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Online self-compassion training to improve the wellbeing of youth with chronic medical conditions: Protocol for a randomised control trialThe Self-Compassion Online program could provide a scalable solution for improving psychological outcomes and quality of life among youth with chronic illness
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The psychosocial burden of childhood overweight and obesity: evidence for persisting difficulties in boys and girlsOverweight and obese children reported greater psychosocial distress than healthy weight children, and these differences were more pronounced for girls than boys.
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Is it still correct to differentiate between early and very early onset psychosis?Larger samples of patients are needed to better understand if the differentiation between very early onset psychosis and early onset psychosis is justified
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Adolescents' Perspectives on a Mobile App for Relationships: Cross-Sectional SurveyAdolescents were likely to use a mobile phone app for relationship support, and use was not influenced by background characteristics
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Qualitative investigation of perceived barriers to and enablers of sport participation for young people with first episode psychosisThe participants responded favourably to the idea of using sport to promote recovery post-first episode of psychosis
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Harmonised collection of data in youth mental health: Towards large datasetsThe use of this core set of data will facilitate the pooling of psychopathological and neurobiological data into large datasets
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Premier’s Science Awards finalists recognised for work in physical activity, cancer and mental healthFour The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers from a diverse range of fields have been named as finalists for the prestigious 2022 Premier’s Science Awards.
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Giorgetta Family FellowshipWith mental health issues an escalating problem among young people, looking after the mental health of future generations has never been more
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LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Practice Training for Medical and Psychology StudentsThis research aims to improve the mental health of LGBTQIA+ individuals through enhanced inclusive practice training for trainee health professionals.