Acute Mental Health Research
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The Acute Mental Health Research group are part of the Kids Mental Health Research group at Kids Research based at both The Children’s Hospital at Westmead and Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick.
Acute mental health presentations in children and young people are escalating with unknown cause. Research on the treatment and triage of young people presenting with acute mental crisis in emergency departments and on acute mental health wards is scarce. We have identified the need to conduct research in to why the rates of acute mental health presentations are increasing amongst children and young people and what the effective treatment options are.
Objective
Our vision is for all acute mental health care in the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network to be embedded in a live research feedback environment by using evidence-based and translating our research in practice.
Impact
- Expressive therapy research has demonstrated that young people deem the art therapy group the most helpful and enjoyable when compared to several other interventions offered within a multidisciplinary group therapy program.
- Climate and mental health research collaborated with the University of Sydney to develop the ‘Heat Watch’ app, a web tool which allows you to determine you risk of heat stress and dehydration. See the application online.
Collaborators
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Dr Katherine Knight
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Dr Iain Perkes
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Dr Cybele Dey