We would l ike to acknow ledge the integr al r ole of Pr ofessor Antony Kidman who establ ished the H ealth Psychology Unit (H PU) in 1985 and r emained in the r ole unt i l his passing in September 2014. Dur ing his l i fet ime he was at the for efr ont of br inging evidence-based psychology to Aust r al ia and he left a st r ong legacy for psychology and phi lanthr opy in Aust r al ia.

Pr ofessor Kidman t r ained under the pioneer s of Cognit ive Behaviour Ther apy (CBT), Pr ofessor s El l is and Beck, and was inst r umental in the disseminat ion of evidence-based ther apy acr oss Aust r al ia. H e del iver ed thousands of lectur es on CBT, pr esented at nat ional and inter nat ional confer ences, publ ished over 150 ar t icles and t r anslated psychological science into accessible, sel f-help books for the community.

Pr ofessor Kidman sustained the cl inical and r esear ch output of the Unit at a high level of qual i t y thr oughout his dir ector ship. In 2005 he was awar ded a M ember of the Or der for Aust r al ia for his cont r ibut ions to cl inical psychology. H e also r eceived a posthumous Alber t El l is H umanitar ian Awar d for his outstanding cont r ibut ion to the f ield of Rat ional-Emot ive & Cognit ive Behavior Ther apy.

REM EM B ERI N G PROF ESSOR AN TON Y

K I D M AN

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We cont inue to honour the legacy of Pr ofessor Antony Kidman and st r ive to achieve his vision that "no chi ld fal l

thr ough the cr acks".

counter par ts, and much poor er access to car e.

This pr oject w i l l br ing the latest in evidence-based st r ategies to 192 schools and 12,000 students.

To aid planning for this thr ee year t r ial , this year our cl inical psychologists r an a pi lot t r ial t r aining school staff in Dubbo which was a gr eat success.

Ther e ar e sever al people I would l ike to thank for their commitment to the wor k of the uni t this year. Thanks to the Vice Chancel lor , Pr of. At t i la Br ungs; Dean of Science, Pr of. Wi l l iam Gladstone; Phi l ip Walker , Chair of the Antony Kidman Foundat ion (AKF); Stephen Peach; and boar d member s of the AKF.

Thank you also to our har dwor k ing staff , our commit ted suppor ter s and to the famil ies who put their t r ust in us at a vulner able t ime.

I feel gr at i f ied by what we have been able to achieve together in 2017 and look for war d to the year to come.

Secondly, we need to equip our school counsel lor s and teacher s w ith the addit ional sk i l ls and r esour ces to manage these pr oblems. We desper ately need to be wor k ing together to pr ovide a coor dinated appr oach for helping these chi ldr en and their fami l ies.

With this in mind, in 2017 we moved towar ds br inging together the mental heal th sector and schools. Our 32nd year set off an exci t ing shi f t towar ds incr easing pr eventat ive wor k in schools. The number

of pr eventat ive mental heal th talks that we del iver ed doubled and over 4000 students wer e r eached in the Sydney r egion.

Towar ds the end of the year we star ted wor k ing on a new thr ee year pr oject t r aining pr imar y school staff in the r egional, r ur al and r emote ar eas of N SW. These r egions have been ident i f ied as having dispr opor t ionately high r ates of mental heal th issues, compar ed to their met r opol i tan

nat ional r epor ts, r esear ch, and cl inical exper ience to deter mine how best to dir ect r esour ces to tackle the gr ow ing mental heal th pr oblem.

In the past thr ee year s, as par t of a r andomised cont r ol t r ial , we have seen many famil ies in our t r eatment cl inic who have chi ldr en w ith emot ional and behaviour al pr oblems. What has become clear to us in wor k ing w ith these chi ldr en - and ther e ar e 3 - 4 in ever y classr oom acr oss N SW - is that our wor k needs to be

tak ing place not just in our t r eatment cl inics, but also in the classr oom. This is essent ial for bet ter outcomes to occur.

Ther e ar e effect ive appr oaches avai lable for these chi ldr en. H owever , the par tner ships needed between school staff and mental heal th special ists to enact them ar e not happening. This is why chi ldr en ar e fal l ing thr ough the cr acks.

Fir st ly, we need to impr ove our systems so that school staff and mental heal th special ists ar e wor k ing together.

The H er ald Later al Economic Index is a useful measur e of col lect ive wel l -being for Aust r al ians. I t goes beyond nar r ow economic data, adjust ing GDP to factor in changes such as health, wor k l i fe and social inequal i t y, amongst other s.

This index shows us that two major factor s impact on wel l -being in our count r y: mental i l lness and obesi t y. Indeed, the impact of mental i l lness on society is tw ice that of obesi t y - at 207 bi l l ion dol lar s. These f igur es give the r eal

pictur e of impair ment and cost to society of mental i l lness.

I t is wel l accepted that the r esour ces avai lable for mental heal th fal l wel l shor t of demand and an unacceptably high number of young people and their fami l ies ar e st r uggl ing.

This is wher e not -for -pr of i t or ganisat ions l ike H PU play an impor tant r ole. In our appr oach we synthesize infor mat ion fr om

D I RECTOR'S REPORT

D r Rach ael M u r r i h y

D i r ect or

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" Ou r 3 2 n d year saw a sh i f t

t owar d s i n cr easi n g

p r even t at i ve wor k w i t h sch ool s"

" Th e i m p act o f m en t al i l l n ess

on soc i et al wel l -b ei n g i s t w i ce t h at o f

ob esi t y"

" ...Th i s i s wh y ch i l d r en ar e

f al l i n g t h r ou g h t h e cr ack s"

AB OU T H PUThe H PU is a depar tment w ithin the Faculty

of Science at the Univer si t y of Technology, Sydney.

