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Parents of children with physical/mental health and/or neurodevelopmental conditions often need to make disclosure decisions for their child. Disclosure can bring benefits (e.g., support) but can also risk harm (e.g., stigma). This systematic review aimed to consolidate research regarding parents' disclosure experiences to better understand how to support parents during this process.

This project aims to investigate the long-term impacts of top surgery – a term encompassing both chest reconstructive surgery and breast augmentation – on gender dysphoria, mental health, well-being and quality of life in trans and gender diverse individuals.

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.

Trans Pathways is set to receive an update ahead of the ten-year anniversary of the release of this seminal study from The Kids Research Institute Australia.

This project aims to implement LGBTQA+ youth suicide prevention guidelines in clinical and community services in Western Australia.

As well as specific symptom clusters, psychosis effects important non-symptom domains including social cognition and social-occupational functioning.

Shakara Yael Bep Liddelow-Hunt Perry Uink BPhil(Hons) BPsych (Hons) MPsych (Clin) PhD BPsych(Hons.), MAppPsy(Clinical), PhD Research Assistant; PhD

Head, Youth Mental Health

We were delighted to have Australia’s best-known parenting author, Maggie Dent, back at ‌The Kids Research Institute Australia this week, to talk about the mental health of our teenagers.

Congratulations to Head of Youth Mental Health at The Kids Research Institute Australia, Dr Yael Perry, who has received a Telstra Health 2023 Brilliant Women in Digital Health Award in recognition of her innovative use of technology to achieve positive mental health outcomes for marginalised young people.