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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

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

Embrace 2024 Seeding Grant winners (clockwise from top left): Dr Penelope Strauss, Dr Renee Teal, Dr Melissa Licari, Dr Vincent Mancini ...

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• 2024
• February

Parental support is strongly correlated with protective factors for trans youth, however, most experience unsupportive parental attitudes. We aimed to better understand how youth perceive parental reactions to their gender identity disclosure and what they consider to be barriers to, and facilitators of, support. ...

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• 2023
• January 2023

Parental support is strongly correlated with protective factors for trans youth yet most experience parental rejection or ambivalence regarding their gender. Many parents report a desire to support their child but indicate lack of understanding and support as key barriers. We aimed to develop a nuanced understanding of the challenges and facilitators experienced by Australian parents in developing understanding, support and acceptance of their child’s gender and their needs to do so. ...

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• 2023
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Mary Amy Gina Bec Brushe Finlay-Jones Trapp Young MB AFJ GT BY BPsych(Hons), PhD (Public Health) BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD ( ...

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There are links between problem behaviours associated with Internet use and electronic gaming, and mental disorders and risk-taking behaviour in young people ...

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• 2016
• January 2016

A major gap in tackling the mental health crisis in WA is the inability to effectively treat children and adolescents with a history of trauma within the current system. ...

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• 2021
• April