I t is a r esear ch and t r eatment cent r e dedicated to the under standing, pr event ion and r educt ion of mental heal th pr oblems in young people aged 5 to 25 year s, and their fami l ies.

Our wor k includes:

- pr eventat ive mental heal th talks for schools;

- evidence-based psychological t r eatment cl inics for young people and their fami l ies;

- evaluat ing evidence-based t r eatments thr ough the appl icat ion of qual i t y r esear ch; and

- disseminat ing this r esear ch into the "r eal wor ld" thr ough t r aining health pr act i t ioner s, school staff and welfar e pr ofessionals.

In addit ion to pr oviding t r eatment , the object ive of our r esear ch cl inics is to impr ove avai lable evidence-based t r eatments. We del iver t r eatment , assess the effect iveness of the t r eatment model, and this infor ms t r eatment to be del iver ed in futur e r esear ch t r ials.

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To enable young people to l ive their l ives ful ly and thr ive thr ough their for mat ive year s by the pr ovision of evidence-based psychological ther apies and r esear ch aimed at decr easing the impact of mental i l lness.

The H PU aims to del iver evidence-based inter vent ions to pr event the development of mental heal th pr oblems in young people aged 5 - 25 year s, and t r eat those w ith establ ished psychological pr oblems. In pr oviding t r eatment , staff acknow ledge the impor tance of the young per son's suppor t system and include their fami l ies and school community in this appr oach. We ar e commit ted to the use of evidence-based, pr act ical st r ategies to assist those in need and pr ovide ser vices to al l young people r egar dless of their abi l i t y to affor d t r eatment . Resear ch is conducted, alongside cl inical ser vices, w ith the aim of impr oving avai lable evidence-based t r eatments for the w ider community. Disseminat ing this r esear ch to the young per son's suppor t systems is consider ed a cr ucial par t of this pr ocess.

VI SI ON AN D M I SSI ON

STATEM EN TVision

Mission

Jason Falinski MP and Dick Smith visit the

Health Psychology Unit

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Dr Rachael M ur r ihy Dir ector , Cl inical Psychologist

Anna Dedousis-Wal lace Senior Cl inical Psychologist

Dr Daniel le El l is Cl inical Psychologist

Louise Rémond Clinical Psychologist

Dr Sophia Dr ysdale Cl inical Psychologist

Emily Upton Cl inical Psychologist

Dr L isa Gomes Clinical Psychologist

Dianne Fi t zger ald Cl inical Psychologist

Rie M atsuur a Administ r at ive staff

Yota Findanis Administ r at ive staff

TH E K I D M AN CEN TRE U TSPlease note the exci t ing news that in 2018 our name w i l l be changed to :

The Kidman Cent r e UTS M ental H ealth Tr eatment and Resear ch for Youth

Thr ough the Side by Side cl inic we r un a r esear ch t r eatment pr ogr am for fami l ies of chi ldr en aged fr om 7 - 14 year s w ith emot ional and behaviour al pr oblems. The aim of t r eatment is to impr ove the chi ld's funct ioning and simultaneously t r ial an innovat ive t r eatment for this populat ion.

At the end of 2017 we had completed t r eatment for 110 famil ies w ithin this r esear ch cl inic.

Each family at tending the cl inic is al located to one of two t r eatment condit ions, ei ther Par ent M anagement Tr aining (PM T) or Col labor at ive and Pr oact ive Solut ions (CPS). PM T has been ar ound for 50 year s and is consider ed the gold standar d of t r eatment for chi ldhood behaviour pr oblems. H owever , up to 20-40% of chi ldr en to do not impr ove to a sat isfactor y level by the end of PM T t r eatment . We ar e explor ing al ter nat ive t r eatments for the thousands of fami l ies who do not r espond to PM T. This includes CPS, which is a t r eatment pr ogr am that was

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SI D E BY SI D E : B RI N GI N G TH E F U N B ACK TO FAM I LY

A RAN D OM I SED COM PARI SON TRI AL

developed at H ar var d M edical School and appr oaches chi ldhood behaviour al pr oblems in a unique way.

Chi ldr en in the t r ial have had a r ange of pr esentat ions, w ith most exper iencing anxiety, depr ession and At tent ion Defici t H yper act ivi t y Disor der , in addit ion to behaviour al pr oblems. M any have also exper ienced addit ional di f f icul t ies including bul lying, suicidal ideat ion, poor peer r elat ionships, school avoidance, and technology addict ion. Whi lst the t r ial is st i l l in pr ogr ess r esul t s so far show that :

M ost fami l ies have exper ienced cl inical ly signi f icant impr ovement in their chi ld's day-to-day funct ioning.

The feedback fr om par ents has been over whelmingly posi t ive (see box on the left ). Chi ldr en have also found the pr ogr am to be useful , w i th one chi ld (7 year s) saying:

Thoughout 2017 we r eceived a steady st r eam of r efer r als to the pr ogr am via wor d of mouth, schools and health pr ofessionals. This includes publ ic, pr ivate and Cathol ic schools, the N or th Shor e Chi ld & Youth M ental H ealth Ser vice, GPs, paediat r icians, and psychiat r ists. We w i l l cont inue to r ecr ui t thr oughout ear ly 2018, w ith a plan to f inish r ecr ui tment and t r eatment of fami l ies by September next year. Fol low-up assessments to deter mine whether t r eatment gains cont inue over t ime w i l l cont inue unt i l mid-2019.

" Sh e was h i t t i n g an d

k i ck i n g k i d s at sch ool ."

