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Prevention At Critical Points: A Randomised Controlled Trial Of An E Health Application To Prevent Depression, Suicide Risk And Anxiety In Youth.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$711,083.00
Summary
Adolescence is a highly stressful period in a young person's life: a time during which depression commonly develops, not only affecting interpersonal relationships and emotional functioning, but also impacting on academic performance. This project is the first of its kind. It target students during Year 11, providing them with an online, automated, self-help depression program, with the aim of preventing the development of depression in Year 12, and of improving academic success.
Prevention Of Depression Using E Health Technologies
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$3,750,000.00
Summary
The number of people experiencing depression in Australia could be reduced radically if we do two things: Provide prevention programs to young people AND reduce the stigma people feel if they seek help. This research aims to develop effective, personalised school prevention programs, and deliver them to every school student in Australia. It also aims to determine how we can lower stigma across Australia by using social media.
Improving Outcomes For People With Acute Mental Illness In The Emergency Department: A Data Linkage Study
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$251,470.00
Summary
Currently, there is a lack of integration between emergency and mental health information systems. This means it is difficult for clinicians to comprehensively understand a patient’s interaction with other services – an important aspect when making treatment decisions. Our study will link 5 years of information from health, police and national death databases. This will identify areas where emergency services can be improved for vulnerable people seeking help for their mental health problem.
Understanding What Works: Examining Innovative Internet-delivered Self-help Treatments For Chronic Pain
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$311,860.00
Summary
Chronic pain is a common chronic medical condition and results in substantial personal and economic burden for individuals, their families and society. Unfortunately, access to effective care is limited, but internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy (iCBT) may improve access to treatment. The proposed research seeks to examine what makes iCBT efficacious for chronic pain and how outcomes may be facilitated using technology-assisted behaviour change strategies.
An Evidence-based Intervention For Mental Health Disorders In Rural Children
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,334,956.00
Summary
This research partnership between Royal Far West, a leading provider of health services to children from rural regions, and the Child Behaviour Research Clinic at University of New South Wales, will develop and evaluate a transportable model of early intervention to improve access and outcomes for rural children with early-onset mental health and their families.
Improving The Health Of Indigenous And Non-Indigenous Ex-prisoners: A Multi-jurisdictional, Mixed-methods Study
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,447,978.00
Summary
More than 50,000 people are released from prison in Australia each year. Ex-prisoners experience high rates of mental illness, chronic disease, social disadvantage, drug dependence and premature death, yet we know almost nothing about how to improve their health outcomes. This project will identify key health issues for Indigenous and non-Indigenous ex-prisoners and generate evidence-based responses, simultaneously improving health and reducing reoffending among this highly marginalised group.
Internet-based Prevention And Early Intervention For Youth Mental Health: E-health Applications For Anxiety, Depression, And Help-seeking Behaviour
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$337,810.00
Summary
The primary aim of this research is to explore the effectiveness of an Internet-based program called e-couch (www.ecouch.anu.edu.au) in reducing and preventing symptoms of anxiety in an adolescent school-based population. The trial will be implemented in 30 schools across Australia and will be conducted in collaboration with headspace. The second aim of the research is to identify and evaluate ways to encourage student completion and engagement with e-health programs in the classroom.
Reducing Suicide Ideation: A Randomised Controlled Trial Of A Novel Web Intervention
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$451,163.00
Summary
Suicidal ideation is experienced by almost 400,000 Australian adults. Many of them are reluctant to seek help for various reasons, whilst early intervention is important. The internet provides an opportunity to engage with individuals at risk of suicide and to offer evidence based, 24/7 prevention programs. This project aims to implement and test a web-based self-help intervention designed to reduce suicidal ideation.
Self-help For Depression And Diabetes-related Distress In People With Type 2 Diabetes
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$890,967.00
Summary
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a serious and disabling disease affecting 900,000 Australians. Depression is twice as common in people with T2D and is linked with poorer self-care and blood glucose control, greater risk of diabetes complications and increased death. The project will evaluate an internet and mobile-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy program ‘myCompass’ in improving depression symptoms, self-care and blood glucose control in diabetes patients with mild to severe depression.
Suicide is the most common cause of death in Australians aged 15-44. This ‘Centre for Research Excellence in Suicide Prevention’ aims to bring together leading experts in Australia and New Zealand to undertake the research work needed to determine the best way to deliver interventions to those at risk, to develop better understanding of the complex pathways that lead to suicide, to encourage help seeking and to prioritise which programs and services should be financially supported by Government.