Gina Matt Francis Trapp Cooper Mitrou GT MC FG BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD BCA Marketing, BSc Statistics and Applied Statistics, PhD BEc ARC DECRA Fellow & Head of Food and Nutrition Research Manager, Biometrics Program Head, Population Health, and ...

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Samantha Christopher Valerie Carla Carlson Blyth Swift Puca SC CC VS CP BSc MPH PhD MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD BSc, MPH, MIDI Senior Research Officer Director, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases; Co-Head, Infectious Diseases ...

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Melissa Gail Jenny Andrew Licari Alvares Downs Whitehouse Watch and listen to Andrew ML GA JA AJ PhD PhD BApplSci (physio) MSc PhD PhD Senior Research Fellow Senior Research Fellow Program Head, Development and Disability Angela Wright Bennett ...

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Trans youth are at high risk of mental health difficulties and negative life events. Strong parental support is highly protective however there is little understanding of what factors facilitate the process of parental understanding and acceptance of a child’s gender identity. ...

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• 2022
• October 2022

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

SPARX is a form of computerized cognitive behavioural therapy in serious game format funded via the Ministry of Health to be freely available in New Zealand. At registration users identify themselves as male, female, transgender or intersex. We aimed to establish whether adolescent transgender users of SPARX, compared to adolescent male and female users, were more likely to have high mental health needs at baseline and were more likely to complete SPARX. We also sought to determine changes in transgender adolescents' depressive symptoms after using SPARX. ...

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• 2021
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General Practitioners (GPs) play a crucial role in the identification and support of young people at risk of suicidal behaviour and self-harm; however, no studies have explored GPs’ perspectives, approaches, challenges, and resource needs when working with this cohort in an Australian setting. ...

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• 2021
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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
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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 (Health Econ Eval), MHM BPsych (Hons) Research Fellow in Youth Suicide Prevention Program Head, Mental ...

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The functional role of milk for the developing neonate is an area of great interest, and a significant amount of research has been done. However, a lot of work remains to fully understand the complexities of milk, and the variations imposed through genetics. It has previously been shown that both secretor (Se) and Lewis blood type (Le) status impacts the human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) content of human milk. While some studies have compared the non-HMO milk metabolome of Se+ and Se- women, none have reported on the non-HMO milk metabolome of Se- and Le- mothers. ...

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• 2021
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Debbie Susan Palmer Prescott D SL BSc BND PhD MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP Head, Early Life & Life-Course Health Program; Team Lead, Nutrition in Early Life Honorary Research Fellow debbie.palmer@uwa.edu.au susan.prescott@telethonkids.org.au Head, Early ...

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Evidence suggests that individuals with autism spectrum disorder have increased rates of co-occurring psychosis and/or bipolar disorder. Considering the peak age of onset for psychosis and bipolar disorder occurs in adulthood, we investigated the co-occurrence of these disorders in adults with autism. ...

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• 2022
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