H er e is what one M um had to say about our pr ogr am:

"Our daughter (13 year s) used to have massive meltdowns at least tw ice a day. She was hi t t ing and k ick ing k ids at school and they wer e thr eatening to suspend her. She just couldn't manage her own emot ions i f something upset her. Yet after i t happened she would cr y and cr y: 'M um, why am I l ike this?' Our l ives wer e incr edibly har d when my sister showed me the f lyer for Side by Side and we wer e accepted in to the pr ogr am.

She has become mor e expr essive since star t ing the pr ogr am. She doesn't lose her temper to the same intensi t y as she did befor e and i t occur s less fr equent ly. I feel in cont r ol again! We ar e much mor e awar e of how our r eact ions can al ter her s and we ar e much less r eact ive than we used to be.

H er teacher is happier and the over al l st r ess levels in our fami ly ar e much, much bet ter than when we f i r st came..."

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" .....I didn't want to come to the cl inic and wouldn't get out of the car for a whi le. I t sounded l ike I was going to get into t r ouble, and I didn't know what they would be doing. I f i t was l ike the doctor last t ime, we had to wait for ages and i t was so bor ing.

I t wasn't so bad though. The lady Yul i was r eal ly nice and k ind. When I f i r st got ther e we played Jenga and Connect 4, whichever one I picked. I also made fr iends w ith another gir l in the k id's r oom and we dr ew pictur es together.

I got to talk about things that we wer e f ight ing about about and I k inda l ike i t when we ar e al l together w ith Yul i . I 'm bet ter at talk ing and expr essing myself when I get angr y and my par ents don't get fr ust r ated and yel l as much as they used to. I was a bi t sad when we had to stop going..."

SCH OOL TAL K S

Thanks to the gener osi t y of the M ar y Al ice Foundat ion, we wer e able to offer fr ee talks to schools acr oss Sydney on the topic of M anaging H SC St r ess. These talks wer e del iver ed to students in Year 11 and Year 12 at high schools acr oss the Sydney r egion.

This is a signi f icant incr ease compar ed to the pr evious year , and sever al schools have alr eady r e-booked talks for 2018.

These seminar s ar e designed to educate students about st r ess and teach them cognit ive and behaviour al coping st r ategies to assist them thr ough the demands of the H SC year. Our talks ar e pr act ical and inter act ive, and they have been developed in r esponse to teacher and student feedback. In r esponse, 100% of teacher s have said they ar e sat isf ied or ver y sat isf ied w ith the talks.

We have also del iver ed H SC St r ess M anagement talks for par ents who ar e along for the r ide of the H SC year. These talks offer evidence-based st r ategies to help par ents under stand adolescent mental heal th and manage their own psychological wel l -being.

In 2017 we also del iver ed teacher t r aining on the topic of adolescent mental heal th.

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In 2017 we welcomed two addit ional cl inicians to the Gener al Psychology Cl inic, Dr L isa Gomes and Dianne Fi t zger ald. The cl inic cont inues to gr ow as we see chi ldr en, adolescents and adults for a w ide r ange of pr esent ing pr oblems. These include anxiety, mood disor der s, schizophr enia, r elat ionship pr oblems, t r auma, st r ess, and par ent ing issues.

The Col labor at ive and Pr oact ive Solut ions (CPS) Cl inic is expanding as mental heal th pr ofessionals and member s of the community become awar e of the ser vices that we pr ovide. Famil ies of chi ldr en w ith behaviour al issues, who ar e unable to par t icipate in the Side by Side pr ogr am, ar e able to r eceive t r eatment thr ough the CPS cl inic.

Cl inicians in both the Gener al Psychology and CPS Cl inics use evidence-based, pr act ical st r ategies to help their cl ients. These include cognit ive behaviour ther apy, mindfulness and acceptance st r ategies, schema ther apy, and at tachment ther apy. They r egular ly l iaise w ith r efer r er s to pr ovide an opt imal level of car e. Our staff also r egular ly at tend pr ofessional development seminar s on a r ange of topics to cont inue to develop their cl inical sk i l l set .

We pr ovide bulk bi l l ing ser vices to cl ients who ar e in f inancial st r ess.

Appr oximately 50% of our cl ients r eceived

evidence-based ther apy at no cost .

Dr Ellis presenting to Year 12 students

In 2017 we del iver ed over 40 H SC St r ess M anagement talks, pr esent ing to over

3,700 students.

GEN ERAL PSYCH OL OGY

AN D CPS TREATM EN T

CL I N I CS

Feedback fr om the faci l i t ator s thr oughout the r ol l out was ver y posi t ive.

One of the faci l i t ator s r epor ted the fol low ing: "One guy stated that just one session in the Gr ow th Room was far mor e empower ing than al l pr evious help he had r eceived. This guy?s l ight bulb moment was open communicat ion. H e is on cloud nine! H is r elat ionships have taken off and he feels amazing."

Alongside the Gr ow th Rooms, The Banksia Pr oject also r an thr ee lar ge community for ums aimed at r aising mental heal th awar eness for the gener al publ ic. These for ums wer e held in univer si t ies acr oss Sydney and ar e cal led the Gar den Rooms. The Gar den Rooms have at t r acted many young men seeking help as wel l as fami ly member s and fr iends who ar e looking for guidance as to how best to help their loved ones. Our dir ector , Dr Rachael M ur r ihy,

chal lenges and r esponsibi l i t ies of adult l i fe.

Banksia has a number of inter vent ions. The main component is the suppor t gr oups (Gr ow th Rooms) for young men w ith mental heal th issues acr oss Sydney.

