BUILDING COMMUNITY CAPACITY TO PREVENT AND INTERVENE EARLY WITH MENTAL DISORDERS

Exploring adolescents’ causal beliefs about depression: A qualitative study with implications for prevention

KE Cairns, MBH Yap, A Rossetto, PD Pilkington, AF Jorm

2018-12-01

Objective: This study qualitatively explored adolescents’ causal beliefs about depression. Method: Semi-structured focus groups we..

Developing a model of help giving towards people with a mental health problem: a qualitative study of Mental Health First Aid participants

Alyssia Rossetto, Anthony F Jorm, Nicola J Reavley

2018-08-21

Background: Members of the public frequently perform mental health first aid actions in daily life, and people with mental health ..

The impact and reach of web-based parenting guidelines to prevent childhood depression and anxiety: Findings from online user surveys

WH Sim, AE Jones, AF Jorm, MBH Yap

2017-09-01

An online study was conducted to evaluate a new set of web-based parenting guidelines for the prevention of childhood depression a..

Cumulating evidence in psychiatry

Anthony Jorm

2017-03-01

Identifying prevention strategies for adolescents to reduce their risk of depression: A Delphi consensus study

Kathryn E Cairns, Marie BH Yap, Nicola J Reavley, Anthony F Jorm

2015-09-01

BACKGROUND: Adolescence is a peak time for the onset of depression, but little is known about what adolescents can do to reduce th..

Parental factors associated with childhood anxiety, depression, and internalizing problems: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Marie Bee Hui Yap, Anthony Francis Jorm

2015-04-01

BACKGROUND: There is a burgeoning and varied literature examining the associations between parental factors and depression or anxi..

Is the use of accurate psychiatric labels associated with intentions and beliefs about responses to mental illness in a friend? Findings from two national surveys of Australian youth

MBH Yap, NJ Reavley, AF Jorm

2015-02-01

Aims. An inherent prerequisite to mental health first-aid (MHFA) is the ability to identify that there is a mental health problem,..

Student driven mental health promotion in an Australian university setting

FL Blee, NJ Reavley, AF Jorm, TV McCann

2015-01-01

The purpose of this study was to investigate university students[U+05F3] perceptions of mental health problems, through an explora..

Risk and protective factors for depression that adolescents can modify: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies

Kathryn Elizabeth Cairns, Marie Bee Hui Yap, Pamela Doreen Pilkington, Anthony Francis Jorm

2014-12-01

BACKGROUND: Adolescence is a peak time for the onset of depression, but little is known about what adolescents can do to reduce th..

Re-development of mental health first aid guidelines for suicidal ideation and behaviour: a Delphi study

Anna M Ross, Claire M Kelly, Anthony F Jorm

2014-09-13

BACKGROUND: Suicide continues to be a leading cause of death globally. Friends and family are considered best positioned to provid..

Re-development of mental health first aid guidelines for non-suicidal self-injury: a Delphi study

Anna M Ross, Claire M Kelly, Anthony F Jorm

2014-08-19

BACKGROUND: Up to 12% of Australian adults and almost one in five adolescents are estimated to have engaged in non-suicidal self-i..

Providing culturally appropriate mental health first aid to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander adolescent: development of expert consensus guidelines

Kathryn J Chalmers, Kathy S Bond, Anthony F Jorm, Claire M Kelly, Betty A Kitchener, AJ Williams-Tchen

2014-01-28

BACKGROUND: It is estimated that the prevalence of mental illness is higher in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents c..

Self-Help for Depression via E-mail: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Effects on Depression and Self-Help Behaviour

Amy J Morgan, Anthony F Jorm, Andrew J Mackinnon

2013-06-21

BACKGROUND: Self-help or self-management strategies are commonly used to deal with depression, but not all are thought to be helpf..

An Evaluation of Mental Health Wiki: A Consumer Guide to Mental Health Information on the Internet

NJ Reavley, AJ Morgan, D Jorm, AF Jorm

2013-02-26

The aim of this project was to establish and evaluate a wiki (&www.mentalhealthwiki.org>), which contained information on mental h..

Self-Reported Cognitive Decline on the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly Is Associated with Dementia, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and Depression but Not Longitudinal Cognitive Change

Ranmalee Eramudugolla, Nicolas Cherbuin, Simon Easteal, Anthony F Jorm, Kaarin J Anstey

2012-01-01

BACKGROUND/AIM: A subjective history of cognitive decline is integral to dementia screening, yet there are few data on the accurac..