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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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Structure of beliefs about the helpfulness of interventions for depression and schizophrenia. Results from a national survey of the Australian public.
TL;DR: Factor analysis is used to examine the structure of public beliefs about interventions for depression and schizophrenia, using case vignettes that vary in severity or stage of illness.
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An Instrument to Measure Engagement in Life: Factor Analysis and Associations with Sociodemographic, Health and Cognition Measures
TL;DR: The number of activities of any type undertaken in the past 6 months was significantly associated with cognitive measures, better physical health, and better mental health although these findings varied for men and women across the 3 age groups.
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Severe mental illness and work: what can we do to maximise the employment opportunities for individuals with psychosis?
Samuel B. Harvey,Samuel B. Harvey,Matthew Modini,Matthew Modini,Helen Christensen,Nick Glozier +5 more
TL;DR: The failure to improve the catastrophic occupational outcomes for individuals with psychosis and other severe mental illness should prompt all of the agencies involved, including Australia’s mental health system and the relevant policymakers, to re-examine the way in which rehabilitation is organised and consider what needs to change to allow more of the authors' patients to enjoy the benefits of work.
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Consistency of trajectories of suicidal ideation and depression symptoms: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial.
Philip J. Batterham,Bregje A. J. van Spijker,Andrew Mackinnon,Alison L. Calear,Quincy J. J. Wong,Quincy J. J. Wong,Helen Christensen +6 more
TL;DR: This study tested whether trajectories of suicidal thinking are concordant with trajectory of depressive symptoms and sought to identify factors associated with these trajectories.
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Reproductive period and cognitive function in a representative sample of naturally postmenopausal women aged 60-64 years.
TL;DR: Recurrent period, a surrogate measure of endogenous estrogen exposure, had no detectable effect on cognitive performance in this sample and there were no significant associations detected between reproductive period and performance on any of the cognitive tests.