Mental Health Pilot Study 2010
10 MENTAL HEALTH OF YOUNG AUSTRALIANS (BIRTH TO 17 YEARS) PILOT STUDY - $292,292
Principal Investigator: Professor Ron Grunstein
Co Investigators: Dr Amanda Gamble & Dr Delwyn Bartlett
Woolcock Institute of Medical Research/University of Sydney
Amount Awarded: $34,600
Project Title: A Group-based Cognitive-Behavioural intervention to treat sleep disorders that negatively impact mood, daily functioning and externalising behaviour in adolescents
Principal Investigator: Dr Robert Tait
Co Investigators: Professor Helen Christensen
Australian National University
Amount Awarded: $34,895
Project Title: Development of materials for a web-based intervention targeting adolescent alcohol use
Principal Investigator: Professor Michael Berk
Co Investigators: Dr Seetal Dodd, Prof Bruce Tonge, Dr Kylie M. Gray & Dr Avril V. Brereton
University of Melbourne
Amount Awarded: $35,000
Project Title: Efficacy of N-acetylcysteine in Autism: A double-blind, placebo-controlled randomised trial
Principal Investigator: Professor Jan Copeland
Co Investigators: A/Professor Don Hine & Dr Sally Rooke
National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre/University of NSW
Amount Awarded: $18,000
Project Title: Preventing Adolescent Cannabis Use Through Web-Based Graphic Warning Images
Principal Investigator: Dr Caroline Donovan
Co Investigators: Dr Sonja March
Griffith University
Amount Awarded: $34,847
Project Title: A pilot investigation of an online, parent-only CBT intervention for preschool children with anxiety
Principal Investigator: Professor Ron Rapee
Co Investigators: Dr Viviana Wuthrichl, Dr Heidi J Lyneham & Dr Maria Kangas
Macquarie University
Amount Awarded: $33,125
Project Title: Training benign interpretations in anxious children and adolescents
Principal Investigator: Professor Vaughan Carr
Co Investigators: Professor Patricia Michie & Professor Rhoshel Lenroot
University of New South Wales
Amount Awarded: $16,500
Project Title: Longitudinal Child Health Study: Pilot Study
Principal Investigator: Professor Susan Paxton
Co Investigators: Dr Zali Yager
La Trobe University
Amount Awarded: $33,825
Project Title: The development of body image, internalisation of societal body ideals and dieting awareness in 3-5 year old girls and boys: The foundation for a longitudinal study
Principal Investigator: Dr Naomi Wray
Co Investigators: Dr Grant W Montgomery, Professor Bernhard Baune & Dr Margaret Wright
Queensland Institute of Medical Research
Amount Awarded: $35,000
Project Title: Genetic variation of pro-inflammatory markers and their association with depression in adolescence
Principal Investigator: Professor Philip Hazell
Co Investigators: Karen Paxton, Dr Chin Moi Chow, Professor Katharine Steinbeck & Dr Catherine Hawke
Thomas Walker Hospital/University of Sydney
Amount Awarded: $16,500
Project Name: Rotary District 9650 Youth Depression Grant
Project Title: Sleep, puberty and depression