This study assessed if the association between mental disorders and higher student absences varies across different profiles of risk factors, and estimated the proportion of student absences associated with mental disorders. Data included responses from a nationally representative Australian survey of child and adolescent mental health. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• May 2021

There are limited studies on the risk of depressive symptoms in adolescent offspring exposed to parental mental health problems in middle childhood. We investigated the association between parental mental health problems, particularly paternal emotional problems and maternal symptoms of anxiety and depression, and the risk of depressive symptoms in adolescent offspring aged 17. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• February 2021

No biological treatment has been firmly established for the at-risk stage of psychotic disorder. In this study we aim to test if subthreshold psychotic symptoms can be effectively treated with cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive compound of the plant Cannabis sativa. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• June 2021

Trans and gender diverse young people experience mental health difficulties self-harm and suicidality at markedly higher rates than the general population, yet they often feel isolated from mental health services. There is little qualitative research on the experiences of trans and gender diverse young people accessing mental health support in Australia. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2020
• November 2020

The prevention of suicide and suicide-related behaviour are key policy priorities in Australia and internationally. The World Health Organization has recommended that member states develop self-harm surveillance systems as part of their suicide prevention efforts. This is also a priority under Australia's Fifth National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan. The aim of this paper is to describe the development of a state-based self-harm monitoring system in Victoria, Australia. In this system, data on all self-harm presentations are collected from eight hospital emergency departments in Victoria. A natural language processing classifier that uses machine learning to identify episodes of self-harm is currently being developed. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• December 2020

The Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ) is a 24-item self-report measure of alexithymia. Originally developed in English, it was designed to try to enable more comprehensive (i.e., facet-level and valence-specific) alexithymia assessments. This study aimed to introduce and validate a Polish version of the PAQ. Our sample were 1,008 people (69.44% females, 30.06% males and 0.50% non-binary) aged 18-78 (M = 29.69, SD = 14.15) from the general community. ...

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• 2022
• November 2022

Liquor store availability in early adolescence may be a risk factor for alcohol intake in early and middle, but not late, adolescence ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• June 2018

Self-reported experiences of adolescents in population-based samples when completing health-related surveys on topics with varying potential for evoking distres ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• June 2018

The aim of this paper was to describe the meaning of wellbeing for children and youth with disabilities from their perspective. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2012
• February 2012

This study calls for the early identification of children who are vulnerable to maltreatment, the better identification of the duration and severity of maltreatment experiences, and the provision of continued care and support, to reduce the child's deliberate self harm risk in adolescence. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2017
• May 2017