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Child, Youth and Family Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Unit

This unit focuses on the prevention of anxiety, depression and suicide and the promotion of help-seeking in children, youth and families.

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About

The Child, Youth and Family Mental Health and Suicide Prevention unit focuses on the prevention and early intervention of anxiety, depression and suicide in community and educational settings, as well as the promotion of help-seeking behaviour. This unit includes the development and evaluation of online and face-to-face interventions delivered in school, university and community populations, as well as epidemiological studies to better understand the risk and protective factors associated with anxiety, depression, suicide and help-seeking behaviour.

Projects

A project to develop an accessible online program to meet the needs of parents of children with a mental health problem.

The aim of this project is to use a co-design/co-creation approach to assist in the development of an online youth navigation portal aimed at supporting the mental health needs of youth.

Thriving Minds that aims to support the development of emotional literacy and help-seeking skills in children.

Status

Current

People

  • Brad Shrimpton
  • Rosemary Clifford

Qualitative and quantitative research focused on understanding and improving the mental health of university students.

Mental disorders are a significant public health problem, which often begin in childhood and adolescence and can negatively impact social, emotional and academic outcomes. As such, it is important to prevent mental disorders in young people through the implementation of mental health education and early intervention

CMHR is partnering with Menslink to evaluate their Silence is Deadly program in high schools across the ACT.

Members

Leader

Professor Alison Calear

Professor
Co-Head, CMHR

Researcher

Professor Philip Batterham

Professor
Co-Head, CMHR

Dr Lou Farrer

Research Fellow

Dr Emily Macleod

Research Fellow

Dr Sonia McCallum

Research Fellow

Dr Alyssa Morse

Research Fellow

Research assistant

Research Assistant

Research support officer

Research Officer