A5016876199- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Coffee research and impacts
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
UNSW Sydney
2019-2024
The University of Sydney
2017-2024
Black Dog Institute
2019-2023
Abstract Background Depression frequently first emerges during adolescence, and one in five young people will experience an episode of depression by the age 18 years. Despite advances treatment, there has been limited progress addressing burden at a population level. Accordingly, growing interest prevention approaches as additional pathway to address depression. can be prevented using evidence-based psychological programmes. However, barriers implementing accessing these programmes remain,...
Abstract Despite decades of research on suicide risk factors in young people, there has been no significant improvement our understanding this phenomenon. This study adopts a positive deviance approach to identify individuals with resilience and describe their associated psychological sociodemographic profiles. Australian adults aged 18–25 years suicidal thoughts (N = 557) completed an online survey covering sociodemographic, mental health status, emotion regulatory suicide-related domains....
Self-help smartphone apps offer a new opportunity to address youth suicide prevention by improving access support and providing potentially high fidelity cost-effective treatment. However, there have been very few evidence-based for in this population. To gap, we developed the LifeBuoy app, self-help app informed dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), help young people manage suicidal thoughts their daily life.
Objective: Prior research suggests there are observable behaviours preceding suicide attempts in public places. However, currently no ways to continually monitor such sites, limiting the potential intervene. In this mixed-methods study, we examined acceptability and feasibility of using an automated computer system identify crisis behaviours. Methods: First, conducted a large-scale survey assess perceptions on closed-circuit television artificial intelligence for prevention. Second,...
Research into the causes and outcomes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been extensive, yet little is known about perception ADHD as a its related among diagnosed youth. The present study applied Common-Sense Model Illness Representations (CSM) to examine association with quality life (QoL), coping strategies, treatment adherence 63 adolescents (10–18 years). Adolescents recruited from clinics, parent support groups, an educational service completed self-report measures...
Insecure attachment is positively related to aggression toward romantic partners. However, little known about the mechanisms underlying association. The present study examined a potential mediator, masculine gender role stress (MGRS), using experimental-causal-chain design. Heterosexual participants took part in studies laboratory. Study 1 (N = 108, 50% male) failed find support showing that priming insecure would lead higher level of MGRS, but dispositional anxious was correlated with MGRS....
Abstract Differences in the perceptions of illness between patients and caregivers are associated with negative health-related outcomes. However, little is known about correlates divergent ADHD among diagnosed adolescents their parents. This study applied Common-Sense Model Illness Representations (CSM) to examine how parent ADHD, including parent-adolescent perceptions, relate coping, quality life (QoL), treatment adherence, ADHD. Participants were 63 (10–18 years, 79.3% male, mean age =...
Abstract Background Depression frequently first emerges during adolescence, and one in five young people will experience an episode of depression by the age 18 years. Despite advances treatment, there has been limited progress addressing burden at a population level. Accordingly, growing interest prevention approaches as additional pathway to address depression. can be prevented using evidence-based psychological programs. However, barriers implementing accessing these programs remain,...
Abstract Background Depression frequently first emerges during adolescence, and one in five young people will experience an episode of depression by the age 18 years. Despite advances treatment, there has been limited progress addressing burden at a population level. Accordingly, growing interest prevention approaches as additional pathway to address depression. can be prevented using evidence-based psychological programs. However, barriers implementing accessing these programs remain,...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Self-help smartphone apps offer a new opportunity to address youth suicide prevention by improving access support and providing potentially high fidelity cost-effective treatment. However, there have been very few evidence-based for in this population. To gap, we developed the LifeBuoy app, self-help app informed dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), help young people manage suicidal thoughts their daily life. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> This study describes...
Abstract Despite decades of research on suicide risk factors in young people, there has been no significant improvement our understanding this phenomenon. This study adopts a positive deviance approach to identify the individuals with resilience and describe their associated psychological sociodemographic profiles. Australian adults aged 18 25 years suicidal thoughts (N=557) completed an online survey covering sociodemographic, mental health status, emotion regulatory suicide-related...