From 1990 to 2005, there was an increase in prevalence of parents with a prior history of mental health disorders in WA. ...

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• 2013
• May 2013

Promoting psychological well-being and preventing distress among pregnant women is an important public health goal. In addition to adversely impacting the mother's health and well-being, psychological distress in pregnancy increases the risk of poor pregnancy outcomes, compromises infant socioemotional development and bonding, and heightens maternal and child vulnerability in the postpartum period. Mindfulness and compassion-based interventions show potential for prevention and early intervention for perinatal distress. ...

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• 2020
• October 2020

About 2 per cent of children are estimated to have an intellectual disability. The cause of the condition is unknown in at least 50 per cent of cases. ...

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Amy Jenny Andrew Helen Deborah Martyn Melissa Phil Kandice Gail Vincent Finlay-Jones Downs Whitehouse Watch and listen to Andrew Leonard Strickland ...

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Graham Jenny Peter Hall Downs Jacoby GL JA PJ BAppSci PhD CRFS FANZSRS FThorSoc FERS BApplSci (physio) MSc PhD BA (Hons) MSc Honorary Research ...

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Marked increases in maternal age and primiparous births were observed. A four-fold increase in the rates of pre-existing medical complications over time... ...

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• 2013
• August 2013

Self-regulation is a modifiable protective factor for lifespan mental and physical health outcomes. Early caregiver-mediated interventions to promote infant and child regulatory outcomes prevent long-term developmental, emotional and behavioural difficulties and improve outcomes such as school readiness, educational achievement and economic success. To harness the population health promise of these programmes, there is a need for more nuanced understanding of the impact of these interventions. ...

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• 2021
• June 2021

Melissa Gail Matt Jenny Andrew Licari Alvares Cooper Downs Whitehouse Watch and listen to Andrew ML GA MC JA AJ PhD PhD BCA Marketing, BSc Statistics ...

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Apgar score, birth weight, sex, socioeconomic status, and maternal ethnicity, in addition to gestational age, have pronounced impacts on disability-free survival. ...

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• 2019
• December 2019

Findings show that indicators of a poor intrauterine environment are associated with an elevated risk of ID, while for ASD, and particularly ASD without ID,... ...

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• 2013
• January 2013