Over many years, it has been shown that cancer represents a significant proportion of excess mortality for people with mental illness. ...

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• 2015
• January 2015

This WA data linkage study aims to assess whether maternal mental health problems are associated with worse child development outcomes, children’s safety and... ...

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• 2015
• July 2015

This paper provides Australian population-level estimates of the prevalence of parental self-reported lifetime mental disorders and past 12 month mental disorders in their children ...

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• 2018
• August 2018

Over the past decade, a growing number of studies have linked urban green space and aspects of biodiversity with emotional wellbeing. ...

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• 2017
• July 2017

In this discussion, we build the case for why climate change is an emerging threat to perinatal mental health ...

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• 2022
• December 2022

Schools are increasingly recognized as important settings for mental health promotion, but it is unclear what actions schools should prioritize to promote student mental health and wellbeing. We undertook a policy review of global school-based mental health promotion policy documents from United Nations agencies to understand the frameworks they use and the actions they recommend for schools. ...

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• 2023
• April 2023

Digital mental health is changing the landscape of service delivery by addressing challenges associated with traditional therapy. However, practitioners’ use of these resources remains underexamined. ...

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• 2022
• August 2022

The behavioral phenotype of neurogenetic disorders associated with intellectual disability often includes psychiatric comorbidity. The objectives of this systematic review and meta-analysis were to systematically review the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and symptoms in children and adolescents ...

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• 2020
• September 2020

Aaron Timothy Bonnie James Ben Simpson Budden Furzer Dimmock Jackson AS TB BF JD BJ BSc (Hons) BSc PhD BA/BSc (Hons) PhD BSc (Hons); BComm; PhD BSc (Hons) PhD PhD Candidate Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research ...

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STUDY QUESTION: Does mental health and behaviour differ between those conceived with and those conceived without ART? SUMMARY ANSWER: Our study observed less externalizing behaviour (delinquent/aggressive), and more parent-reported internalizing behaviour, as well as more (clinical) depression at age 14 years, in adolescents conceived after ART compared to their non-ART counterparts. ...

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• 2022
• November 2022

The health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia is crucial to address due to the burden of disease and injury in aboriginal population. ...

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• 2017
• December 2017

Findings are the first linking atopy (measured by both parent report and objective verification) with increased vulnerability to affective and anxiety problems ...

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• 2017
• January 2017