Direct and persistent vicarious racial discrimination are detrimental to the physical and mental health of Indigenous children in Australia ...

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• 2017
• July 2017

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

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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• 2020
• June 2020

This study developed and tested a highly usable, and moderately acceptable, smartphone app to improve the psychosocial health of young people living with CF ...

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• 2020
• March 2020

Yael Jacinta Penelope Keely Bep Amy Helen Claire Perry Freeman Strauss Bebbington Uink Finlay-Jones Milroy McIlroy YP JF PS KB BU AFJ HM CM BPsych ( ...

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Francis Steve Helen Liz Peter Glenn Alex Asha Matt Kathryn Bep Pete Jenny Mitrou Zubrick Milroy Davis Richmond Pearson Brown Bowen Cooper Ramsey Uink ...

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According to the Young Minds Matter study, mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression are experienced by approximately one in seven or 560,000 young people in Australia. These disorders can often have a significant impact on children’s learning and development and on family life. ...

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Penelope Yael Rikki Kirsty Strauss Perry Battersby-Coulter Hird PS YP RBC KH BA, MPH, PhD BPsych (Hons) MPsych (Clin) PhD BA (Psych), MYMH, MPH ( ...

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Many adolescents with diverse sexual orientations lead happy and fulfilled lives. However, evidence consistently suggests elevated rates of mental health difficulties in this population relative to heterosexual peers, and internalization of stigma (i.e., self-stigma) is implicated in these elevated rates. This study aimed to understand and describe the lived experience of self-stigma with respect to participants’ sexual orientations. ...

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• 2022
• August 2022

Congratulations to Head of Youth Mental Health at Telethon Kids Institute, Dr Yael Perry, who has received a Telstra Health 2023 Brilliant Women in Digital Health Award in recognition of her innovative use of technology to achieve positive mental health outcomes for marginalised young people. ...

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• 2023
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