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Risk factors associated with suicide clusters in Australian youth: Identifying who is at risk and the mechanisms associated with cluster membershipIt is unclear who is at risk of being involved in a suicide cluster and whether suicide clusters are influenced by the social transmission of suicidal behaviour, assortative relating, or a combination of both. Suicide clusters involving two or more young people were identified from the free text of electronic police and coroners reports in Australia's National Coronial Information System in a nationwide cross-sectional study.
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Suicide by young Australians, 2006-2015: a cross-sectional analysis of national coronial dataObjective: To assess the demographic, social, and clinical characteristics of young Australians who die by suicide.
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The contributions of fetal growth restriction and gestational age to developmental outcomes at 12 months of age: A cohort studyDevelopmental assessment of infants with fetal growth restriction was mostly comparable to those born without fetal growth restriction at 12 months
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Online interventions for the mental health needs of trans and gender diverse young peopleMembers of our research team have done an online survey (Trans Pathways) exploring the mental health and care pathways of gender diverse youth in Australia.
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Pre-onset risk characteristics for mania among young people at clinical high risk for psychosisWe aimed to identify the rate and predictors of transition to mania in a cohort of youth with clinical or familial risk for psychosis.
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Youth mental health researcher named joint Shell Aboriginal STEM Student of the YearYouth mental health researcher named joint winner of the Shell Aboriginal STEM Student of the Year category at the 2022 Western Australian Premier’s Science Awards.
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Self-Compassion in the wake of COVID-19 lockdownWith COVID-19 restrictions starting to lift and families resuming some level of ‘normal life’, it is natural to have mixed feeling during this time, says The Kids mental health researcher.
Gender dysphoria is experienced differently by everyone. Here are some ideas that could help trans and gender diverse young people cope with dysphoria.
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Associations between school absence and academic achievement: Do socioeconomics matter?School attendance should therefore be a priority for all schools, and not just those with high rates of absence or low average achievement.
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Ventricular volumes across stages of schizophrenia and other psychosesThis study aims to investigate ventricular volumes at different stages of psychosis.