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Aboriginal Health Researchers Win Major Discovery Grants

esearchers from Perth's Centre for Research Excellence in Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing have won more than $1.3 million in competitive funding

Innovative mental health researcher takes top prize at WA Mental Health Awards

Outstanding Aboriginal mental health researcher Professor Juli Coffin has taken out top honours at the 2021 Western Australian Mental Health Awards in recognition of her ground-breaking work to enhance Aboriginal social and emotional wellbeing.

Mental health champion a ‘brilliant woman’

Congratulations to Head of Youth Mental Health at The Kids Research Institute Australia, Dr Yael Perry, who has received a Telstra Health 2023 Brilliant Women in Digital Health Award in recognition of her innovative use of technology to achieve positive mental health outcomes for marginalised young people.

WA Aboriginal Child Health Survey (WAACHS)

WAACHS was the largest and most comprehensive survey ever undertaken into the health, wellbeing & development of WA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids

Maternal mental health and risk of child protection involvement: Mental health diagnoses associated with increased risk

This WA data linkage study aims to assess whether maternal mental health problems are associated with worse child development outcomes, children’s safety and...

“Ngany Kamam, I Speak Truly”: First-Person Accounts of Aboriginal Youth Voices in Mental Health Service Reform

Aboriginal young people are experts in their own experience and are best placed to identify the solutions to their mental health and wellbeing needs. Given that Aboriginal young people experience high rates of mental health concerns and are less likely than non-Indigenous young people to access mental health services, co-design and evaluation of appropriate mental health care is a priority.

Mental health and wellbeing

We are trying to understand what underlies mental health problems in young people with diabetes, with a school-related focus, and how we can best treat them.

Leading youth mental health researchers welcome sector funding

Leaders of Western Australia’s youth mental health research sector from Embrace at The Kids Research Institute Australia have welcomed the state government’s $420 million boost to mental health spending in its 2023-24 budget.

Prevalence of Mental Disorders Among Children and Adolescents of Parents with Self-Reported Mental Health Problems

This paper provides Australian population-level estimates of the prevalence of parental self-reported lifetime mental disorders and past 12 month mental disorders in their children

EVENT: Aboriginal Health Forum

Following our highly successful Open Space Forums in 2014, The Kids warmly invites you to our next forum on Aboriginal Health.