Education and research

August 2019

While research has demonstrated the effectiveness of evidence-based interventions for youth with psychiatric disorders, these are rarely used in community settings. It takes 17 years for 14 per cent of research to make its way into practice (Balas & Boren, 2000).Implementation science is the...

August 2019

A well-known psychological finding often taught as part of introductory psychology is the ‘bystander effect’ which proposes that a person is less likely to intervene to assist someone in need if there are other bystanders present than if they are alone. The basis of the effect emerged...

June 2019

It seems that employees sometimes hide knowledge such as information and expertise from their colleagues. At times this may be simply a by-product of unclear communication, but at others, the hiding of knowledge is intentional.Burmeister, Fasbender and Gerpott (2018) were interested in the...

June 2019

This was the question posed by a group of researchers who investigated how many children and adolescents identified as having a mental health disorder received adequate intervention following their diagnosis.With increasing investment in addressing mental health in the community, there has been...

April 2019

An umbrella review of the evidencePsychologists increasingly enquire about the use of animal-assisted therapies as part of psychological practice. Interventions involving animals including dogs, horses, cats and fish have increased in popularity over the past decade with a range of health...

February 2019

A novel study by researchers from Scotland, Germany, Switzerland and Uganda compared gestures made by non-human apes and human infants (aged 11–21 months). The researchers proposed that while previous studies have investigated facial and vocal expressions in non-human apes and humans, no...

December 2018

A recent study explored the health and wellbeing of international students studying in Australian universities. It found they were impacted by the challenges of studying abroad.International students face unique challenges including coping with relocation to a different country, adapting to at...

August 2018

The year is 1948. The first Holden ‘FX’ is coming off the production line. A number of famous Australians are born: Kim Beazley, Minister and Opposition Leader; Jeff Kennett, Premier of Victoria, ‘Tangles’ Walker, Australian cricketer and raconteur; Olivia Newton-John...

August 2018

Recent research evidence supports the efficacy of a range of psychological interventions in the treatment of mental health disorders, with the resulting benefits extending well beyond the individual client, into the community and economy (Levin & Chisholm, 2016)1. Given this, most government...