Our cl inical psychologist , Louise Rémond, t r ained lay faci l i t ator s to lead the pr ogr am. She developed the for mat and content of the pr ogr am sessions, each of which highl ighted di f fer ent evidence-based st r ategies.

These wer e del iver ed to the gr oups by the faci l i t ator s and M s Rémond pr ovided cl inical super vision thr oughout the r ol l out of the pr ogr am.

This year we have been heavi ly involved in The Banksia Pr oject (TBP), an ini t iat ive of the St . Ignat ius Col lege Alumni.

The Banksia Pr oject was set up by member s of the community to addr ess the r ising r ates of mental heal th pr oblems and suicide in young men. This is a gr oup that t ypical ly r ejects the t r adi t ional face-to-face counsel l ing model.

Banksia is innovat ive because i t offer s new ways of suppor t ing men?s mental heal th that r epr esents an al ter nat ive to the t r adi t ional counsel l ing model.

We wer e par t icular ly inter ested in engaging in a pr oject that ser viced men in the 18-25 year age gr oup who wer e at r isk as they st r uggled to negot iate the

adjustment into the

" On e g u y st at ed t h at j u st on e

sessi on i n t h e Gr ow t h Room was f ar m or e em p ower i n g

t h an al l p r evi ou s h el p h e h ad r ecei ved ."

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TH E B AN K SI A PROJECT

Bryan Coleman (CEO, TBP), Professor Gordon Parker (Black Dog Institute), Mitchell Pearce (Roosters captain), Dr Murrihy, and Margaret Cunneen SC

Panelists at the 'Mental Health in the Workplace' forum

Ms Remond conducting training of Banksia Project facilitators

helped him manage st r ess. M r Bour is also spoke about how mental heal th affects ever yone in society, highl ight ing that no one is immune to mental i l lness. The Banksia Bal l was a gr eat success and helped achieve the goal of r aising awar eness of mental heal th issues.

With al l t r aining completed, M s Rémond w i l l now step away fr om this r ole and the faci l i t ator s w i l l move ahead independent ly, ful ly t r ained and equipped to r un the gr oups sustainably into the futur e. M oving for war d, we w i l l cont inue to be involved in the Gar den Rooms in an advisor y capaci t y, ther eby helping to r aise awar eness of mental heal th issues.

at the UTS Gr eat H al l . Four CEO?s took par t in this for um. This included Luke Istomin (co-founder F45 Gyms), David Bow ie (CEO, SAS Aust r al ia), Jess Wilson (CEO, Stashd) and Eugene M cGar r el l (GM , icar e H ealth), who each discussed their own exper ience w ith mental heal th issues.

The f inal event for the year

was The Banksia Bal l , which was held at the H i l ton Sydney to help fund mental heal th and wel lness pr ogr ams r un by The Banksia Pr oject in the community. Tim Webster , television and r adio pr esenter and spor ts br oadcaster acted as the M aster of Cer emonies, whi le r enowned businessman M ar k Bour is AM was the keynote speaker. H e spoke about the impor tance of sel f-car e and how tak ing car e of his physical health

was involved at each for um as their r esident psychologist on a quest ion and answer panel.

At the f i r st for um in Febr uar y, Dr M ur r ihy was joined by eminent individuals including Pr ofessor Gor don Par ker (Scient ia Pr ofessor of Psychiat r y, Univer si t y of N SW), M itchel l Pear ce (Rooster s captain), and M ar gar et Cunneen SC (Dir ector of Publ ic Pr osecut ions). At this event , M r Pear ce spoke openly about his own mental heal th issues and st r ategies that helped him get his l i fe back on t r ack. Of mental i l lness amongst r ugby player s, he said, "The mor e someone who has gone thr ough a bi t of stuff talks, ther e is hope i t gets easier " .

The next Gar den Room in M ay was an event focused on 'M ental H ealth in Spor t ' held at the Univer si t y of Sydney. We hear d fr om leading spor tsmen, including M at t Shir vington (athlete) and Wayne Schwass (for mer AFL player ) r egar ding mental heal th issues athletes ar e facing and how this affects the br oader community.

This was fol lowed up by an event in N ovember on 'M ental H ealth in the Wor kplace', which was held

" Th e m or e som eon e wh o

h as g on e t h r ou g h a b i t o f st u f f t al k s, t h er e

i s h op e i t g et s easi er ."

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Dr Murrihy, Prof. Buss (UofSyd), Ed Cowan (Australian Cricket), James Holbeck (ARU), Wayne Schwass (AFL),

Zac Seidler (UofSyd) & Matt Shirvington

Dr Murrihy and Ms Remond with TBP CEO Bryan Coleman,

committee member Jack Jones, and group leader Tony Arena

Mark Bouris AM, keynote speaker at the

2017 Banksia Ball

M ED I A

M s Rémond and Dr Sar ah Edelman appear ed on Channel 9's 'Today Ext r a' to discuss their book 'Good Think ing: A Teenager s' Guide to M anaging St r ess and Emot ions Using CBT'. In this segment they out l ined pr inciples of cognit ive behaviour ther apy and st r ategies for managing anger. They also pr ovided psychoeducat ion r egar ding anxiety and depr ession, and st r ategies for r educing st r ess and impr oving mood. M s Rémond and Dr Edelman's appear ance on this segment t r igger ed conver sat ion on Today Ext r a's social media accounts r egar ding mental heal th issues in young people.

M s Rémond also conducted sever al r adio inter views on the topic of managing H SC st r ess and teenage mental heal th. This included inter views w ith ABC Radio AM , ABC Radio N ight l i fe, ABC Radio M or nings w ith Wendy H ar mer , and 2ser. In these inter views she discussed issues r elat ing to whether mental heal th disor der s wer e wor sening in young people, or whether as a society we wer e just hear ing mor e about i t . She also discussed ways to r educe st r ess amongst students complet ing the H SC.

