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The Essential Network (TEN): engagement and mental health insights from a digital mental health assessment tool for Australian health professionals during COVID-19

BMC Digital Health, 2023
Background Health professionals are at risk of poor mental health outcomes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Essential Network (TEN) is a blended care mental health support service for Australian health professionals, funded by the Australian Federal ...
M. J. Coleshill, D. Alagirisamy, S. Patki, M. Ronksley, M. J. Black, S. Yu, M. Phillips, J. M. Newby, N. Cockayne, J. Tennant, S. B. Harvey, H. Christensen, P. A. Baldwin   +12 more
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Surveillance of suicide deaths involving gases in Australia using the National Coronial Information System, 2006 to 2017

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2021
Background: There have been concerns about the increased use of helium and nitrogen gas as a suicide mechanism in Australia. Methods: National Coronial Information System data were used to investigate gas‐specific suicides in Australia over the period ...
Alexander C.R. Burnett, Nicola A. Chen, Lauren McGillivray, Mark E. Larsen, Michelle Torok   +4 more
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Most Dogs Are Not NATIVE Dogs [PDF]

Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2021
Abstract Studies of dogs have proliferated among canine scientists, aided in part by the logistical convenience of working with owned animals whose care is handled by others. These pet dogs are unlike most dogs that have lived in contemporary or prehistoric settings. In particular, many of the dogs studied by canine scientists are NATIVE
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Machine learning identifies a COVID-19-specific phenotype in university students using a mental health app

Internet Interventions, 2023
Background: Advances in smartphone technology have allowed people to access mental healthcare via digital apps from wherever and whenever they choose. University students experience a high burden of mental health concerns.
Artur Shvetcov, Alexis Whitton, Suranga Kasturi, Wu-Yi Zheng, Joanne Beames, Omar Ibrahim, Jin Han, Leonard Hoon, Kon Mouzakis, Sunil Gupta, Svetha Venkatesh, Helen Christensen, Jill Newby   +12 more
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Examining the impact of a universal positive psychology program on mental health outcomes among Australian secondary students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2023
Background This study aimed to examine the impact of a web-based positive psychology program delivered universally to secondary school students during school closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales, Australia.
Mirjana Subotic-Kerry, Taylor A. Braund, Dervla Gallen, Sophie H Li, Belinda L. Parker, Melinda R. Achilles, Cassandra Chakouch, Simon Baker, Aliza Werner-Seidler, Bridianne O’Dea   +9 more
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The voice of mental health practice in Australia: a mixed‐method cross‐sectional study of gaps and areas of need

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2021
Objectives: To examine the perceptions of health professionals regarding the gaps in mental health service provision in Australia and their need for assistance in managing patients with mental illness.
Katherine Petrie, Peter Baldwin, Joanna Crawford, Samuel B. Harvey   +3 more
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The upside: coping and psychological resilience in Australian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2021
Background Since the COVID-19 outbreak, few studies have investigated the positive psychological consequences on young people. This study examined resilience, positive experiences, and coping strategies reported by Australian adolescents during COVID-19.
Joanne R. Beames, Sophie H. Li, Jill M. Newby, Kate Maston, Helen Christensen, Aliza Werner-Seidler   +5 more
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A cross-sectional study of factors associated with dog ownership in Tanzania [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Mass vaccination of owned domestic dogs is crucial for the control of rabies in sub-Saharan Africa. Knowledge of the proportion of households which own dogs, and of the factors associated with dog ownership, is important for the planning and ...
M Karen Laurenson, Mfinanga, S. G. M., Boden, L.A., Kazwala, R. R., Lisa A Boden, Boden, L. A., Cleaveland, C., Laurenson, M.K., Kazwala, Rudovick R., Kazwala, R.R., Cleaveland, Sarah, Sarah Cleaveland, Boden, Lisa, Knobel, D.L., Laurenson, M. Karen, Knobel, D. L., Knobel, Darryn L., Rudovick R Kazwala, Laurenson, M. K., Cleaveland, S., Darryn L Knobel   +20 more
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Youth StepCare: a pilot study of an online screening and recommendations service for depression and anxiety among youth patients in general practice

BMC Family Practice, 2020
Background General Practitioners (GPs) are ideally placed to identify and manage emerging mental illness in young people, however, many report low levels of confidence in doing so.
Belinda Louise Parker, Melinda Rose Achilles, Mirjana Subotic-Kerry, Bridianne O’Dea   +3 more
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Non-disclosing youth: a cross sectional study to understand why young people do not disclose suicidal thoughts to their mental health professional

BMC Psychiatry, 2022
Background Prevalence of suicidal ideation increases rapidly in adolescence, and many choose not to seek help and disclose their ideation. Young people who do disclose suicidal ideation, prefer to do so with peers and family compared to mental health ...
Lauren McGillivray, Demee Rheinberger, Jessica Wang, Alexander Burnett, Michelle Torok   +4 more
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