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Parents’ Disclosure of Their Child’s Health and Neurodevelopmental Conditions: A Systematic Review and Qualitative MetasynthesisParents of children with physical/mental health and/or neurodevelopmental conditions often need to make disclosure decisions for their child. Disclosure can bring benefits (e.g., support) but can also risk harm (e.g., stigma). This systematic review aimed to consolidate research regarding parents' disclosure experiences to better understand how to support parents during this process.
Alarming statistics laying bare the social emotional wellbeing and mental health challenges facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQA+ youth are driving a multi-partner program to provide them with greater support.
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Research officer Lisa Kickett at Wiyi Yani U Thangani summitA mentally healthy future for all children About Embrace Embrace @ The Kids Research Institute Australia is Western Australia’s first research
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SPARX-T: An online game to prevent depression in trans young peopleYael Penelope Helen Holly Perry Strauss Morgan Moss BPsych (Hons) MPsych (Clin) PhD BA, MPH, PhD BA (Hons), Doctor of Psychology BEd Head, Youth
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Enhancing functional recovery for young people recovering from first episode psychosis via sport-based life skills training: outcomes of a feasibility and pilot studyEarly intervention within First Episode Psychosis (FEP) recovery efforts support functional recovery in several ways, including increasing levels of (1) physical activity (2) life skills, and (3) social connectivity. Sport has been proposed as an ideal platform to target these three goals simultaneously.
The Healing Kids, Healing Families team at The Kids Research Institute Australia strives to improve child and family mental health and wellbeing, especially after experiencing trauma or adversity.
The Walkern Katatdjin (Rainbow Knowledge) project has produced a suite of resources to help services become more inclusive.
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Virtual Reality Integrated Social Recovery (VISOR)As well as specific symptom clusters, psychosis effects important non-symptom domains including social cognition and social-occupational functioning.
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High stress burden takes toll on Aboriginal childrenA landmark new report on the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal children