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Embracing the mental health of our children and young people

Embrace – a new research collaboration based at The Kids – will bring a new focus to understanding and improving the mental health of children and young people.

What’s the difference between anxiety and depression?

While depression and anxiety can have similar signs and symptoms, they also have some distinct features.

NHMRC grants to benefit vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people

Two leading The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers will use more than $1.1 million in National Health and Medical Research Council funding to improve outcomes for some of the world’s most vulnerable children and young people.

Giorgetta Family Fellowship

With mental health issues an escalating problem among young people, looking after the mental health of future generations has never been more

Australian researchers join international project to curb unhealthy lifetime trajectories

Australian researchers join global effort to better understand how events during pregnancy and childhood influence the development of disease later in life.

Development of a universal aftercare model for people who have presented to the emergency department for a suicidal crisis in WA

The Mental Health Commission (MHC) of Western Australia has provided funding to The Kids Research Institute Australia to undertake exploratory research to inform a WA approach to aftercare.

Exploring LGBTQA+ young people’s experiences of suicidality: a qualitative study

Penelope Helen Yael Strauss Morgan Perry BA, MPH, PhD BA (Hons), Doctor of Psychology BPsych (Hons) MPsych (Clin) PhD Research Fellow in Youth

GENTLE: The GENder identiTy Longitudinal Experience

Penelope Strauss BA, MPH, PhD Research Fellow in Youth Suicide Prevention 08 6319 1297 Penelope.strauss@thekids.org.au Research Fellow in Youth

GPS Parenting Program. Navigating parenting trans and gender diverse young people with a group-based program: A single-blind randomised controlled trial of efficacy and acceptability.

Many families of trans young people tell us they feel unsure, stressed, or alone as they try to support their child.

Training Service Providers to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQA+ youth

The goal of this project is to is to increase capacity of ACCO staff to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQA+ youth and their families, with the longer-term goal of improving health service access among this population.