The involvement of young people in the development, implementation and evaluation of youth mental health services, policy and research programs is essential to ensure they are appropriate and responsive to the needs of young people. Despite the increasingly central role that youth engagement and participation plays internationally, such activities are rarely described in detail. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• September 2020

Find out about our approach to procurement, what we procure and how to become a Supply Partner. ...

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School-based social risk processes in the lives of young people with chronic health conditions are likely to contribute to risk of psychological problems ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• June 2020

Depression and anxiety are often first experienced during childhood and adolescence, and interest in the prevention of these disorders is growing. The focus of this review was to assess the effectiveness of psychological prevention programs delivered in schools, and to provide an update to our previous review from five years ago (Werner-Seidler, Perry, Calear, Newby, & Christensen, 2017). ...

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• 2021
• November 2021

The Early Years Systems Evidence (EYSE) team specialises in working in partnership with governments and service providers, with a distinct focus on improving the life chances of children in Australia. ...

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• Brain and Behaviour
• Population Health Program

Emma Adams EA BExSc, MPH Acting Research Officer -Playce, Research Assistant & PhD student Emma.Adams@telethonkids.org.au Research Assistant, PhD ...

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This study investigated whether the timing of birth of the younger siblings was associated with the risk of the older siblings’ developmental vulnerability in early childhood. ...

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• 2022
• May 2022

SPARX is a computerized cognitive behavioral therapy self-help program for adolescent depression that is freely available in New Zealand. At registration, users identify themselves as either male, female, intersex, or transgender. We aimed to describe the mental health of adolescent intersex users. A secondary analysis of SPARX usage data over 5 years. ...

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• 2021
• February 2021

Family carers of youth recovering from early psychosis experience significant stress; however, access to effective family interventions is poor. Digital interventions provide a promising solution. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• September 2023

This commentary describes the likely impacts on children's health and wellbeing from climate change, based on the solid science of environmental child health. ...

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• 2015
• January 2015