Journal Articles

  • Einboden, R., Dawson, L., McCloughen, A., & Buus, N. (2024). Is the the espoused absence of hierarchy in Open Dialogue naïve? Health, 24.

  • Lennon, E., Hopkins, L., Eindboden, R., McCloughen, A., Dawson, L., Buus, N. (2022). Organizational change in complex systems: Organizational and leadership factors in the introduction of Open Dialogue to mental healthcare services. Community Mental Health 59(2), 95-101.

  • Buus, N., Leer, M., Mikes-Liu, K., Dawson, L., Folkmann Pedersen, M., Eindboden, R., & McCloughen, A. (2022). Open Dialogue trainee’s expectations of ‘shared concern’: An international focus group study. Journal of Family Therapy, 44(2), 250-263.

  • Baudinet, J. Eisler, I., Dawson, L., Simic, M., Schmidt, U. (2021). Multi-Family Therapy for eating disorders: A mixed-method systematic scoping review of the quantitative and qualitative findings. (2021). International Journal of Eating Disorders. DOI:10.1002/eat23616

  • Waters, E., Ong. B., Mikes-Liu, K., McCloughen, A., Rosen, A., Mayers, S., Sidis, A., Dawson, L., & Buus, N. (2021). Open Dialogue, need-adapted mental health care and implementation fidelity: A discussion paper. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 30(3), 805-813.

  • Dawson, L., Einboden, R., McCloughen, A., & Buus, N. (2020). Beyond polyphony: Open Dialogue in a women’s shelter in Australia as a possibility for supporting violence-informed practice. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 47(1), 136-149.

  • McAulay, C., Dawson, L., Mond, J., & Touyz, S. (2020). “The food matches the mood”: Experiences of eating disorders in bipolar disorder. Qualitative Health Research, 31(4).

  • Sidis, A., Ramirez, J., Dawson, L., River, J., Buus, N., Singh, R., Pickard, J., & Deane, F. (2020). Not ‘Just a Talking Head’: Experiences of Australian Public Mental Health Clinicians Implementing a Dialogical Family Therapy Approach for Young People with Severe Mental Health Concerns. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 41, 6-28.

  • Dawson, L., River, J., McCloughen, A., & Buus, N. (2020). ‘Every single minute and hour is scrutinised’: Neoliberalism and Australian private health care. Sociology of Health & Illness, 42(2), 277-292.

  • Ong, B., Barbara-May, R., Brown, J., Dawson, L., Gray, C., McCloughen, A., Mikes-Liu, K., Sidis, A.,Singh, R., Thorpe, C., & Buus, N. (2019). Open Dialogue: Frequently asked questions. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy.

  • Dawson, L., River, J., McCloughen, A., & Buus, N. (2019). ‘Should it fit? Yes. Does it fit? No’: Exploring the organisational processes of introducing a recovery-oriented approach to mental in Australian private health care. Health

  • Buchman, S., Attia, E., Dawson, L., & Steinglass, J. E. (2019). Steps of care for adolescents with anorexia nervosa – A Delphi study. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 52(7), 777-785.

  • Bellingham, B., Buus, N., McCloughen, A., Dawson, L., Schweizer, R., Mikes-Liu, K., Boydell, K., River, J. (2018). Peer work in Open Dialogue: A discussion paper. International Journal of Nursing, 27(5), 1574-1583.

  • Dawson, L., Baudinet, J., Tay, E., Wallis, A. (2018). Creating community: The introduction of Multi-Family Therapy for eating disorders in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy,

  • Dawson, L. Mullan, B., Touyz, S., & Rhodes, P. (2018). Are recovery stories helpful for women with eating disorders? A pilot study and commentary on future research. Journal of Eating Disorders.

  • Medway, M., Rhodes, P., Dawson, L., Miskovic, J., Wallis, A., Madden, S. (2018). Adolescent development in family-based treatment for anorexia: Patients’ and parents’ narratives. Child and Adolescent Psychology and Psychiatry 24(1).

  • Wallis, A., Rhodes, P., Dawson, L. (2017). Relational containment: Exploring the effect of family-based treatment for anorexia on familial relationships. Journal of Eating Disorders, 5(1). 

  • Noetel, M., Dawson, L., Hay, P., Touyz, S. (2017). The assessment and treatment of unhealthy exercise in adolescents: A Delphi study to synthesize clinical knowledge.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 50(4)(2016). .

  • Sheens, E., Rhodes, P., & Dawson, L. (2016). Encountering anorexia: challenging stigma with recovery stories. Advances in Eating Disorders: Theory, Research, and Practice. DOI: 10.1080/21662630.2016.1217495

  • Mitchison, D., Dawson, L., Hand, L., Mond, J., & Hay, P. (2016). Quality of life as a vulnerability and recovery factor in eating disorders: A community-based study. BMC Psychiatry, 16(1). 

  • Dawson, L., Rhodes, P., & Touyz, S. (2015). Defining recovery from anorexia nervosa: A Delphi study to determine expert practitioners’ views. Advances in Eating Disorders: Theory, Research, and Practice, 3(2), 165-176.

  • Dawson, L., Sainsbury, K., & Mullan, B. (2014). Using the theory of planned behaviour to measure motivation for recovery in anorexia nervosa. Appetite, 84, 309-315.

  • Dawson, L., Rhodes, P., & Touyz, S. (2014).. “Doing the impossible”: The process of recovery from chronic anorexia nervosa. Qualitative Health Research, 24 (4), 494-505.

  • Dawson, L., Rhodes, P., & Touyz, S. (2014). The recovery model and anorexia nervosa. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 48(11), 1009-1016.

  • Rhodes, P., Dawson, L., Kelly, A., & Renshall, K. (2013). Introducing qualitative research into a psychology program: Co-learning, hospitality, and rigour. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 21 (1), 18-28.

Book Chapters

Brown, J. & Dawson, L. (2024). Dialogical reflecting processes and practices in family therapy. In A. Wallis, K. James, P. Rhodes (Eds.), A Practical Guide to Family Therapy 2nd. Ed.

Dawson, L. (2016). Recovery stories: Do they have a role in treatment? In T. Wade (Ed.), Encyclopaedia of Feeding and Eating Disorders. Springer: Singapore.

Baudinet, J., Dawson, L., Madden, S., & Hay, P. (2016). Emotion regulation and eating disorders. In C. A. Essau, S. leblanc, & T. H. Ollendick (Eds.), Emotion Regulation and Psychopathology in Children and Adolescents.  Oxford University Press: UK