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Giorgetta Family FellowshipWith mental health issues an escalating problem among young people, looking after the mental health of future generations has never been more
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LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Practice Training for Medical and Psychology StudentsThis research aims to improve the mental health of LGBTQIA+ individuals through enhanced inclusive practice training for trainee health professionals.
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Stigma and mental health in teenagers who are attracted to the same genderYael Perry BPsych (Hons) MPsych (Clin) PhD Head, Youth Mental Health 08 6319 1298 yael.perry@thekids.org.au Head, Youth Mental Health @yaelperry she/
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Suicide prevention in LGBTQA+ young people: Best practice guidelines for clinical and community service providersThese guidelines outline a set if best practices for suicide prevention in LGBTQA+ young people, targeting both clinical and community service providers.
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The impact of top surgery: a longitudinal cohort study of dysphoria, mental health, and quality of life of trans Australians following top surgeryThis project aims to investigate the long-term impacts of top surgery – a term encompassing both chest reconstructive surgery and breast augmentation – on gender dysphoria, mental health, well-being and quality of life in trans and gender diverse individuals.
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Upskilling Service Providers on LGBTQA+ Suicide PreventionThis project aims to implement LGBTQA+ youth suicide prevention guidelines in clinical and community services in Western Australia.
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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.
The Youth Mental Health team is looking for a diverse group of young people to help inform research into mental health in LGBTIQ+ young people.
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Co-Designing Health Service Evaluation Tools That Foreground First Nation Worldviews for Better Mental Health and Wellbeing OutcomesIt is critical that health service evaluation frameworks include Aboriginal people and their cultural worldviews from design to implementation. During a large participatory action research study, Elders, service leaders and Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal researchers co-designed evaluation tools to test the efficacy of a previously co-designed engagement framework. Through a series of co-design workshops, tools were built using innovative collaborative processes that foregrounded Aboriginal worldviews.
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Intersex adolescents seeking help for their depression: the case study of SPARX in New ZealandSPARX is a computerized cognitive behavioral therapy self-help program for adolescent depression that is freely available in New Zealand. At registration, users identify themselves as either male, female, intersex, or transgender. We aimed to describe the mental health of adolescent intersex users. A secondary analysis of SPARX usage data over 5 years.