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Helen Christensen
Researcher at University of New South Wales
Publications - 629
Citations - 58443
Helen Christensen is an academic researcher from University of New South Wales. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Psychological intervention. The author has an hindex of 116, co-authored 596 publications receiving 48002 citations. Previous affiliations of Helen Christensen include Centre for Mental Health & Arcadia University.
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Using School-Based Interventions for Depression Education and Prevention
TL;DR: This chapter provides an overview of the accomplishments in school-based depression intervention and mental health promotion and prevention research by presenting both universal and selective prevention approaches, which are delivered prior to the onset of symptoms or a diagnosis.
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Smartphone app to investigate the relationship between social connectivity and mental health
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the feasibility of using a smartphone app to measure and assess the relationship between social network metrics and mental health and found that the majority of participants found this method of data collection acceptable and reported that they would be likely to participate in future studies using this app.
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Geospatial suicide clusters and emergency responses: An analysis of text messages to a crisis service
TL;DR: While it was not possible to observe significant cluster effects within this dataset, future analysis involving data collected through mobile health platforms may lead to better identification of risk at an individual level.
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The relationship between linguistic expression and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts: A longitudinal study of blog content
Bridianne O'Dea,Tjeerd W. Boonstra,Mark E. Larsen,Thin Nguyen,Svetha Venkatesh,Helen Christensen +5 more
TL;DR: Between-subject analysis revealed that several linguistic features, including tentativeness and non-fluencies, were significantly associated with depression and anxiety symptoms, but not suicidal thoughts, suggesting that the relationship observed at the group level may not generalise to individual changes over time.