Research Findings

A sleep program for parents of pre-schoolers may prevent mental health problems in their child occurring later in life, according to new Australian Rotary Health (ARH) funded research. In a study funded by an ARH Mental Health Research Grant, Associate Professor Caroline Donovan from Griffith [...]

A PhD Scholar funded by Australian Rotary Health has researched how genetic mutations may lead to the development of blood cancer and what makes this type of cancer more aggressive. Erin Lawrence from the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research was awarded a [...]

The findings from a PhD research project that received funding from Australian Rotary Health have been used to inform national social media suicide prevention campaign #YouCanTalk. Ian Scott PhD Scholarship recipient Dr Angela Nicholas from the University of Melbourne conducted five studies to better understand [...]

A new research study funded by Australian Rotary Health (ARH) suggests that increasing cultural connectedness at the community level may help to reduce suicide rates in First Nations youth. PhD Scholar Mandy Gibson from Griffith University recently published a paper in The Medical Journal of [...]

A suicide public health intervention has been found to increase help-seeking from friends in teenaged boys, according to a new study funded by Australian Rotary Health (ARH). ARH Mental Health Research Grant recipient Professor Alison Calear and her colleagues at the Australian National University recently [...]

Puberty marks a transition in risk for the onset of mental health problems, but the earliest symptoms often begin before the physical changes of puberty start. Recent research funded by Australian Rotary Health has found different levels of adrenal hormones in primary school children can [...]

A research trial funded by Australian Rotary Health (ARH) shows that a new family-based intervention is successful in treating children with depression and anxiety. With an ARH Funding Partner Scholarship co-funded by Motto Fashions, the Rotary Club of Richmond and Deakin University, Michelle Benstead developed [...]

A new study by researchers at Macquarie University shows that a brief psychotherapy program is effective in treating highly distressed youth with both somatic health symptoms and anxiety and/or depression. Associate Professor Maria Kangas was awarded an Australian Rotary Health Mental Health Research Grant from [...]

Thanks to Australian Rotary Health and its funding, teens are being given the tools they need to navigate their way through the sometimes rocky and turbulent adolescent years. Teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) launched in Australia in 2014, and has so far taught skills, [...]

A recent study funded by Australian Rotary Health (ARH) has found that the Tuning in to Teens parenting program has had a positive response from parents. The study evaluating the Tuning in to Teens parenting program was a world-first in looking at whether parents of [...]

A new study funded by Australian Rotary Health may be able to explain why patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) relapse after treatment. Steven Ngo from Monash University was awarded a Funding Partner PhD Scholarship from Australian Rotary Health and the Rotary Club of Richmond, [...]

Parents taking part in a recent study funded by Australian Rotary Health (ARH) have said that a new parenting program has helped to improve their teenager’s mood. Lead investigator of the study Associate Professor Marie Yap from Monash University, was awarded an ARH Mental Health [...]