The proportion of children and adolescents in Australia with mental disorders who used services for emotional and behavioural problems ...

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• September 2016

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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This article describes the survey, the response rates achieved and the representativeness of the sample for the Young Minds Matter survey ...

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• 2016
• December 2016

Yael Penelope Keely Bep Amy Helen Perry Strauss Bebbington Uink Finlay-Jones Milroy YP PS KB BU AFJ HM BPsych (Hons) MPsych (Clin) PhD BA, MPH, PhD MClinPsych/PhD BPsych(Hons.), MAppPsy(Clinical), PhD BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD ...

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The Self-Compassion Online program could provide a scalable solution for improving psychological outcomes and quality of life among youth with chronic illness ...

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• 2020
• January 2020

The existing literature exploring the experiences of parenting a trans child tends toward reporting the challenging aspects of the parental journey. Studies also reference positive experiences such as enhanced parent-child connectedness and affirmation of personal values. Limited dedicated research focused on the positive aspects of parenting a trans child exists. We aimed to better understand positive parental experiences accordingly. ...

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• 2023
• December 2023

General practitioners (GPs) have a key role in supporting young people who present with suicidal behaviour/self-harm. However, little is known about young people's opinions and experiences related to GPs' practices for such presentations, and their decisions to disclose suicidal behaviour/self-harm to GPs. Additionally, existing guidelines for the management of suicide risk and/or self-harm have not incorporated young people's perspectives. This study aimed to explore young people's views and experiences related to the identification, assessment and care of suicidal behaviour and self-harm in primary care settings with GPs. ...

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• 2020
• October 2020

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 objective of this study was to examine the factors that impact on breastfeeding duration among Western Australia Aboriginal children. We hypothesised... ...

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• 2012
• December 2012

Empirical evidence identifying the key drivers of positive early childhood development in Aboriginal children, and supportive features of local communities... ...

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• 2015
• April 2015

The purpose of this study is to examine the association between poverty and child mental disorders ...

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• 2019
• June 2019

The Lililwan Project was the first Australian population-based prevalence study of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) using active case ascertainment. Conducted in 2010-2011, the study included 95% of all eligible children aged 7-9 years living in the very remote Aboriginal communities of the Fitzroy Valley, Western Australia. ...

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• 2022
• April 2022