Research Findings

A new study funded by Australian Rotary Health has found that using social media may be leading young adolescents towards body image issues and eating disorder behaviours. In a recent article published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, a team of researchers at Flinders [...]

A study funded by Australian Rotary Health is the first to trial a mental health program co-designed and co-delivered by young people with experience of Out of Home Care (OoHC). As part of the ‘Bounce Project’, a study led by Australian Rotary Health Mental Health [...]

Brain games have been found to strengthen areas of the brain associated with mental illness, but do not necessarily prevent them, according to new research funded by Australian Rotary Health (ARH). Dr Louise Mewton from the University of New South Wales was awarded an ARH [...]

A recent Australian Rotary Health (ARH) funded study has revealed that a new mental health program is effective in reducing the use of unhelpful coping strategies among children with dyslexia. Dr Mark Boyes and his team at Curtin University were awarded an ARH Mental Health [...]

The combination of lifestyle-related treatments and nutraceuticals may reduce symptoms of depression in individuals with Bipolar Disorder, according to a new study funded by Australian Rotary Health. Dr Melanie Ashton from the IMPACT Research Centre at Deakin University was awarded an Australian Rotary Health Ian [...]

New research funded by Australian Rotary Health is the first to show that social processing difficulties in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Williams Syndrome may occur when they see faces paired with biographical information. Kelsie Boulton from Macquarie University was awarded an Australian Rotary Health Funding [...]

There has been international concern that media reporting of suicide can lead to an increase in suicides. A project was funded to see whether this was occurring in Australia. Data on over 4000 media reports were linked to data on suicides in the regions covered [...]

Dr Stephanie Shepheard The York Family Research Companion PhD Scholarship (2011-2013) Flinders University, SA "p75NTR as a biomarker for disease progression in the Motor Neuron Disease mouse model SOD1 G93A" Researchers monitored the levels of a protein called "p75NTRECD" in people's [...]

Dr Lauren McLellan Mental Health Grant  Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University, NSW "Improving access to mental health services for children with anxiety" 1 or 2 children out of every 10 will experience anxiety so much that it interferes with [...]

Previous funding from Australian Rotary Health has paved the way for further research in an important longitudinal cohort study, focussing on young people and drinking. Professor Richard Mattick from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre was awarded a $1,127,690 project grant from the NHMRC [...]

Young Australians with a history of depression in adolescence are at a disadvantage when it comes to employment, according to a new study by researchers at Deakin University. With a Mental Health Research Grant from Australian Rotary Health, Professor Anthony LaMontagne and his colleagues found [...]

Sizes of leg muscles in people with cerebral palsy can be half the size of muscles in people who don’t have cerebral palsy, making it difficult for them to walk or run. A new study funded by Australian Rotary Health (ARH) and the Rotary Club [...]