Miss Demee Rheinberger

Miss Demee Rheinberger

Post-Doc Fellow
Medicine & Health
The Black Dog Institute

Dr Demee Rheinberger (BPsych Hons, PhD) is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Black Dog Institute, where her work examines the effectiveness of alternative and personalised treatment delivery for depression. She has with expertise is in qualitative investigations which integrate co-design practices to ensure that individual's perspects and experiences are represented in the research findings. 

Her mixed-methods research focuses on depression, precision treatments and digital interventions, suicide and self-harm, and support for parents and families. 

Location
Black Dog Institute Hospital Rd, Randwick NSW 2031
  • Journal articles | 2026
    McGillivray L; Wong QJJ; Gan DZQ; Rheinberger D; Baffsky R; Torok M, 2026, 'Risks Associated with Recent Self-Harm in Preadolescent and Adolescent Youth: Parent-Report', Archives of Suicide Research, 30, pp. 113 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2025.2495970
    Journal articles | 2026
    Rheinberger D; Boydell K; Armstrong SO; Lessing J; Pollard SA; Jacob I; McGillivray L; Elder E; Shand F, 2026, 'Co-designing suicide prevention research with mothers of suicidal adolescents – applying McKercher’s Model of Care', Research Involvement and Engagement, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40900-026-00863-y
    Journal articles | 2025
    Baffsky R; Rheinberger D; McGillivray L; Torok M, 2025, 'Factors that influence young people’s experiences of emergency suicide care in Australia: a qualitative study', International Journal of Mental Health, 54, pp. 268 - 285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207411.2024.2347678
    Journal articles | 2025
    Chakouch C; Martin AM; Batterham PJ; Rheinberger D; Shand F, 2025, 'The Web-Based Recognise and Respond Gatekeeper Training Program: Noninferiority Randomized Trial', Jmir Mental Health, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/63204
    Journal articles | 2025
    Hankin L; Hronis A; Whitton A; Tang S; Slade A; Christensen H; Calear AL; Boydell K; Rheinberger D, 2025, 'Perspectives from Young Australian Women with Lived Experience on Why Rates of Self-Harm Are Increasing: A Qualitative Study', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22121871
    Journal articles | 2025
    Rheinberger D; Mahony I; Hronis A; Tang S; Christensen H; Shand F; Whitton A; Boydell K; Slade A; Calear AL, 2025, 'How Do Young Women Perceive Adult Responses to the Disclosure of Their Self-Harm and What Is the Impact of That Perception?', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22121879
    Journal articles | 2025
    Rheinberger D; McGillivray L; Shand F; Pollard SA; Armstrong SO; Lessing J; Boydell K, 2025, 'Navigating Crisis: A Qualitative Exploration of Parents' Journeys with Suicidal Adolescents in Australian Emergency Departments', Qualitative Report, 30, pp. 3575 - 3596, http://dx.doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2025.7670
    Journal articles | 2025
    Rheinberger D; Ravindra S; Slade A; Calear AL; Wang A; Bunyan B; Christensen H; Mahony I; Gilbert I; Boydell K; Hankin L; Tang S, 2025, 'Exploring Support Preferences for Young Women Who Self-Harm: A Qualitative Study', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22040587
    Journal articles | 2025
    Rheinberger D; Shand F; Briggs NE; Boydell K; McGillivray L, 2025, 'Enhancing Parent Support During Emergency Department Visits for Suicidal Adolescents', International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/inm.70131
    Journal articles | 2025
    Rheinberger D; Slade A; Tang B; Hoye A; Fujimoto H; Zheng WY; Holmes G; Boydell K; Calear AL; Christensen H; Tang S, 2025, 'The role of control in precipitating and motivating self-harm in young people: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative data', Plos One, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325683
    Journal articles | 2025
    Shand F; Torok M; Mackinnon A; Burnett A; Sharwood LN; Batterham PJ; Calear AL; Qian J; Zeritis S; Sara G; Page A; Cutler H; Maple M; Draper B; Mcgillivray L; Phillips M; Rheinberger D; Zbukvic I; Christensen H, 2025, 'Effect of the LifeSpan suicide prevention model on self-harm and suicide in four communities in New South Wales, Australia: a stepped-wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial', BMJ Mental Health, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2024-301429
    Journal articles | 2025
    Wang A; Rheinberger D; Tang S; Christensen H; Calear AL; Boydell K; Whitton A; Slade A; Hronis A, 2025, 'Young Australian Women’s Views on Peer Support for Self-Harm: A Qualitative Study', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22121874
    Journal articles | 2024
    Rheinberger D; Baffsky R; McGillivray L; Z Q Gan D; Larsen M; Torok M, 2024, 'Digital therapeutics in the hospital for suicide crisis – content and design recommendations from young people and hospital staff', Digital Health, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076241230072
    Journal articles | 2023
    Rheinberger D; Baffsky R; McGillivray L; Zbukvic I; Dadich A; Larsen ME; Lin PI; Gan DZQ; Kaplun C; Wilcox HC; Eapen V; Middleton PM; Torok M, 2023, 'Examining the Feasibility of Implementing Digital Mental Health Innovations Into Hospitals to Support Youth in Suicide Crisis: Interview Study With Young People and Health Professionals', Jmir Formative Research, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/51398
