A5061165890- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Sleep and related disorders
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Gut microbiota and health
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
The University of Melbourne
2016-2025
Orygen
2006-2025
Orygen Youth Health
2011-2023
Australian Psychological Society
2011-2019
Melbourne Health
2014-2019
Royal Children's Hospital
2011
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
2011
Universitätskinderklinik
2008
Little work has been conducted that examines the effects of positive environmental experiences on brain development to date. The aim this study was prospectively investigate (warm and supportive) maternal behavior structural during adolescence, using longitudinal MRI. Participants were 188 (92 female) adolescents, who part a adolescent involved mother–adolescent interactions MRI scans at approximately 12 years old, follow-up 4 later. FreeSurfer software used estimate volume limbic-striatal...
The authors sought to investigate whether the structural development of limbic, striatal, and prefrontal regions that are critically implicated in pathophysiology depression is associated with adolescent-onset depression.In a longitudinal design, risk enriched community sample 86 adolescents (41 them female) who had no history depressive disorders participated neuroimaging assessments conducted during early (age 12) midadolescence 16). Onset was assessed for period spanning late adolescence...
The negative effects of socioeconomic disadvantage on lifelong functioning are pronounced, with some evidence suggesting that these mediated by changes in brain development. To our knowledge, no research has investigated whether parenting might buffer effects.To establish positive behaviors moderate the development and adaptive adolescents.In this longitudinal study adolescents from schools Melbourne, Australia, data were collected at 3 assessments between 2004 2012. Data analyzed August...
Article Abstract Objective: To describe the longer-term clinical and functional outcome of a large, epidemiologic representative cohort individuals experiencing first episode psychosis. Method: A naturalistic, prospective follow-up an sample 723 consecutive first-episode psychosis patients, followed between January 1998 April 2005, at median 7.4 years after initial presentation to Early Psychosis Prevention Intervention Centre (EPPIC) in Melbourne, Australia. EPPIC is frontline public mental...
The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) is a widely used self-report questionnaire that assesses general sleep quality. This study aimed to validate the single-factor scoring structure and related psychometric properties in English language version of PSQI community-based adolescents.Participants were 889 (352 males, 39.6%) students (age M = 15.71 ± 1.57; 12.08-18.92 years) recruited from 14 Australian secondary schools. Participants completed PSQI, Center for Epidemiological...
This study explored whether short sleep duration and quality mediate the relationship between age depressive symptoms. For comparison, we also symptoms quality. The sample comprised 741 adolescents (63.5% female, mean 15.78 years, range 11.92-19.67 years) in grades 7-12 from 11 secondary schools metropolitan Melbourne, Australia. Students completed Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). Path analyses suggested that significantly...
Limited attention has been directed toward the influence of non-abusive parenting behaviour on brain structure in adolescents. It suggested that environmental influences during this period are likely to impact way develops over time. The aim study was investigate association between aggressive and positive behaviors development from early late adolescence, turn, psychological academic functioning using a multi-wave longitudinal design. Three hundred sixty seven magnetic resonance imaging...
Background. The amygdala and subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sACC) are key brain regions for the generation of negative affect. In this longitudinal fMRI study adolescents we investigated how amygdala–sACC connectivity was correlated with affectivity (NA) both cross-sectionally longitudinally, examined its relationship to onset first-episode depression. Method. Fifty-six who were part a larger adolescent development included. They had no history mental illness at time their baseline...
Sleep problems are a major risk factor for the emergence of mental health in adolescence. The aim this study was to investigate post intervention effects cognitive-behavioral/mindfulness-based group sleep on and among at-risk adolescents.A randomized controlled trial (RCT) conducted across High schools Melbourne, Australia. One hundred forty-four adolescents (aged 12-17 years) with high levels anxiety sleeping difficulties, but without past or current depressive disorder, were into either...
Background: Early work indicates the significant impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health children and adolescents. Understanding which may be more at risk for problems, factors are amenable to change is crucial. The importance studying children’s within context family system recognized. Methods: current study investigated associations between parent factors, during early phase across a number Western countries (primarily Australia United Kingdom). Parents (N = 385) reported their...
This study examined the relation between mothers' positive and negative interaction behaviors during mother–child interactions emotion regulation (ER) depressive symptoms of their adolescent offspring. Event-planning (EPI) problem-solving (PSI) were observed in 163 mother–adolescent dyads, adolescents also provided a self-report ER responses symptoms. Sequential analyses tasks indicated that with more likely to reciprocate affective behaviors. Adolescents whose mothers displayed less...
In this study, we investigated the prospective relationship between maternal behaviors observed during mother-adolescent interactions and onset of major depressive disorder (MDD) early late adolescence (ages 12–18). Maternal expressions emotion responses to their child’s were both examined. Results demonstrated that higher rates aggressive behavior lower positive prospectively predicted MDD across adolescence. addition, negative (i.e., dysphoric) adolescents’ onset. dysphoric way mothers...
Substantial evidence suggests that rumination is an important vulnerability factor for adolescent depression. Despite this, few studies have examined environmental risk factors might lead to and, subsequently, depression in adolescence. This study the hypothesis adverse family environment a rumination, such tendency ruminate mediates longitudinal association between negative and depressive symptoms. It also investigated gender as moderator of relationship rumination. Participants were 163...
The aim of this study was to test whether a cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based group sleep intervention would improve anxiety on school nights in sample at-risk adolescents. We also examined benefits be mediated by improvements hygiene awareness presleep hyperarousal.Secondary analysis randomized controlled trial conducted with 123 adolescent participants (female = 60%; mean age 14.48) who had high levels problems symptoms. Participants were into improvement (n 63) or active control...