Dr M ur r ihy appear ed on the Think:H ealth segment of r adio stat ion 2ser to discuss the topic "When your chi ld doesn't r espond to gold star s and scolding". In this segment she out l ined featur es of PM T and discussed how CPS is an al ter nat ive st r ategy that par ents can use to help inst i l l behaviour s in their chi ldr en that they want to see.

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Best sel l ing author of 'Change Your Think ing', Dr Edelmand, and H PU's M s Rémond, publ ished a sel f-help book for young people exper iencing negat ive emot ions, st r ess, and sel f-defeat ing behaviour s. The book is based on the pr inciples of cognit ive-behaviour al ther apy (CBT) and i t explains how to use CBT ski l ls in a pr act ical , clear way.

This two volume handbook addr esses the state and pr act ice of school psychology w ith a focus on standar ds unique to Aust r al ia. I t is consider ed to be a major r efer ence text for school counsel l ing staff in Aust r al ia.

Dr M ur r ihy co-author ed a chapter r eview ing the theor et ical under pinnings of Disr upt ive Behaviour Disor der s (DBD's). This chapter out l ined evidence-based inter vent ions for chi ldr en w ith behaviour al disor der s.

The book chapter is a vi tal r esour ce that is being ut i l ised by psychologists Aust r al ia-w ide who ar e wor k ing w ith t r oubled youth.

PU B L I CATI ON SGood Think ing

Handbook of Aust ralian School Psychology

Ms Remond and Dr Edelman on Channel 9

Disseminat ing Resear ch into the Community

M edia Repor t

Solut ions in t r eatment of Opposit ional Defiant Disor der in chi ldr en and adolescents'.

Staff member s ser ved as commit tee volunteer s for the 38th N at ional Confer ence of the Aust r al ian Associat ion of Cognit ive Behaviour al Ther apy. The theme of the confer ence was 'Innovat ions in cognit ive and behaviour al ther apies acr oss the l i fespan'. Staff wer e able to at tend wor kshops and seminar s, which pr esented a wonder ful oppor tuni t y to networ k w ith other mental heal th pr act i t ioner s wor k ing in this f ield.

In l ine w ith our mission to t r anslate r esear ch f indings into pr act ice, staff member s fr om H PU have been disseminat ing the r esul t s of our r esear ch t r ial into the w ider community. We have done this thr ough pr esent ing at and at tending confer ences in Sydney and the Aust r al ian Capital Ter r i tor y.

Dr M ur r ihy pr esented a poster at the Br ain and M ind Cent r e Symposium which took place at the Univer si t y of Sydney. This symposium br ought together r esear cher s and cl inicians inter ested in chi ld development and behaviour , and youth mental heal th. H er poster was on the topic 'Par ent M anagement Tr aining & Col labor at ive and Pr oact ive Solut ions: A Randomised Compar ison Tr ial w i thin an Aust r al ian populat ion'.

Dr M ur r ihy also pr esented this poster in Canber r a for the 39th Annual Society for M ental H ealth Resear ch Confer ence. This confer ence was an oppor tuni t y for mental heal th and medical science cl inicians and r esear cher s to come together for cl inical , scient i f ic, and social exchanges. M s Dedousis-Wal lace also pr esented a poster at this confer ence on the topic of 'M oder ator s and mediator s in Par ent M anagement Tr aining and Col labor at ive Pr oact ive

RESEARCH D I SSEM I N ATI ON

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Dr Murrihy presenting at the Brain and Mind Centre Symposium, University of Sydney

Ms Dedousis-Wallace, Ms Fitzgerald, and Dr Murrihy at the AACBT conference, Coogee

I t is of vi tal impor tance that the effor t that goes into conduct ing r esear ch into new t r eatments is matched by a simi lar effor t in ensur ing these t r eatments ar e disseminated to school and mental heal th pr act i t ioner s. This way evidence-based t r eatments can r each the community. With this in mind, we have commenced our plan to disseminate CPS to the community.

Our pr imar y focus w i l l be TH RIVE: A M ental H ealth Pr oject for Chi ldr en in Regional, Rur al and Remote N SW. M ental heal th pr oblems ar e higher for young people outside of met r opol i tan r egions and ther e ar e also some unique bar r ier s to accessing car e. Values of stoicism, so helpful in many ways in the bush, can be unhelpful in ter ms of w i l l ingness to seek car e. Concer ns about a possible lack of pr ivacy can also be a bar r ier i f one ant icipates that a visi t to a mental heal th pr ofessional is l ikely to be mor e visible than i t might be for people seeking assistance in ci t y ar eas.

With this in mind and in an at tempt to avoid any potent ial ly pr oblemat ic st igma, we decided that to help chi ldr en in non-met r opol i tan ar eas, we would need to del iver these inter vent ions into their ever yday l ives. H ence, teacher s and school counsel lor s w i l l be t r ained in the CPS model and later suppor ted thr ough case consultat ion via Skype to lear n social-emot ional competencies that w i l l then be passed on to their students. They w i l l use the CPS st r ategies univer sal ly in the classr oom, but also speci f ical ly w ith tar geted chi ldr en. In the past six months we have conducted a pi lot t r ial at a school in Dubbo that has infor med the lar ger thr ee year r ol l out of TH RIVE in the school set t ing.

