Helen Christensen

TL;DR: Levels of personal and perceived depression stigma amongst Australian adolescents are examined and predictors of these constructs are identified to help develop future community campaigns to reduce stigma in adolescents.

TL;DR: Having sought help for depression is associated with general belief systems about the helpfulness of lifestyle and medical interventions and also has some associations with specific beliefs that may reflect experiences with treatment (e.g. the helpfuls of antidepressants).

TL;DR: Gender differences in the effects of non-health attributes on decisions to obtain primary medical services for an Australian community-based sample of 4140 adults from two age groups: 40-44 years and 60-64 years are explored.

TL;DR: Failure to find any associations with a range of personality traits, including a scale of fun seeking that correlates with novelty seeking suggests that either the original associations are not replicable or that any association is very small.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assessed the psychological and lifestyle impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Australian adolescents, using an online survey, administered during the outbreak, and found that three quarters of the sample experienced a worsening in mental health, since the pandemic began, with negative impacts reported on learning, friendships and family relationships.