Caroline Gao

Long-term impact of the 2014 Hazelwood coal mine fire on emergency department presentations in Australia.

Catherine L Smith, Caroline X Gao, Rongbin Xu, Jillian F Ikin, Christina Dimitriadis, Matthew Tc Carroll, Malcolm R Sim, Dion Stub, Tyler J Lane, Michael J Abramson, Yuming Guo

Journal article  |  2023  |  Environ Res

BACKGROUND: In 2014, wildfires ignited a coal mine in Australia, burning for 6 weeks, releasing large amounts of fine particulate ..

Understanding the complexity, patterns, and correlates of alcohol and other substance use among young people seeking help for mental ill-health.

Caroline X Gao, Kate M Filia, Gillinder Bedi, Jana M Menssink, Ellie Brown, Debra J Rickwood, Alexandra G Parker, Sarah E Hetrick, Helen Herrman, Ian Hickie, Nic Telford, Patrick D McGorry, Sue M Cotton

Journal article  |  2023  |  Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

PURPOSE: Use of alcohol and other substances is a multifaceted issue impacting young people across multiple life domains. This pap..

Correlates of substance use in a large naturalistic cohort of young people with early and emerging psychosis

D El-Hage, CX Gao, G Bedi, A Guerin, S Francey, H Stavely, D Rickwood, N Telford, P McGorry, A Thompson, Ellie Brown

Journal article  |  2023  |  SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Substance use remains a barrier to recovery for young people accessing early intervention services for psychosis. Whil..

Empirical evidence for climate concerns, negative emotions and climate-related mental ill-health in young people: A scoping review

Reem Ramadan, Alicia Randell, Suzie Lavoie, Caroline XX Gao, Paula Cruz Manrique, Rebekah Anderson, Caitlin McDowell, Isabel Zbukvic

Journal article  |  2023  |  EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY

BACKGROUND: Climate change represents a serious threat to human health, including mental health, due to both the traumatizing effe..

Predictors of suicidal ideation severity among treatment-seeking young people with major depressive disorder: The role of state and trait anxiety

Carl Moller, Paul B Badcock, Sarah E Hetrick, Simon Rice, Michael Berk, Katrina Witt, Andrew M Chanen, Olivia M Dean, Caroline Gao, Sue M Cotton, Christopher G Davey

Journal article  |  2023  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

OBJECTIVE: Depression and suicidal ideation are closely intertwined. Yet, among young people with depression, the specific factors..

Evaluating the impact of Hazelwood mine fire event on students' educational development with Bayesian interrupted time-series hierarchical meta-regression.

Caroline X Gao, Jonathan C Broder, Sam Brilleman, Timothy CH Campbell, Emily Berger, Jillian Ikin, Catherine L Smith, Rory Wolfe, Fay Johnston, Yuming Guo, Matthew Carroll

Journal article  |  2023  |  PLoS One

BACKGROUND: Environmental disasters such as wildfires, floods and droughts can introduce significant interruptions and trauma to i..

Evidence of gender imbalance across samples in sport and exercise psychology

Courtney C Walton, Kate Gwyther, Caroline X Gao, Rosemary Purcell, Simon M Rice

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY

There are concerns that the field of sport and exercise psychology is limited by insufficient consideration for the demographic, s..

Inequalities in Access to Mental Health Treatment by Australian Youths During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Caroline X Gao, Lachlan P McDonald, Matthew P Hamilton, Koen Simons, Jana M Menssink, Kate Filia, Debra Rickwood, Simon Rice, Ian Hickie, Patrick D McGorry, Sue M Cotton

Journal article  |  2022  |  Psychiatr Serv

OBJECTIVE: The authors aimed to evaluate changes in use of government-subsidized primary mental health services, through the Medic..

Heterogeneity of quality of life in the later stages of first-episode psychosis recovery

EL Clarke, K Allott, JF Anderson, CX Gao, KM Filia, E Killackey, SM Cotton

Journal article  |  2022  |  QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH

PURPOSE: First-episode psychosis (FEP) is characterised by wide heterogeneity in terms of symptom presentation and illness course...

Assessing Suicidal Ideation in Young People With Depression: Factor Structure of the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire

Carl Moller, Paul B Badcock, Sarah E Hetrick, Simon Rice, Michael Berk, Olivia M Dean, Andrew M Chanen, Caroline Gao, Christopher G Davey, Sue M Cotton

Journal article  |  2022  |  OMEGA-JOURNAL OF DEATH AND DYING

Evaluating suicidal ideation in young people seeking mental health treatment is an important component of clinical assessment and ..