A5088472362- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Policing Practices and Perceptions
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Athletic Training and Education
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
The University of Western Australia
2014-2025
Institute of Population and Public Health
2020
Neuropsychiatric Research Institute
2009
Morehouse School of Medicine
2008
Monash University
1997-1999
Background. We describe the development, reliability and applications of Diagnostic Interview for Psychoses (DIP), a comprehensive interview schedule psychotic disorders. Method. The DIP is intended use by interviewers with clinical background was designed to occupy middle ground between fully structured, lay-administered schedules, semi-structured, psychiatrist-administered interviews. It encompasses four main domains: ( ) demographic data; b social functioning disability; c diagnostic...
Despite the rise in specialist clinical services for management of sports and active recreation injury, many patients attend hospital emergency departments treatment. The purpose this study was to describe injury cases presented selected around Australia period 1989-1993.Routinely collected department presentation data from Australian National Injury Surveillance Unit were examined. Data on 98,040 presentations analysed. Sports activities ranked according frequency presentation. Relative...
Recent evidence points to partially shared genetics of neuropsychiatric disorders.We examined risk intellectual disability and other outcomes in 3174 children mothers with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or unipolar major depression compared 3129 unaffected mothers.We used record linkage across Western Australian population-based registers. The contribution obstetric factors was assessed.Children were at significantly increased odds ratios (ORs) 3.2 (95% CI 1.8-5.7), 3.1 1.9-4.9) 2.9...
Internationally, capacity building for mental health implementation and translation research has lagged. A review of literature found initiatives since 2008 indicating limited dedicated attention to growing capabilities early-to-mid-career researchers, little reporting tailored career pathways skills growth. Significant gaps in thus exist. This perspective article describes a networked infrastructure strategy the Australian-based ALIVE National Centre Mental Health Research Translation. The...
The ability of sports injury studies to provide reliable incidence estimates depends on accurate data. One the most commonly used methods collecting data is through self-report, but validity such information largely unknown. This study validated a four week self-report recall against range external sources including hospital records, health practitioner and third parties. Cases were drawn from larger, Western Australian Sports Injury Study (WASIS). demonstrates acceptable good levels...
Background Large epidemiological studies are needed to better understand the prevalence and profile of offending by people with mental illness. This study used a whole-of-population design examine prevalence, type pattern across all psychiatric diagnoses, including schizophrenia, compared general population. Method We longitudinal record-linked data for cohort Western Australians born 1955–1969 determine arrest history over period 1985–1996 ascertain recorded Of cohort, 116 656 had been...
This article emerges from research conducted across Australia on Aboriginal self-policing initiatives, generically referred to as "Community Patrols", "Aboriginal Patrols" or "Night Patrols". The study was intended produce a national profile of Patrols, and similar services, around Australia. Our reveals that people are actively engaged in diversity practices urban, rural remote communities These policing differ markedly those offered by the mainstream police private security sector number...
Schizophrenia is a severely disabling disorder with lifetime risk of 1% and point prevalence about 5 per 1000. accounts for 2.3% the global burden disease. The aetiology schizophrenia complex. While there appears to be significant genetic contribution, it possible that many genes small effect contribute environmental factors interact susceptibility. impact risks complex, no single factor major isolated date. Putative candidate exposures include winter/spring season birth, pregnancy birth...
(2004). Self-policing and community safety: the work of Aboriginal Community Patrols in Australia. Current Issues Criminal Justice: Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 205-219.
The interplay between genetic and environmental factors on risk for psychotic illness remains poorly understood. aim of this study was to estimate independent combined effects familial liability schizophrenia exposure obstetric complications developing illness, covarying with other stressors.This whole-population birth cohort used record linkage across Western Australian statewide data collections (midwives, psychiatric, hospital admissions, child protection, mortality) identify liveborn...
Objective:Children of parents with severe mental illness have an increased risk offending. Studies suggest that factors such as parental offending and social disadvantage may be associated the risk. This paper assesses impact these on rates in offspring women compared to unaffected women. Methods:This is part a longitudinal record-linked whole-population study 467,945 children born Western Australia from 1980 2001 mothers no recorded psychiatric illness. These data were linked corrective...
Abstract Background Trajectory analysis has been used to study long‐term offending patterns and identify offender subgroups, but few such studies have included people with psychotic disorders (PDs) these restricted adult offenders. Aims To compare trajectories among 10–26‐year‐olds PDs those other mental (OMDs) or none (NMD) associated risk factors. Methods This is a record‐linkage of 184,147 born in Western Australia (WA) 1983–1991, drawing on data from WA health information system,...