Giorgetta Family Fellow
BPsych (Hons) MPsych (Clin) PhD
Dr Yael Perry completed her Masters and PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of New South Wales, and her post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, under the supervision of Dr Aaron Beck.
Yael returned to Australia in 2013 to work at the Black Dog Institute in Sydney, where she conducted clinical research on the prevention and treatment of mental illness in young people. In 2017, she relocated to Perth and joined the Youth Mental Health team at Telethon Kids Institute. Yael’s research continues to focus on the prevention of mental health difficulties in young people, with particular emphasis on high risk and vulnerable youth. She also has specialised expertise and interest in the use of digital technologies to improve engagement, access and uptake of mental health interventions.
Yael is available to supervise honours, masters and PhD students. She is currently involved in the following projects:
- Adapting a ‘serious game’ for the prevention of depression in gender diverse youth
- A multi-site trial of an online intervention for carers of people with psychosis (Altitudes East West)
- Examining the link between stigma and mental health in same-gender attracted adolescents
- Improving the social and emotional wellbeing of LGBTIQ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people
- Co-designing suicide prevention interventions for trans and gender diverse young people
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Publications
January 2020
Online self-compassion training to improve the wellbeing of youth with chronic medical conditions: Protocol for a randomised control trial
The Self-Compassion Online program could provide a scalable solution for improving psychological outcomes and quality of life among youth with chronic illness
Published research Youth Health Youth Mental HealthNovember 2019Trans and gender diverse young people's attitudes towards game-based digital mental health interventions: A qualitative investigation
This paper reports on trans and gender diverse young people's attitudes towards digital games and game-based digital mental health interventions
Published research Youth Mental HealthMarch 2018Adolescents' Perspectives on a Mobile App for Relationships: Cross-Sectional Survey
Adolescents were likely to use a mobile phone app for relationship support, and use was not influenced by background characteristics
Published research Youth Mental HealthFebruary 2018Online interventions for the mental health needs of trans and gender diverse young people
Members of our research team have done an online survey (Trans Pathways) exploring the mental health and care pathways of gender diverse youth in Australia.
Published research Youth Mental Health