Pagliaro, Claudia Pearl, Madeleine Lawrence, David Scott, James G Diminic, Sandra
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The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry
Mental health service use by individuals without a diagnosed mental disorder is sometimes termed 'met un-need'. However, provision of services for this group may be necessary to provide appropriate assessment, referral and early intervention. This study quantified child and adolescent use of, and perceived need for, mental health services to inform...
Westrupp, Elizabeth M Greenwood, Christopher J Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew Olsson, Craig A Sciberras, Emma Mikocka-Walus, Antonina Melvin, Glenn A Evans, Subhadra Stokes, Mark A Wood, Amanda G
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The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry
To control a second-wave COVID-19 outbreak, the state of Victoria in Australia experienced one of the world's first long and strict lockdowns over July-October 2020, while the rest of Australia experienced 'COVID-normal' with minimal restrictions. We (1) investigate trajectories of parent/child mental health outcomes in Victoria vs non-Victoria and...
Vance, Alasdair Winther, Jo McGaw, Janet White, Selena
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The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry
Increased point prevalence rates of oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder have been reported in American Indian and Canadian First Nations children and adolescents. To date, in Australia, there has been no published examination of standardized Diagnostic and Statistical Manual mental disorder diagnoses in First Nations children and ado...
Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh Forsyth, Anna Sumner, Rachael L
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The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry
With the extensive public, commercial and scientific interest from what has been widely termed the psychedelic renaissance, it is important that the scientific practices and results obtained from its implementation into medicine are put under a critical microscope. While there are numerous works on the potential benefits and applications of psyched...
Linardon, Jake Westrupp, Elizabeth M Macdonald, Jacqui A Mikocka-Walus, Antonina Stokes, Mark A Greenwood, Christopher J Youssef, George J Teague, Samantha Hutchinson, Delyse Sciberras, Emma
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The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry
Nascent evidence indicates that the mental health of parents and children has markedly declined during the COVID-19 pandemic. Considering disruptions to traditional face-to-face mental health services resultant from stay-at-home orders, the potential value of digital mental health interventions has become extremely apparent. Despite this, uptake of...
Simpson, Alexander If Penney, Stephanie R Jones, Roland M
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The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry
Available evidence suggests that persons with serious forms of mental illness are 4-10 times more likely to commit homicide as compared to non-affected members of the general population. The relationship between homicide and psychotic illness has now been subject to longitudinal investigation in six different populations across eight studies coveri...
Wand, Anne Pf Browne, Roisin Jessop, Tiffany Peisah, Carmelle
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The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry
Self-harm is closely associated with suicide in older adults and may provide opportunity to intervene to prevent suicide. This study aimed to systematically review recent evidence for three components of aftercare for older adults: (1) referral pathways, (2) assessment tools and safety planning approaches and (3) engagement and intervention strateg...
Sinyor, Mark Mallia, Emilie de Oliveira, Claire Schaffer, Ayal Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas Zaheer, Juveria Mitchell, Rachel Rudoler, David Kurdyak, Paul
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The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry
To determine whether the release of the first season of the Netflix series '13 Reasons Why' was associated with changes in emergency department presentations for self-harm. Healthcare utilization databases were used to identify emergency department and outpatient presentations according to age and sex for residents of Ontario, Canada. Data from 200...
Klau, Julie Bernardo, Carla De Oliveira Gonzalez-Chica, David Alejandro Raven, Melissa Jureidini, Jon
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The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry
To examine trends in prescribing psychotropic medications to children and adolescents in Australian primary care from 2011 to 2018. A retrospective cohort study examined prescriptions written by general practitioners using MedicineInsight, a large Australian primary care database, covering approximately 9% of all general practitioner practices. Num...
Nevarez-Flores, Adriana G Breslin, Monique Carr, Vaughan J Morgan, Vera A Waterreus, Anna Harvey, Carol Sanderson, Kristy Neil, Amanda L
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The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry
Perception of loneliness has been identified as the strongest predictor of health-related quality of life assessed with the Assessment of Quality of Life-4D in people with psychotic disorders. We aimed to establish contributors to perceived loneliness, and ascertain the mediating role of loneliness in the relationship between identified contributor...
