Skip to content

Search

Showing results for "mental health aboriginal"

Global prevalence of psychosocial assessment following hospital-treated self-harm: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Hospital-treated self-harm is common, costly and associated with repeated self-harm and suicide. Providing a comprehensive psychosocial assessment following self-harm is recommended by professional bodies and may improve outcomes.

Revised medical book comes with call for compassion

Embrace Co-Director Professor Helen Milroy was an editor on the latest edition of Good Medical Practice

WATCH: Misinformation and social media webinar

Watch our webinar for parents offering tips on how to support their children amid a rise in online misinformation.

Something to crow about at State Library

Professor Helen Milroy's Crow Baby artwork is on display at the State Library of WA.

Congratulations to the Embrace 2023 Research Award winners

Embrace 2023 Research Award winners Zoe Waters and Pulan Bai.

Embrace Big Idea 2023 winners announced

Photo (clockwise from top-left): Dr Craig Taplin, Mx Rigel Paciente, Ms Heather Roby, Dr Keely Bebbington, Dr Alix Woolard.

Researcher receives crucial funding for caregiver support initiative

The Kids Research Institute Australia is deeply grateful to The Yellow Umbrella Foundation for their generous gift of $38,453 to help fund a new mental health initiative for parents and caregivers of children living with intellectual disability.

Is targeted cytomegalovirus testing of infants feasible in Western Australia? An observational study

Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is a common infection at birth with the potential to cause significant and permanent morbidity, most commonly hearing loss. Targeted cCMV testing programmes use hearing loss as an indicator of an infant being at high risk of the infection and thereby can 'target' or focus testing on those at greatest risk. Australian and International guidelines recommend that high-risk infants be offered cCMV testing, yet across Australia, a formal testing system does not exist.

The Kids Research Institute Australia to lead international research team in tackling acute rheumatic fever

An international research team led by The Kids Research Institute Australia has been awarded a $5 million Synergy Grant by the NHMRC.

Evolving Trends of Gastrostomy Insertion Within a Pediatric Population

New gastrostomy insertion among children who require long-term enteral feeding support increased over the study period