Rate My Professor Bonnie Clough

Dr Bonnie Clough is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University, where she earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology in 2016. An endorsed and practising clinical psychologist, she focuses her research on the integration of digital technologies to improve access to and the quality of mental health services. Her work examines help-seeking behaviors, mental health literacy, stigma associated with mental illnesses, and interventions addressing occupational stress and burnout, especially among healthcare professionals such as doctors. Clough collaborates with public hospital services and private health providers to translate her findings into practical improvements in healthcare delivery. She is affiliated with the Griffith Centre for Mental Health and contributes to teaching and supervision in applied psychology.

Clough's contributions have been recognized with the 2020 Australian Psychological Society Early Career Research Award, highlighting her high-quality research output as a teaching-focused academic. By 2020, she had authored 36 peer-reviewed publications with an h-index of 15 and secured over $353,000 in competitive research funding. Her scholarship continues to grow, with over 2,000 citations across 50+ publications. Key works include 'Measuring mental health literacy—a review of scale-based measures' (O’Connor, Casey, & Clough, Journal of Mental Health, 2014; 326 citations), 'Psychosocial interventions for managing occupational stress and burnout among medical doctors: a systematic review' (Clough et al., Systematic Reviews, 2017; 282 citations), 'A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness to reduce stress and burnout among intern medical practitioners' (Ireland et al., Medical Teacher, 2017; 213 citations), 'A comparison of mental health literacy, attitudes, and help-seeking intentions among domestic and international tertiary students' (Clough et al., British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2019; 177 citations), and 'What do help-seeking measures assess? Building a conceptualization framework' (White, Clough, & Casey, Clinical Psychology Review, 2018; 112 citations). Her research informs public policy, including incorporation into clinical guidelines like the UK’s Guidelines on Suicide Among Anaesthetists, demonstrating substantial impact on mental health practice and training.