Over thr ee year s we w i l l t r ain teacher s in 192 schools w ith a potent ial r each of 12,000 students. The planning for this pr oject has commenced and we expect to be out in the r egional cent r es by August 2018.We also hope to impar t CPS ski l ls to mental heal th pr act i t ioner s acr oss Sydney and, in keeping w ith this aim, we have secur ed an ini t ial gr ant to del iver CPS t r aining in M ar ch next year to community mental heal th and hospital staff at the South East Ar ea H ealth Ser vice based at the Pr ince of Wales H ospital Randw ick.

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" We d ef i n i t el y

f eel l i k e t h e p r og r am

was wor t h wh i l e."

We thank the famil ies who have par t icipated in the Side by Side pr ogr am and have made i t possible for us to extend CPS to the TH RIVE pr oject .

Feedback fr om of our Side by Side famil ies includes the fol low ing:

"We defini tely feel l ike the pr ogr am was wor thwhi le. I t gave us a speci f ic focus w ith our chi ld in ar guments. The biggest di f fer ence is let t ing her come up w ith solut ions and owning that . We didn't do that befor e the pr ogr am."

"We l iked the know ledge and sk i l ls we lear nt fr om the pr ogr am. We feel l ike the sk i l ls we lear ned ar e gener al izable to use w ith our other chi ld and w ith any pr oblem that ar ises."

"Taking that t ime to come [ to sessions] mot ivated us to pr act ice the sk i l ls at home so that we wer en't wast ing our t ime."

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Ms Dedousis-Wallace and Dr Gomes with teachers from Dubbo undergoing the Thrive pilot trial

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SU M M ARY OF SERVI CES

Client Cont act s 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

At t endees at HPU present at ions

Student HSC stress seminars 1,166 1,130 1,215 2,480 3,762

Parent and teacher HSC stress seminars 355 140 160 320 20

In-house programs 17 4 20 25 15

Community/staff/university seminars 900 90 918 350 210

Sub-total 2,438 1,364 2,313 3,175 4,007

Therapy sessions delivered

Side by Side clinic 0 0 352 674 559

General psychology/CPS clinic 282 186 291 397 689

Psychosis clinic 138 133 0 0 0

Sub-total 420 319 643 1,071 1,248

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Antony Kidman establ ished the foundat ion for donor s who pr efer r ed to give to a foundat ion. The Antony Kidman Foundat ion is a separ ate ent i t y to the H PU, however , i t exists solely to suppor t the oper at ions of the uni t .

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Dolan, L., Chew, L., M or gan, G., & Kidman, A. D. (1975). Enzyme studies of skeletal muscle in mice w ith di f fer ent t ypes of neur al impair ment and muscular dyst r ophy. Exper imental N eur ology, 47, 105-117.

M el l ick, R., Dolan, L., & Kidman, A. D. (1975). Exper imental diphther i t ic neur opathy in the mouse: A study in cel lular r esistance. Br i t ish Jour nal of Exper imental Pathology, 56, 471.

Yeo, J. D., Payne, W., H inwood, B., & Kidman, A. D. (1975). The exper imental contusion injur y of the spinal cor d in sheep. Spinal Cor d, 12, 275-296.

Kidman, A. D., H inwood, B. G., & Yeo, J. D. (1976). Concent r at ions of N E and 5-H T in the contused sheep spinal cor d: Status of the monoamine hypothesis. Jour nal of N eur ochemist r y, 27, 293-294.

Yeo, J. D., M cKenzie, B., H indwood, B., & Kidman, A. (1976). Tr eatment of par aplegic sheep w ith hyper bar ic oxygen. The M edical Jour nal of Aust r al ia, 1, 538-540.

Kidman, A. D., Dolan, L., & Sippe, H . J. (1978). Blockade of fast axonal t r anspor t by diphther i t ic demyel inat ion in the chicken sciat ic ner ve. Jour nal of N eur ochemist r y, 30, 57-61.

Tomkins, J. K., & Kidman, A. D. (1978). Studies in vivo of r ibonucleic acid tur nover in mice (st r ain C57 BL/6J) homozygous and heter ozygous for the dyst r ophic gene, dy 2J. N eur oscience Let ter s, 9, 217-220.

Tomkins, J. K., & Kidman, A. D. (1979). In vi t r o r adioisotope pr ecur sor incor por at ion into r ibonucleic acid and pr otein in dyst r ophic mouse gast r ocnemius muscle (C57 BL/6J dy2Jdy2J). N eur oscience Let ter s, 12, 223-228.

Kidman, A., H anwel l , M ., & Cooper , N. (1979). Fai lur e of diphther i t ic demyel inat ion to block slow axonal t r anspor t in the chicken sciat ic ner ve. Jour nal of N eur ochemist r y, 33, 357-359.

Kidman, A. D., H anwel l , M . A., & Cooper , N. A. (1979). The r ole of the satel l i t e cel l in axonal metabol ism. nter nat ional Congr ess Ser ies, 473, 85-93.

H inwood, B. G., Yeo, J. D., & Kidman, A. D. (1980). M onoamine and t issue f luid levels in contused spinal cor d of sheep. Jour nal of N eur ochemist r y, 35, 786-791.

Tomkins, J. K., Col l ins, S. P., Baker , W. D. C., & Kidman, A. D. (1982). In vi t r o skeletal muscle pr otein and RN A incor por at ion in neur omuscular disease. Jour nal of the N eur ological sciences, 54, 59-68.

H anwel l , M . A., Cooper , N. A., & Kidman, A. D. (1982). Remyel inat ion in the chicken sciat ic ner ve. N eur ochemist r y Inter nat ional , 4, 467-471.

Cooper N.A., & Kidman A.D. (1983). The Schmidt -Lanter man cleft in the myel in sheath: Studies in chicken ner ves. In A. D. Kidman, J. K. Tomkins, C. A. M or r is & N. A. Cooper (Eds.), M olecular pathology of ner ve and muscle (pp. 39-50). N ew Yor k: H umana Pr ess.

