Amy Penelope Yael Zoe Larissa Finlay-Jones Strauss Perry Waters Marion AFJ PS YP ZW LM BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych) ...

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Direct and persistent vicarious racial discrimination are detrimental to the physical and mental health of Indigenous children in Australia ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• July 2017

Research Fellow Karen Lombardi recently joined Embrace @ Telethon Kids Institute ...

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• 2024
• March

Young adults who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual and other diverse genders and sexualities (LGBTQIA+) are more likely to experience mental health difficulties and are at significantly elevated risk of substance abuse, self-harm and suicide, relative to their heterosexual, endosex and cisgender peers. There is a need for effective mental health interventions for LGBTQIA+ young adults. Mindful Self-Compassion training is a promising approach; among LGBTQIA+ individuals, self-compassion accounts for more variation in mental health outcomes than bullying, victimization, and adverse childhood experiences combined. Furthermore, LGBTQIA+ individuals with high self-compassion report more positive identity and happiness, less self-stigma, and lower suicidality than those with low self-compassion. ...

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• 2021
• January 2021

We investigate whether the profile of factors protecting psychosocial functioning of high risk exposed Australian Aboriginal youth are the same as those... ...

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• 2014
• July 2014

Two Telethon Kids Institute researchers and two significant Telethon Kids-led initiatives aimed at improving the mental health of young people ...

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• 2021
• October

Prominent WA psychiatrist Professor Helen Milroy receives AM award at Government House ...

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• 2023

To describe the extent to which parents report that 4- to 17-year-olds with symptoms meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ...

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• 2018
• February 2018

This report provides new evidence of the relationships between family structure and childhood mental disorders in an under-researched context, Australia ...

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• 2017
• April 2017

This study aimed to explore the role of schools and classroom teachers in supporting the mental health and well-being of deaf and hard of hearing children ...

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• 2019
• July 2019