Session 2B: Abstracts - Mental Health
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| Tuesday, November 12, 2024 |
| 10:20 AM - 11:50 AM |
| Studio Room (Ground Floor) |
Details
Chairs: Claire Treadgold & Sonali Varma
Speaker
Mr Jackson Newberry-dupe
Phd Candidate
University of Melbourne
Comparative analysis of child and adolescent psychiatric emergency department presentations in Australia in 2019 and 2021, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
10:20 AM - 10:32 AMBiography
Jackson is a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne and Murdoch Children's Research Institute, supported by a National Suicide Prevention Fund postgraduate scholarship. His research examines the demographic, psychosocial and clinical profile of young Australians presenting to Australian Emergency Departments for self-harm, suicidal ideation, and mental health conditions.
Dr Shannon Webb
Clinical Psychologist/clinical Lead
Brolga Unit, Northern Sydney Local Health District
Changing the “Identified Patient” – Evaluating a Family-Focussed, Trauma-Informed Model of Care for Adolescents in Psychiatric Inpatient Units
10:35 AM - 10:47 AMBiography
Dr Shannon Webb a Clinical Psychologist and the current Clinical Lead of the Brolga Adolescent Inpatient Unit. She has a passion for assisting clinicians, families, and communities to better understand the mental health care needs of adolescents, and strives to develop ways of working to reduce harms associated with hospitalisation.
Mr Alexander Thomas
Economic Modeller
Burnet Institute
Return on investment from interventions to prevent common mental disorders among adolescents in Australia: a modelling study
10:50 AM - 11:02 AMBiography
Alexander Thomas is an applied biostatistician undertaking a PhD in modelling and biostatistics at the Burnet Institute. His research has focussed on Adolescent wellbeing during COVID-19, behaviours and health risks and alcohol use.
Dr Ellie Robson
Research Officer
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
The natural history of common mental disorders from childhood through adolescence in an Australian population-based cohort study: The Child to Adult Transition Study (CATS)
11:05 AM - 11:17 AMBiography
Ellie Robson is an early-career post-doctoral researcher from the United Kingdom (UK) working on the Child to Adult Transition Study (CATS) within the Centre for Adolescent Health at Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI). Ellie's research focuses on life-course epidemiology, specifically adolescent mental health and wellbeing
Dr Joemer Maravilla
Research Fellow
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research
Social support and mental health among adolescents in Kenya, Indonesia, and Vietnam: A latent class analysis using the National Adolescent Mental Health Surveys
11:20 AM - 11:32 AMBiography
Joemer is an early career researcher and has a strong interest in psychiatric epidemiology and health services research. Joemer is a Community Engagement Officer of the International Association for Adolescent Health – Emerging Professionals Network. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health.
Ms Karly Cini
Phd Candidate And Researcher
Centre For Adolescent Health
The relationship between NCD risk and mental wellbeing in adolescence: a cross-sectional study utilising objective measures in Indonesia.
11:35 AM - 11:47 AMBiography
Karly is a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne and Murdoch Children's Research Institute; supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council postgraduate scholarship and Driving Global Investment in Adolescent Health CRE. Karly’s research focuses on the epidemiology of non-communicable diseases and their risk factors in adolescents worldwide.