    Journal articles | 2023
    Rheinberger D; Shand F; McGillivray L; McCallum S; Boydell K, 2023, 'Parents of Adolescents Who Experience Suicidal Phenomena—A Scoping Review of Their Experience', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20136227
    Journal articles | 2023
    Sharwood LN; Calear AL; Batterham PJ; Torok M; McGillivray L; Rheinberger D; Zeritis S; Esgin T; Shand F, 2023, 'Exploring Sociodemographic Correlates of Suicide Stigma in Australia: Baseline Cross-Sectional Survey Findings from the Life-Span Suicide Prevention Trial Studies', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, pp. 2610, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032610
    Journal articles | 2022
    Burnett ACR; Wong Q; Rheinberger D; Zeritis S; McGillivray L; Torok MH, 2022, 'Suicide among hospitality workers in Australia, 2006–2017', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 57, pp. 1039 - 1047, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-022-02229-7
    Journal articles | 2022
    McGillivray L; Rheinberger D; Wang J; Burnett A; Torok M, 2022, 'Non-disclosing youth: a cross sectional study to understand why young people do not disclose suicidal thoughts to their mental health professional', BMC Psychiatry, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03636-x
    Journal articles | 2022
    McGillivray L; Shand F; Calear AL; Batterham PJ; Chen NA; Rheinberger D; Rosebrock H; Torok M, 2022, 'Profiles of Passive and Active Suicidal Ideation and Attempts Among Secondary School Students in Australia: A Cross-Sectional Analysis', Archives of Suicide Research, 26, pp. 1880 - 1894, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2021.1945983
    Journal articles | 2022
    Rheinberger D; Wang J; McGillivray L; Shand F; Torok M; Maple M; Wayland S, 2022, 'Understanding Emergency Department Healthcare Professionals' Perspectives of Caring for Individuals in Suicidal Crisis: A Qualitative Study', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.918135
    Journal articles | 2022
    Rosebrock HY; Batterham PJ; Chen NA; McGillivray L; Rheinberger D; Torok MH; Shand FL, 2022, 'Nonwillingness to Return to the Emergency Department and Nonattendance of Follow-Up Care Arrangements Following an Initial Suicide-Related Presentation', Crisis, 43, pp. 442 - 451, http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000812
    Journal articles | 2022
    Zbukvic I; Rheinberger D; Rosebrock H; Lim J; McGillivray L; Mok K; Stamate E; McGill K; Shand F; Moullin JC, 2022, 'Developing a tailored implementation action plan for a suicide prevention clinical intervention in an Australian mental health service: A qualitative study using the EPIS framework', Implementation Research and Practice, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/26334895211065786
    Journal articles | 2021
    McGillivray L; Shand F; Calear AL; Batterham PJ; Rheinberger D; Chen NA; Burnett A; Torok M, 2021, 'The Youth Aware of Mental Health program in Australian Secondary Schools: 3- and 6-month outcomes', International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13033-021-00503-w
    Journal articles | 2021
    Rheinberger D; Macdonald D; McGillivray L; Maple M; Torok M; Nicolopoulos A; Shand F, 2021, '“A sustained, productive, constructive relationship with someone who can help”—A qualitative exploration of the experiences of help seekers and support persons using the emergency department during a suicide crisis', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, pp. 10262, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910262
  • Preprints | 2025
    Rheinberger D; Boydell K; Armstrong SO; Pollard SA; Lessing J; McGillivray L; Shand F, 2025, Exploring parent support needs during and after adolescent suicide crisis emergency department visits – A qualitative investigation, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-5792251/v1
    Preprints | 2024
    Chakouch C; Martin A; Batterham P; Rheinberger D; Shand F, 2024, Non-inferiority randomised trial of the web-based Recognise and Respond gatekeeper training program (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.63204
    Preprints | 2023
    Rheinberger D; Baffsky R; McGillivray L; Zbukvic I; Dadich A; Larsen ME; Lin P-I; Gan DZQ; Kaplun C; Wilcox HC; Eapen V; Middleton PM; Torok M, 2023, Examining the Feasibility of Implementing Digital Mental Health Innovations Into Hospitals to Support Youth in Suicide Crisis: Interview Study With Young People and Health Professionals (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.51398
    Preprints | 2021
    McGillivray L; Rheinberger D; Wang J; Burnett A; Torok M, 2021, Non-disclosing youth: a cross sectional study to understand why young people do not disclose suicidal thoughts to their mental health professional., http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-922333/v1
    Preprints | 2021
    Zbukvic I; Rheinberger D; Rosebrock H; Lim J; McGillivray L; Mok K; Stamate E; McGill K; Shand F; Torok M; Moullin J, 2021, Developing a Tailored Implementation Action Plan for A Suicide Prevention Clinical Intervention in an Australian Mental Health Service: A Qualitative Study Using the EPIS Framework., http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-142115/v1