A5024773930- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Education Discipline and Inequality
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Art Therapy and Mental Health
- Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
- Plant responses to water stress
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Family Support in Illness
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
Alfred Health
2019-2024
Monash University
2023-2024
Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute
2023
Swinburne University of Technology
2021-2022
Australian Catholic University
2017
Co-design is becoming common practice in the development of mental health services, however, little known about experience such practices, particularly when young people are involved.
Codesigned interventions are becoming more common in health services and, particular, the design and development of mental programmes interventions. However, previous research has established that transition from codesign to implementation can experience several challenges this process received little attention.
This evaluation sought to determine what extent a suicide prevention service, designed for young people at severe risk of suicide, was successful in reducing and distress improving well-being outcomes. The 3-month service co-designed the height COVID-19 pandemic Melbourne, Australia, with carers who had lived experience youth suicide. involved mixed methods analysis data collected during first 20 months operation, from February 2022 September 2023. Ninety one were admitted this period, whom...
The most significant risk factor for suicide is a previous attempt. For individuals who present to hospital, accessing aftercare essential ameliorate this risk, but frequently discharge occurs without adequate follow-up. To improve post-suicidal aftercare, hybrid team (Alfred Hope) was developed offering three-months of psychosocial and clinical assertive outreach support. This study aimed measure change in distress, suicidal ideation coping beliefs experience care. 92 consumers, initial...
Family violence perpetrated by adults is increasingly understood as a health issue, and we argue that this pertains even more strongly to adolescents. The co‐dependence of the parent–child bond, lack maturity in adolescent, often related issues disability or mental illness make these young people both complex also vulnerable. This research paper reviews current literature relating adolescent home, identifies known best practice, evaluates importance taking family‐focused, therapeutic...
Introduction: Raising a child with social communication and emotion regulation challenges, such as those experienced in the context of an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is associated family disruption parental stress. Research shows that parents children young people ASD can experience challenges managing their child’s behaviour sense disconnectedness, lack support from “system”, broader understanding within community. Methods: A therapeutic parent group was held parallel to person working...
Abstract Aim Detecting and diagnosing youth mental health issues can be challenging for General Practitioners (GPs) who are often the first to encounter them. One aim of this study was understand challenges GPs faced in identifying, treating referring young people with Melbourne, Australia. A second identify gaps GP knowledge service provision order design a training program that addresses those gaps. Method representative sampling method used invite south‐east Melbourne complete survey....
Introduction: Despite the high prevalence of mental health issues for young people with intellectual disability (ID), ID can struggle to receive support they need. The aim this study was examine a new community-based, clinical service (12 −25 years) co-occurring and illness, explore outcomes experiences families who received from program.Methods: Two studies were conducted using qualitative quantitative research methods. First, Health Nations Outcome Scales (HoNOS), longitudinal measure any...
Background: The use of recovery-oriented practice (ROP) can be challenging to implement in mental health services. This qualitative sub-study the Principles Unite Local Services Assisting Recovery (PULSAR) project explored how consumers perceive their recovery following community staff undertaking specific ROP training. Methods: Using a participatory methodology, 21 (aged 18–63 years) participated one-on-one interviews. A thematic analysis was applied. Results: Four main themes were...
Objective While research has shown that psychosocial intervention can improve loneliness and social isolation for adults with psychosis, they are often not routinely offered. This study aimed to learn from consumers refine a skill friendship group (termed “Rel8”) by using Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) quality improvement methodology. methodology was used examine the impact of PDSA on implementation consumer engagement.Methods Mixed-methods were compare how engagement, attendance experience care...
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the experiences staff during development and implementation an Australian-first, family-focussed service addressing mental health needs young people (aged 12–25 years) with intellectual disability. This aims understand challenges successes team when navigating their way in a new program working complex client group. Design/methodology/approach used thematic analysis on data collected from focus groups at two time points phase program....