Professor of Mental Health at Curtin Uni. Child and adolescent mental health, suicide prevention, mental health of police and emergency services personnel.
Perth, Western Australia
Based in Australia
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New results from #ACMS on peer perpetrated sexual harassment in childhood and adolescence. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epu…
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The next session in the Advancing Adolescent Health in the Asia Pacific seminar series will be presented by A/Prof Holly Erskine & Dr Amirah Wahdi, discussing the National Adolescent Mental Health Surveys.
Register here 🔗 bit.ly/CRECOP @CforAH @AmirahWahdi
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90.5% of young people with diverse gender identities have experienced one or more forms of child maltreatment, including physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect or exposure to domestic violence. A horrifying statistic. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.… #acms @CurtinUni
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Great to see so many people getting behind Tony Pearce's amazing trek to raise funds for the great work that the Emergency Services Foundation is doing to support mental health and wellbeing of our emergency services workers.
esf.giveeasy.org/tonys-trek
#TonysTrek
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Looking forward to hearing all about the first ever national adolescent mental health surveys in Kenya, Viet Nam, and Indonesia.
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What was the impact of the #BlackSummer #bushfires🔥 on the #Mentalhealth of the responders? 🚒🚒
We surveyed the nation and found that less than one in five volunteers impacted have received enough help.
Learn more:
uwa.edu.au/projects/after-th…
@NMHC @ResilienceNSW @RecoveryAust
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5,000 #BlackSummer #bushfire responders have likely PTSD, very high psychological distress or suicidal ideation indicating high needs for mental health support #afterthefires, more than double the Australian population rate 🔥🚒
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The 2019-20 #BlackSummer #bushfires🔥 left significant mental health impacts on the 82,500 personnel who responded. 👨🚒👩🚒🚒 #afterthefires @uwanews @UWAresearch @bnhcrc @AFACnews
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Can we do more to support the learning of students with ADHD? Our new paper shows 7.5% of Australian students have ADHD, and on average they are 2 years behind in reading and numeracy and 4 years behind in writing by year 9. @gse_uwa @uwanews @beyondblue bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wil…
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Last summer's bushfires showed how important our emergency services are, and the toll that fires like this can take. Help us understand how to support emergency services personnel by participating in After the Fires. @bnhcrc @beyondblue @UWAresearch
uwa.edu.au/news/article/2020…
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Answering the Call revealed that police and emergency services personnel experience suicidal thoughts at twice the population rate. @beyondblue @bnhcrc @UWA_YLM @UWAresearch journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
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Most first responders have negative experiences with the workers’ compensation process. Recent findings show that the majority seeking compensation for a mental health issue did not find the process at all supportive. @uwanews @bnhcrc @beyondblue bit.ly/2VOOsnb
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The workers’ compensation process for first responders is overdue for reform. Our research bit.ly/2VOOsnb shows the process negatively impacted the recovery of over half of the police and emergency services employees who have used it. @bnhcrc @beyondblue @UWAresearch
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Anxiety disorders and ADHD are the most common disorders followed by Major Depressive Disorder and Conduct Disorder. Anxiety, Conduct and Depressive disorders had the highest rates of absences.
UWA Research shows that over 16% of days absent from school in the secondary years are attributable to mental illness. @uwanews @UWAresearch
This Australian study found around one-fifth of males &
one-third of female secondary students with a mental disorder have missed more than 20 days of school in one year, now online first: doi.org/10.1177/000494411882… #YoungMindsMatter @acereduau @SAGE_EdResearch
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Following the launch of Answering the Call (uwa.edu.au/projects/answerin…) this video presents the key findings of the research. Heads Up | Answering the call key findings piped.video/mnlMMXPtlfY via @YouTube @uwanews @beyondblue @bnhcrc @UWAresearch @ANZPAA
With over 20,000 people participating, Answering the Call highlights the impact of emergency services work on mental health. However it is not just the exposure to trauma, but how it is handled in the workplace that matters. uwa.edu.au/Projects/Answerin… @beyondblue @bnhcrc @uwa
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