A5043972700- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Sleep and related disorders
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Macquarie University
2016-2025
Lifespan
2024
Australian Hearing
2017-2024
University of South Florida
2015-2017
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
2014-2016
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
2016
Johns Hopkins University
2016
Rogers Behavioral Health
2016
Behavioral Pharma (United States)
2016
Dementia Collaborative Research Centres
2014
There is some evidence that cognitive flexibility negatively impacts restructuring skill acquisition with brief training; however, there little understanding of how this relates to learning over the course a therapy program, and it overall treatment outcome. This study assessed impact on following group CBT, outcome, along changes in treatment. 44 older participants anxiety depression completed self-report neuropsychological tests clinical interview at pre post-treatment. Qualitative...
Preadolescent social media use is normative and could influence mental health. This study investigated: (a) Differences between preadolescent users non-users of various platforms on health, (b) unique links time spent those platforms, appearance-based activities media, (c) the moderating role biological sex relationships.Preadolescent youth (N = 528; 50.9% male) completed online surveys.Users YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat reported more body image concerns eating pathology than non-users, but...
This study examined the impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on health and lifestyle factors for older adults in Sydney, Australia. The demographic differences, social engagement, loneliness, physical activity, emotion regulation, technology use, grandparenting experiences their contribution to emotional quality life during lockdown.Participants were 201 community-dwelling (60-87 years, M = 70.55, SD 6.50; 67.8% female) who completed self-report scales measuring outcomes, life, service utilization,...
Medical practitioners experience high levels of mental disorders but may be reluctant to seek care.To determine medical practitioner attitudes towards other doctors with anxiety/depression, barriers seeking healthcare, treatments received for depression and the effects age.Data from National Mental Health Survey Doctors Students, conducted in Australia, were analysed (N = 10 038 practitioners). Attitudes anxiety/depression assessed 12 statements (total stigma score, range 12-60). Barriers...
Abstract Objective To investigate the impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on quality life and social networks older adults receiving community care services. Methods Quality network questionnaires were completed by (n = 21) home services at three time points (2018, 2019, during first Australian lockdown in 2020). Additional questions about technology use included 2020. Results Older adults’ significantly decreased compared to prior year. During pandemic, over 80% used maintain contact with family...
Neuropsychological testing currently represents the gold standard in assessing cognitive flexibility. However, this format presents some challenges terms of time and skills required for administration, scoring, interpretation. Two self-report measures flexibility have been developed to measure aspects everyday settings, although neither has validated an older sample. In study, we investigated psychometric properties 2 flexibility, Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (CFI; Dennis & Vander Wal,...
ABSTRACT Background: The Geriatric Anxiety Inventory is a 20-item geriatric-specific measure of anxiety severity. While studies suggest good internal consistency and convergent validity, divergent validity from measures depression are weak. Clinical cutoffs have been developed that vary across due to the small clinical samples used. A six-item short form (GAI-SF) has developed, while this scale promising, research assessing psychometrics limited. Methods: This study examined psychometric...
Anxiety and depression symptoms change over the lifespan older adults use different terms to describe their mental health, contributing under identification of anxiety in adults. To date, research has not examined these differences younger samples with comorbid depression.One hundred seven treatment-seeking participants (47 older, 60% female, 60 younger, 50% female) mood disorders completed Disorders Interview Schedule a symptom checklist examine severity, profiles used mood.The findings...
Background Parenting is a modifiable factor proposed to underpin the transmission of anxiety and depression from parents children. This study examined role parenting in intergenerational across pre- early adolescence. Method Participants were 531 youth (Mage = 11.18, SD 0.56; 50.85% boys) their parent. Child parent depression, parental rejection, warmth overprotection assessed annually over 3 years. Bidirectional relationships between child mediating behaviors, using cross-lagged panel...
The Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) is a widely used measure of worry severity. An 8-item abbreviated version (PSWQ-A) has been developed as brief screening measure, although there are limited studies assessing the psychometric properties this in large geriatric population. aim study was to assess utility PSWQ-A compared full PSWQ, identify pathological an older adult sample (N=108) clinically anxious and depressed adults, non-clinical (N=53). PSWQ were found have similarly adequate...
Sudden and severe onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) may present secondary to infectious and/or immune-mediated triggers. We assessed the preliminary efficacy, tolerability, safety azithromycin compared with placebo in treatment OCD associated symptoms children pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS).Thirty-one youth aged 4-14 years (M = 8.26 ± 2.78 years, 62.5% male) were randomized receive either or for 4 weeks (10 mg/kg up 500 mg per day). Both groups administered...
Sleep problems commonly co-occur alongside generalized and social anxiety, depression, eating disorders in young people. Yet it is unclear if sleep disturbance conveys risk for these social-emotional across early to middle adolescence whether repetitive negative thinking (RNT) mediates this association. In study, we examined longitudinal relationships between (morning/eveningness, school-night duration, sleepiness), general presleep RNT, symptoms of 5 years. As part the wider Risks...