Kidman, A. D., Gow, A., Cooper , N. A., & M or r is, C. A. (1983). Amyot r ophic later al scler osis toxic and animal models. In A. D. Kidman, J. K. Tomkins, C. A. M or r is & N. A. Cooper (Eds.), M olecular Pathology of N er ve and M uscle: Exper imental and Cl inical N eur oscience (pp. 39-50). N ew Yor k: H umana Pr ess.

Kidman, A. D., Cooper , A. N., Tomkins, J. K., & M or r is, C. A. (1984). M olecular pathology of ner ve and muscle disor der s: Exter nal agents and genet ic lesions. N ew Jer sey: H umana Pr ess.

Cooper , N. A., & Kidman. A. D. (1984). Quant i tat ion of the Schmidt -Lanter man incisur es in juveni le, adult , r emyel inated and r egener ated f ibr es of the chicken sciat ic ner ve. Acta N eur opathologica, 64, 251-258.

Kidman, A. (1984). St r ess, cognit ion and the ner vous system. N eur ochemist r y Inter nat ional , 6, 715-720.

Kidman, A. (1985). N eur ochemical and cognit ive aspects of depr ession. Pr ogr ess in N eur obiology, 24, 187-197.

Komiya, Y., Cooper , N. A., & Kidman, A. D. (1986). The long-ter m effects of a single inject ion of ?, ??-Immiodipr opioni t r i le on slow axonal t r anspor t in the r at . The Jour nal of Biochemist r y, 100, 1241-1246.

Kidman, A. D. (1986). Tact ics for change: A sel f-help manual. Sydney: Biochemical & Gener al Ser vices.

Komiya, Y., Cooper , N. A., & Kidman, A. D. (1987). The r ecover y of slow axonal t r anspor t after a single int r aper i toneal inject ion of ?, ??-Iminodipr opioni t r i le in the r at . The Jour nal of Biochemist r y, 102, 869-873.

Kidman, A. D. (1988). Fr om thought to act ion: A sel f-help manual. Sydney: Biochemical & Gener al Ser vices.

Kidman, A. (1989). N eur ochemical and cognit ive aspects of anxiety disor der s. Pr ogr ess in N eur obiology, 32, 391-402.

Kidman, A. (1989). Tact ics for changing your l i fe. London: Kogan Page.

Kidman, A. (1990). M anaging love and hate. Sydney: Biochemical & Gener al Ser vices.

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Kidman, A. (1990). A guide to per sonal ther apy. Sydney: Biochemical & Gener al Ser vices.

Kidman, A. (1990). H ow to change your l i fe. London: Kogan Page.

M ar ks, D. C., Belov, L., Davey, M . W., Davey, R. A., & Kidman, A. D. (1992). The M TT cel l viabi l i t y assay for cytotoxici t y test ing in mult idr ug r esistant human leukemic cel ls. Leukemia Resear ch, 16, 1165-1173.

Kidman, A. D. (1992). Cognit ions and const r ucts. The Bul let in, Aust r al ian Psychological Society, 14, 2.

Kidman, A. D. (1992). Over coming emot ional distur bance: A manual for gr oup ther apy par t icipants. Sydney: N eur obiology Unit , UTS.

M ar ks, D. C., Davey, M . W., Davey, R. A., & Kidman, A D. (1993). Di f fer ent iat ion and mult idr ug r esistance in r esponse to dr ug t r eatment in the K562 human leukaemia cel l l ine. Br i t ish Jour nal of H aematology, 84, 83-89.

Kidman, A. D. (1993). Psychological aspects of br east cancer. The Bul let in, Aust r al ian Psychological Society, 15, 15-16.

Cocker , K., Kidman, A. D., & Bel l , D. (1994). Cognit ive behaviour ther apy w ith advance br east cancer pat ients: A pi lot study. Psycho-oncology, 3, 233-237.

H ar gr ave, R. M ., Davey, M . W., Davey, R. A., & Kidman, A. D., (1995). Development of dr ug r esistance is r educed w ith idar ubicin r elat ive to other anthr acycl ines. Ant i -Cancer Dr ugs, 6, 432-437.

M ar ks, D. C., Davey, M . W., Davey, R. A., & Kidman, A. D. (1995). Expr ession of mult idr ug r esistance to di f fer ent iat ion in the K562 human leumeamia cel l l ine. Biochemical Phar macology, 50, 475-480.

Cocker , K., Kidman, A. D., & Bel l , D. R. (1995). Psycho-oncology: H elping women cope w ith metastat ic br east cancer. Cancer For um, 19.

Kidman, A. D. (1995). Family l i fe: Adapt ing to change. Sydney, Aust r al ia: Biochemical & Gener al Ser vices.

Kidman, A. D., & Edelman, S. (1997). Developments in psycho-oncology and cognit ive behaviour ther apy. Jour nal of Cognit ive Psychother apy, 11, 45-62.

Edelman, S., & Kidman, A. D. (1997). M ind and cancer : Is ther e a r elat ionship? A r eview of the evidence.Aust r al ian Psychologist , 32, 79-85.

Kidman, A. D. (1997). Power and pr ogr ess: Psychology in the new wor ld. Cl inical Psychologist , 2, 20.

Kidman, A. D. (1999). Feel ing bet ter : A guide to mood management . Sydney, Aust r al ia: Biochemical & Gener al Ser vices.

Kidman, A. D. (1998). Edi tor ial . Cl inical Psychologist , 3, 1.

Kidman, A. D., (1998). Sel f-help books and the r ole of bibl iother apy. Cl inical Psychologist , 3, 23.

