exposure to childhood maltreatment: Data from emerging adults to older-age males Rice, S. M., Kealy, D., Oliffe, J. L., Seidler, Z. E., & Ogrodniczuk, J. S. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
Validity of the Male Depression Risk Scale in a representative Canadian sample: Sensitivity and specificity in identifying men with recent suicide attempt Rice, S. M., Ogrodniczuk, J. S., Kealy, D., Seidler, Z. E., Dhillon, H. M., & Oliffe, J. L. Journal of Mental Health
Externalizing depression symptoms among Canadian males with recent suicidal ideation: A focus on young men Rice, S. M., Kealy, D., Oliffe, J. L., & Ogrodniczuk, J. S. Early Intervention in Psychiatry

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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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