Further Information:

Discipline of Paediatrics
Women's and Children's Hospital
Level 2, Clarence Reiger Building
72 King William Road
North Adelaide, South Australia 5006

Research enquiries:
Professor Jennifer Couper
Telephone: +618 8161 6242
Email

Media enquiries:
Jane Clayton
Telephone: +61 8 8313 1411
Email

Recent papers published by our mental health researchers

2011

Jorm AF, Sawyer MG & Gillett J (2011). ‘Celebrating 30 years of Australian Rotary Health', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 194, issue 6, pp. 279-80.

Magarey AM, Perry RA, Baur LA, Steinbeck KS, Sawyer M, Hills AP, Wilson G, Lee A, Daniels LA (2011). ‘A Parent-Led Family-Focused Treatment Program for Overweight Children Aged 5 to 9 Years: The PEACH RCT', Pediatrics, vol. 127, issue 2, pp. 214-22.

Patton GC, Tollit MM, Romaniuk H, Spence SH, Sheffield J, Sawyer MG (2011). ‘A prospective study of the effects of optimism on adolescent health risks', Pediatrics, vol. 127, issue 2, pp. 308-16.

Piko BF, Milin R, O'Connor R, Sawyer M (2011). ‘Multidisciplinary approach to child and adolescent depression', Depression Research and Treatment, vol. 2011, article ID 854594, doi: 10.1155/2011/854594. Available from http://www.hindawi.com/journals/drt/2011/854594/cta/.

Ratcliffe J, Stevens K, Flynn T, Brazier J, Sawyer M (2011). ‘An assessment of the construct validity of the CHU9D in the Australian adolescent general population', Quality of Life Research, published online in advance of print, 12 August 2011, doi: 10.1007/s11136-011-9971-y.

Sawyer MG, Bittman M, LA Greca AM, Crettenden AD, Borojevic N, Raghavendra P & Russo R (2011). ‘Time demands of caring for children with cerebral palsy: what are the implications for maternal mental health?', Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, vol. 53, issue 4, pp. 338-43.

Sawyer MG, Borojevic N, Lynch J (2011). ‘Evaluating population-level interventions for young people's mental health: challenges and opportunities', Early Intervention in Psychiatry, vol. 5, supplement 1, pp. 46-51.

Sawyer MG, Harchak T, Wake M, Lynch J (2011). ‘Four-year prospective study of BMI and mental health problems in young children', Pediatrics, vol. 128, issue 4, pp. 677-84.