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Open AccessTesting a syndemics perspective on the effects of multiple adversities on depression and anxiety symptoms in a representative population sample
Considerable empirical evidence indicates that stressful life experiences may have a negative impact on mental health. However, it is unclear how multiple adverse experiences may intersect to influence symptom...
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Open AccessThe development and validation of a family functioning measure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults
Family and kinship networks are a key aspect of culture for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples from Australia. They are intrinsically connected to good health and wellbeing, and cultural knowledge e...
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Open AccessCOVID-19 and mental health in Australia – a sco** review
The COVID-19 outbreak has spread to almost every country around the world and caused more than 3 million deaths. The pandemic has triggered enormous disruption in people’s daily lives with profound impacts glo...
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Open AccessPsychosocial impacts of home-schooling on parents and caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has been highly disruptive, with the closure of schools causing sudden shifts for students, educators and parents/caregivers to remote learning from home (home-schooling). Limited researc...
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Open AccessWhat could we do differently next time? Australian parents’ experiences of the short-term and long-term impacts of home schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 lockdowns have resulted in school closures worldwide, requiring curriculum to be delivered to children remotely (home schooling). Qualitative evidence is needed to provide important context to the pos...
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Measures of mental, physical, and social wellbeing and their association with death by suicide and self-harm in a cohort of 266,324 persons aged 45 years and over
The aim of this study was to examine the relation of mental, physical, and social wellbeing measures to death by suicide and self-harm (SH).
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Development of the Australian neighborhood social fragmentation index and its association with spatial variation in depression across communities
We know little about how community structures influence the risk of common mental illnesses. This study presents a new way to establish links between depression and social fragmentation, thereby identifying pa...
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Open AccessSilence is deadly: a cluster-randomised controlled trial of a mental health help-seeking intervention for young men
Young men are consistently less likely to seek help for mental health problems than their female peers. This is particularly concerning given the high rates of suicide among male adolescents. The school system...
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Network approach to the symptom-level association between alcohol use disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder
The high prevalence of alcohol use disorder among individuals with a history of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder is well documented. The current study applied network analysis to map the structure of s...
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Mental health symptoms associated with morbidity, not mortality, in an elderly community sample
Six previous reviews have found a relationship between depression and mortality. However, many past studies have failed to adequately control for the role of physical health. A proposed mechanism of the depres...
