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. ...

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• 2023
• April 2023

Few studies have examined associations between gender non-conformity (GNC) in childhood or adolescence and mental health outcomes later in life. This study examined associations between GNC and mental health over multiple time points in childhood and adolescence, and GNC in childhood and/or adolescence and mental health in adulthood. ...

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• 2023
• July 2023

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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Lynne Renee Patricia Hannah Jade Emma Francis Millar Teal Lewis House Bondonno Charlton Mitrou LM RT PL HH JB EC FG BA(Psych honours) PhD BHlthSc(hons), PhD BA (Hons), MPH BComm(hons), MPH BPsych (Hon) BHSc (Food and Nutrition) BEc Senior Research ...

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Advances in medicine have improved the chances of survival following burn injuries, however, psychosocial outcomes have not seen the same improvement, and burn injuries can be distressing for both the child or young person, negatively affecting their wellbeing. Pediatric burn patients are at a higher risk of developing psychopathology compared to the general population. ...

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• 2023
• Jun 2023

We explored childcare educators’ perceived barriers and facilitators to policy implementation in order to inform the development and implementation of an early childhood education and care (ECEC) specific physical activity policy. This study was part of the Play Active (2019-2023) project which aimed to develop, implement and evaluate evidence-based physical activity policy to improve physical activity levels in children attending ECEC. ...

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• 2022
• May 2022

Although children of convicted parents experience a higher incidence of sociodemographic risk, their parents' criminal activity constitutes an independent risk factor for their development ...

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• 2018
• July 2018

The Future Proofing Study (FPS) was established to examine factors associated with the onset and course of mental health conditions during adolescence. This paper describes the design, methods, and baseline characteristics of the FPS cohort. ...

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• 2022
• November 2022

This research sought to explore the main factors affecting young people's image-sharing behaviors, particularly in the context of peer relationships and norms ...

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• 2019
• December 2019

Yael Perry YP BPsych (Hons) MPsych (Clin) PhD Program Head, Mental Health & Youth; Head, Youth Mental Health 08 6319 1298 yael.perry@telethonkids.org.au Program Head, Mental Health & Youth; Head, Youth Mental Health @yaelperry she/her/hers A/Prof ...

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Antismoking mass media campaigns have been shown to reduce smoking prevalence in the mainstream community. ...

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• 2010
• February 2010

Mental ill-health and substance use bear a substantial burden and harm on young people and often arise from co-occurring and compounding risk factors, such as traumatic stress. Trauma-informed prevention of mental ill-health and substance use demonstrates significant promise in reducing this burden. ...

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• 2023
• October 2023