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• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Early Environment
• Developmental Origins of Child Health
• Expired projects

Mainstream Australian mental health services are failing Aboriginal young people. Despite investing resources, improvements in well-being have not materialised. Culturally and age appropriate ways of working are needed to improve service access and responsiveness. This Aboriginal-led study brings Aboriginal Elders, young people and youth mental health service staff together to build relationships to co-design service models and evaluation tools. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• May 2021

Epidemiological data indicate that paternal and maternal mental health difficulties are predictors of conduct disorder (CD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) in offspring. We tested the association between maternal anxiety and depressive symptoms and paternal emotional problems with CD and ODD symptoms in adolescent offspring aged 17. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• March 2021

Abstract: To examine the association between mental health workforce supply and spatial clusters of high versus low incidence of youth suicide. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• August 2023

Trans and gender diverse young people experience mental health difficulties self-harm and suicidality at markedly higher rates than the general population, yet they often feel isolated from mental health services. There is little qualitative research on the experiences of trans and gender diverse young people accessing mental health support in Australia. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• November 2020

Children with mental health disorders have lower physical activity levels compared to their peers; however, minimal research has been conducted to date to understand their unique experiences of physical activity. We sought to better understand these experiences, along with contributing factors, through interviews with children with mental health disorders and their parents/guardians. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• October 2021

most children report mental health and well-being, but the population distribution spanned the full range of possible scores on every construct. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• June 2017

Young people who have been involved in the child protection system are at increased risk for mental health events and diagnoses ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• July 2019

Individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are at a substantial risk of harm to themselves and others, experience high levels of functional impairment and typically are high users of tertiary healthcare to address their mental health concerns. As indicators for BPD typically emerge in adolescence, a day therapy service in Bentley, Western Australia, Touchstone Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), was developed as an intensive intervention for adolescents with indicators for BPD and its associated symptomology. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• April 2023

Siblings of persons with neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs) have increased risk of poorer psychosocial functioning. This systematic review evaluated quantitative and qualitative evidence on sibling mental health and wellbeing outcomes following psychosocial interventions and the risk and protective factors associated with post-intervention outcomes. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• September 2022

Melissa Andrew Gail Jenny Licari Whitehouse Watch and listen to Andrew Alvares Downs ML AJ GA JA PhD PhD PhD BApplSci (physio) MSc PhD Senior Research Fellow Angela Wright Bennett Professor of Autism Research at Telethon Kids and University of ...

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Epidemiological studies indicate that children of parents with mental health problems are at an increased risk of developing anxiety disorders. Few studies have investigated this relationship in young adults. Participants were from the Raine Study, which is a multi-generational birth cohort study in Australia. Maternal anxiety and depression in late childhood were assessed using the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-42), and paternal lifetime mental health problems were assessed using a self-reported questionnaire. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• February 2021