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2023

View the infographics that we have published in 2023 including building a secure attachment with your child, back to school anxiety in little kids, playful parenting, and more.

2022

View the infographics that we have published in 2022, including shyness in young children, early diagnosis of mental health disorders in children, nightmares & night terrors, and more.

Jack Brett

Research Fellow

Keerthi Kottampally

PhD Student

Bec Sampson

PhD Candidate

Daniel Ta

PhD Candidate

Bec Young

Rebecca 'Bec' Young is a research assistant on the Early Neurodevelopment and Mental Health team at The Kids Research Institute Australia.

Early signs of mental health problems in young children under the spotlight

Dr Amy Finlay-Jones has been awarded the prestigious Healthway Fellowship for 2021.

Behavior Change Techniques Involved in Physical Activity Interventions for Children with Chronic Conditions: A Systematic Review

Behavior change techniques (BCTs) have been extensively used in physical activity interventions for children, however, no systematic reviews have synthesized their effects.

Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: Early Irritability as a Transdiagnostic Neurodevelopmental Vulnerability to Later Mental Health Problems

Irritability is a transdiagnostic indicator of child and adolescent internalizing and externalizing problems that is measurable from early life. The objective of this systematic review was to determine the strength of the association between irritability measured from 0 to 5 years and later internalizing and externalizing problems, to identify mediators and moderators of these relationships, and to explore whether the strength of the association varied according to irritability operationalization.