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A new study has found that infectious diseases are the most common reason that children under two years of age are admitted to hospital.
Clinicians who counsel prospective ART patients about birth defect risk should provide information about the overall risk of having a child with a birth defect
Peter Shelley Jacoby Gorman BA (Hons) MSc BSc (Hons) PhD Biostatistician Honorary Research Associate Peter.Jacoby@thekids.org.au shelley.gorman@
Dissociation can exist along a continuum from normal developmental experiences to severe and contributing to persistent mental illness and impeding normal development. It can also occur as a discreet symptom in a range of disorders or as a disorder itself, and can change depending on a number of factors such as the age and stage of development.
Experiencing a traumatic event can significantly impact mental and emotional well-being. Social media platforms offer spaces for sharing stories, seeking support, and accessing psychoeducation. TikTok (ByteDance), a rapidly growing social media platform, is increasingly used for advice, validation, and information, although the content of this requires further study.
Loneliness, a negative emotion stemming from the perception of unmet social needs, is a major public health concern. Current interventions often target social domains but produce small effects and are not as effective as established emotion regulation (ER)-based interventions for general psychological distress (i.e., depression/anxiety).
Dr Samantha Carlson is an early career mixed-methods social scientist, leading research that seeks to understand how to improve access to and understanding about vaccination.
Operations Manager, Indigenous Genomics
Fuelled by the tobacco industry, commercial tobacco use is a major cause of preventable morbidity and mortality among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Preventing adolescent smoking initiation is critical to reducing uptake. Understanding individual, social, and environmental factors that are protective against smoking can inform prevention strategies.
A community-led, trauma-informed psychosocial intervention to improve health outcomes of children and young people with Type-1 diabetes.