BSc (Hons; UNSW), PhD (UNSW), Honorary Doctorate (for work in neurological disorder; awarded 2002 from South Western University, Bulgaria)

Clinical Psychologist

Adult Team leader, READ Clinic

Professor, Rehabilitation Studies Unit (RSU), Northern Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney

Director, Neuropsychophysiological Laboratory, RSU, Royal Rehabilitation Centre, Sydney, The University of Sydney

Member of the Australian Psychological Society  

Registered Psychologist (NSW)

Member of the College of Clinical Psychology, NSW

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Professor Craig is a registered clinical psychologist and has been involved in clinical work over the past 25 years in varied clinical contexts. For instance, he was Head, Department of Clinical Psychology, Prince Henry Hospital in 1985/86, and he has been an Honorary Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry, Royal North Shore Hospital in the 1990s. He has worked as a consultant clinical psychologist in the READ Clinic since 2007. Presently, he holds the position as Adult Team Leader in the READ Clinic (since mid 2009). He has many years of experience in treating disorders such as the major depressive disorders, generalised anxiety disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia, PTSD, social phobia, eating disorders, and the adjustment disorders, including disorders with co-morbid chronic pain and fatigue.

Dr Craig has specialised in treating secondary conditions such as depressive mood, anxiety, fatigue and pain in people with traumatic neurological disorders including spinal cord injury and brain injury. He has also spent many years treating stuttering, a neurological based fluency/ communication disorder in children and adults. Dr Craig co-authored the NSW State Spinal Cord Injury Service Psychosocial Rehabilitation Guidelines in 2008, recently launched (October, 2009) for the NSW State SCI Service by the NSW Governor, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir, AC.

Dr Craig is experienced in a wide range of psychological and health based therapies including the cognitive behaviour and mindfulness therapies, trauma counselling, brief psychotherapies, family based therapies, biofeedback and interpersonal therapies. Dr Craig performs psychiatric mental health and medico-legal assessments including diagnostic assessments, psychometric assessments, and the psychological impacts of injury and disease.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Professor Craig has been involved in researching psychological and physical disorder over a period of 20 years. He held the position of Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Science, UTS from 2001 to 2005. He was the Professor of Behavioural Sciences in UTS from 1999 to 2007. Since 2007, he has held a PT Research Professor position in the Rehabilitation Studies Unit, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney. In this position, his primary responsibility is to investigate improving outcomes following severe neurological injuries.

Professor Craig is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Fluency Disorders (an Elsevier journal). He has also served as an editorial consultant for the Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, Journal of Communication Disorders, International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, British Medical Journal, International Journal Psychophysiology, Biological Psychology, Perceptual Motor Skills, Psychophysiology, Brain and Behavioral Sciences, Social Science and Medicine, The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, Clinical Psychology Review, British Journal of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and the Journal of Affective Disorders.

Professor Craig is also the Director of the Neuropsychophysiological Laboratory, in the Rehabilitation Studies Unit (The University of Sydney), situated in the grounds of the Royal Rehabilitation Centre, Sydney. He has won over $6 million in research funding from sources such as the Australian Research Council and NHMRC over the past 10 years. To date, he has published over 150 refereed journal papers and books / book chapters. Some examples include:

Some examples of journal articles

Andrews, G., & Craig, A. (1988). Prediction of outcome after treatment for stuttering. British Journal of Psychiatry, 153, 236-240.

Craig, A., Hancock., K., Dickson, H., Martin, J., & Chang, E. (1990). Psychological consequences of spinal injury: A review of the literature. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 24, 418-425.

Craig, A., & Allen, D. (1990). Overlooking an organic aetiology in patients presenting with mood or anxiety symptoms. Medical Journal of Australia, 153, 305.

Craig, A. R., Hancock, K. M., & Dickson, H. (1994). Spinal cord injury: a search for determinants of depression two years after the event. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 33, 221-230.

Craig, A., Hancock, K., Dickson, H., & Chang, E. (1997).  Long-term psychological outcomes in spinal cord injured persons: Results of a controlled trial using cognitive behavior therapy. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 78, 33-38.

Hunyor, S., Henderson, R. J., Lal, S., Carter, N., Kobler, H., Jones, M., Bartrop, R. & Craig, A. (1997). Placebo-controlled biofeedback blood pressure effect in hypertensive humans. Hypertension, 29, 1225-1231.

Edelman, S., Craig, A., Kidman, A.   (2000)  Can psychotherapy increase the survival time of cancer patients?   Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 49 (2), 149 B 156.

Craig, A., Tran, Y., Wijesuriya, N., & Boord, P. (2006). A controlled investigation into the psychological determinants of fatigue. Biological Psychology, 72, 78-87.

Craig, A., & Tran, Y. (2006). Chronic and social anxiety in people who stutter. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 12, 63-68.

Middleton, J., Tran, Y., & Craig, A. (2007). Relationship between quality of life and self-efficacy in persons with spinal cord injuries. Archives Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 88, 1643-1648.

Craig, A., Tran, Y., & Middleton, J. (2009). Psychological morbidity and spinal cord injury: a systematic review. Spinal Cord, 47, 108-114.

Craig, A., Tran, Y.,  Hermens, G., Williams, L., Kemp, A., Morris, C., Gordon, E. (2009). Psychological and neural correlates of emotional intelligence in a large sample of adult males and females. Personality and Individual Differences, 46, 111-115.

Craig, A., Tran, Y., & Middleton, J. (2009). Psychological morbidity and spinal cord injury: a systematic review. Spinal Cord, 47, 108-114.

Some examples of books and treatment guides

Craig, A. & Tran, Y. (2008). Psychological dynamics associated with spinal cord injury rehabilitation: New directions and best evidence. A. Craig and Y. Tran (Eds.). New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Craig, A., & Nicholson Perry, K. (2008). Guide for health professionals on the psychosocial care for people with spinal cord injury. Sydney: New South Wales State Spinal Cord Injury Service.