Hospital-treated self-harm is common, costly, and strongly associated with suicide. Whilst effective psychosocial interventions exist, little is known about what key factors might modify the clinical decision to refer an individual to psychiatric in- and/or out-patient treatment following an episode of hospital-treated self-harm. ...

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Research Fellow in Youth Suicide Prevention ...

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Determining the association between drug use and suicide is complicated but can help to inform targeted suicide prevention strategies.  ...

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• 2023
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Misgendering within the health care system can significantly affect the mental and physical health of transgender individuals ...

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• 2020
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The current results highlight the urgent need for better mental health care and provide insight into areas for targeted mental health interventions ...

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There is a lack of understanding of why some people who self-harm escalate to suicidal behaviour when others do not. Psychological factors such as attachment... ...

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Penelope Yael Jacinta Strauss Perry Freeman PS YP JF BA, MPH, PhD BPsych (Hons) MPsych (Clin) PhD BScs, MPH Research Fellow in Youth Suicide ...

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Leaders of Western Australia’s youth mental health research sector from Embrace at Telethon Kids Institute have welcomed the state government’s $420 million boost to mental health spending in its 2023-24 budget. ...

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Despite knowledge about excess mortality in people with mental illness, the gap in their life expectancy compared with the general population has widened... ...

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Increasing numbers of trans young people are seeking medical services worldwide, but there have been few qualitative investigations of the experiences of trans young people attempting to engage with these services to explore in-depth experiences of clinical interactions. ...

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