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Leading mental health champion recognised on 2023 Australia Day Honours ListProminent consultant psychiatrist and Western Australia’s 2021 Australian of the Year, Professor Helen Milroy AM, has been recognised as a Member of the Order of Australia (General Division).
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Functional connectivity of the vigilant-attention network in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderADHD patients showed substantially diminished intrinsic coupling for 7 connections and increased coupling for 4 connections
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Maternal prenatal stress exposure and sex-specific risk of severe infection in offspringMaternal stressful life events during pregnancy have been associated with immune dysregulation and increased risk for asthma and atopy in offspring. Few studies have investigated whether prenatal stress is associated with increased overall or specific infectious diseases in childhood, nor explored sex differences. We sought to examine the relationship between the nature and timing of maternal stress in pregnancy and hospitalisation with infection in offspring.
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Is sport an untapped resource for recovery from first episode psychosis? A narrative review and call to actionSport-based interventions could be an opportunity to provide intervention to individuals recovering from their first psychotic episode
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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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Long-term employment among people at ultra-high risk for psychosisWe sought to investigate the long-term unemployment rate and baseline predictors of employment status at follow-up in a large ultra-high risk cohort.
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Baseline grey matter volume of non-transitioned "ultra high risk" for psychosis individuals with and without attenuated psychotic symptoms at long-term follow-upThis study found that differences in regional grey matter volume are discernible at an early stage of ultra-high risk psychosis
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Prevalence and treatment of psychiatric disorders other than psychosis in children and adolescents with 22q11DS: Examining associations with social and role functioningThe aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and treatment of non-psychotic psychiatric disorders
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Puberty suppression in transgender children and adolescentsWe review the available empirical evidence on the cognitive, physical, and surgical implications of puberty suppression in gender-incongruent children and adolescents
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Knowledge is Power: Trans Young People’s Perceptions of Parental Reactions to Their Gender Identity, and Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to Parental SupportParental support is strongly correlated with protective factors for trans youth, however, most experience unsupportive parental attitudes. We aimed to better understand how youth perceive parental reactions to their gender identity disclosure and what they consider to be barriers to, and facilitators of, support.