We found no statistically significant association between processed red meat density and risk of a first clinical diagnosis of central nervous system demyelination ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• February 2019

Rates of mental illness are disproportionately high for young adult and higher education (e.g., university student) populations. As such, universities and tertiary institutions often devote significant efforts to services and programs that support and treat mental illness and/or mental distress. However, within that portfolio of treatment approaches, structured exercise has been relatively underutilised and greater research attention is needed to develop this evidence base. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• November 2023

The social media application TikTok allows users to view and upload short-form videos. Recent evidence suggests it has significant potential for both industry and health promoters to influence public health behaviours. This protocol describes a standardised, replicable process for investigations that can be tailored to various areas of research interest, allowing comparison of content and features across public health topics. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• March 2023

Yael Penelope Keely Bep Amy Helen Perry Strauss Bebbington Uink Finlay-Jones Milroy YP PS KB BU AFJ HM BPsych (Hons) MPsych (Clin) PhD BA, MPH, PhD ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Brain and Behaviour
• Mental Health and Youth Program
• Youth Mental Health

The Youth Mental Health team's mission to improve the mental health of young people in Western Australia and beyond. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Brain and Behaviour
• Mental Health and Youth Program

Amy Finlay-Jones AFJ BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych) Head, Early Neurodevelopment & Mental Health; Healthway WA Senior ...

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Language disorder is highly prevalent in youth justice; however, orofacial, oromotor, speech, and voice anomalies have been largely overlooked. There has been some documentation of these among individuals with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), and adolescents with PAE are over-represented in youth justice. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• October 2021

Translation of developmental science discoveries is impeded by numerous barriers at different stages of the research-to-practice pipeline. Actualization of the vast potential of the developmental sciences to improve children's health and development in the real world is imperative but has not yet been fully realized. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• April 2022

Growing evidence from preclinical studies, epidemiology, and randomized controlled trials supports a causal role for diet quality in mental disorder risk, and clinical psychiatric guidelines now place diet, along with other life-style behaviors, as foundational treatment targets for mood disorders. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• February 2022

Traditional conceptualizations of aggression distinguish between reactive (e.g., rage) and proactive (e.g., reward) functions of aggression. However, critiques of this dichotomy have pointed out these models conflate motivational valence and self-control. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• March 2022