Submission Nov 2009
Inquiry into Suicide in Australia
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Research related to the impact of suicide on families, suicide postvention and mental health issues.
Submission Nov 2009
Research related to the impact of suicide on families, suicide postvention and mental health issues.
Family Matters article Apr 2002
Family Matters article Apr 2001
This article represents a shortened version of the Executive Summary of a report by the authors of research undertaken into the operation of the Family Law Reform Act 1995, from the time it came into effect in June 1996 to the end of 1999.
Policy and practice paper Apr 1998
Examines the effects of child sexual abuse on social, sexual and interpersonal functioning, and its role in the broader aspects of mental health.
Policy and practice paper Apr 2000
Overview of the use and effectiveness of program evaluation in child abuse prevention.
Policy and practice paper Sep 2008
An overview of the research literature on the outcomes of children raised in families with multiple problems including parental substance misuse.
Family Matters article May 2010
Family Matters article
Family Matters article Sep 2010
This paper reports on a project conducted in the Australian Capital Territory where young people talked about how their lives had been affected by parental alcohol or other drug use.
Family Matters article Dec 2013
This article proposes a new model for engagement with marginalised, substance-affected families, a model designed to enhance children's resilience, strengthen parental coping and reduce the likelihood of relapse from alcohol and other drug use through improved social networks.
Family Matters article Dec 2011
This paper reviews some of the recent research that has analysed the outcomes of child maltreatment as seen through the lens of the disciplines of neuroscience, psychopathology, traumatology and related fields.