Edelman, S., Bel l , D. R., & Kidman, A. D. (1999). Gr oup CBT vs suppor t ive ther apy w ith pat ients who have pr imar y br east cancer. Jour nal of Cognit ive Psychother apy, 13,2. 46

Edelman, S., Bel l , D. R., & Kidman, A. D. (1999). A gr oup cognit ive behaviour ther apy pr ogr am w ith metastat ic br east cancer pat ients. Psycho-Oncology, 8, 295-305.

Edelman, S., & Kidman, A. D. (1999). Descr ipt ion of a gr oup cognit ive behaviour ther apy pr ogr am w ith cancer pat ients. Psycho-Oncology, 8, 306-314.

Kidman, A. D. (1999). Feel ing bet ter : A guide to mood management . Sydney, Aust r al ia: Biochemical & Gener al Ser vices.

Kidman, A. D. (1999). Edi tor ial , Cl inical Psychologist , 4, 1-3.

Edelman, S., Lemon, J., Bel l , D. R., & Kidman, A. D. (1999). Effects of gr oup CBT on the sur vival t ime of pat ients w ith metastat ic br east cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 8, 474-481.

Edelman, S., Cr aig, A., & Kidman, A. D. (2000). Gr oup inter vent ions w ith cancer pat ients: Eff icacy of psycho-educat ional ver sus suppor t ive gr oups. A r eview of the evidence. Jour nal of Psychosocial Oncology, 18, 67-85.

Edelman, S., Cr aig, A., & Kidman, A. D. (2000). Can psychother apy incr ease the sur vival t ime of cancer pat ients? A r eview. Jour nal of Psychosomat ic Resear ch, 49, 149-156.

Pascoe, S., Edelman, S., & Kidman, A. D. (2000). Incidence of psychological dist r ess and ut i l isat ion of suppor t ser vices by cancer pat ients at Sydney hospitals. Aust r al ian and N ew Zealand Jour nal of Psychiat r y, 34, 785-791.

Edelman, S., & Kidman, A. D. (2000). Appl icat ion of cognit ive-behaviour ther apy to pat ients who have ter minal cancer. Behaviour Change, 17, 103-110.

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Kidman, A. D. (2000). H ealth, i l lness and qual i t y of l i fe: Playing a poor hand wel l . Cl inical Psychologist , 5, 17-22.

Kidman, A. D. (2000). Edi tor ial . Cl inical Psychologist , 5, 1.

Kidman, A. D. (2001). Edi tor ial . Cl inical Psychologist , 6, 2.

Kidman, A. D. (2001). Fr om thought to act ion (2nd ed.). Sydney, Aust r al ia: Biochemical and Gener al Ser vices.

Kidman, A. D. (2001). Psycho-oncology and the ter minal ly i l l pat ient . Cl inical Psychologist , 6, 10.

Kidman, A.D. (2002). Edi tor ial and cl inical notes. Cl inical Psychologist , 6, 26.

Edelman, S., Lemon, J., & Kidman, A. D. (2003). The per ceived benefi t s of a gr oup CBT inter vent ion for pat ients w ith cor onar y hear t disease. Jour nal of Cognit ive Psychother apy, 17, 59-66.

Edelman, S., Lemon, J., & Kidman, A. D. (2003). Psychological ther apies for r ecipients of implantable car diover ter def ibr i l lator s. H ear t and Lung, 43, 234-240.

Edelman, S., & Kidman, A. D. (2003). The mental health of teenager s: Schools can play a r ole. Pr incipal M at ter s, 55, 34-35.

Kidman, A.D. (2003). A good night?s sleep: Per chance to dr eam. Sydney, Aust r al ia: H ealth Psychology Unit , UTS.

Lemon, J., Edelman, S., & Kidman, A. D. (2004). Per cept ions of the ?mind-cancer ? r elat ionship by member s of the publ ic, cancer pat ients and oncologists. Jour nal of Psychosocial Oncology, 21, 43-58.

Kidman, A.D. (2004). Devi ls, dr ugs and doctor s: A shor t histor y of depr ession. Sydney, Aust r al ia: Foundat ion for L i fe Sciences.

Edelman, S., Lemon, J., & Kidman, A. (2005). Gr oup cognit ive behaviour ther apy for br east cancer pat ients: A quant i tat ive evaluat ion. Psychology, H ealth & M edicine, 10, 139-144.

Kidman, A.D. (2005). St r ess, coping and social suppor t in the age of anxiety. Sydney, Aust r al ia: Foundat ion for L i fe Sciences.

Kidman, A.D. (2006). Feel ing bet ter : A guide to mood management (2nd ed.). Sydney, Aust r al ia: Biochemical & Gener al Ser vices.

Kidman, A.D. (2007). Schizophr enia: A guide for fami l ies. Sydney, Aust r al ia: Biochemical & Gener al Ser vices.

M ur r ihy, R. C., Wheat ley, A., van Kessel, J., Wuthr ich, V., Rémond, L., Tuqir i , R., Dadds, M ., & Kidman, A. (2007). Aggr ession management t r aining for opposi t ional adolescents in behaviour al schools: Pi lot t r ial of a CBT-based inter vent ion. Aust r al ian Jour nal of Psychology: Combined Abst r acts of 2007, Aust r al ian Psychol-ogy Confer ences, 59, 318.

Lemon, J., & Edelman, S., (2007). Psychological adaptat ion to ICDs and the inf luence of anxiety sensi t ivi t y. Psychology, H ealth and M edicine, 12, 163-172

Var low , M ., Kidman, A. D., M ur r ihy, R. C., Dedousis-Wal lace, A., & Rémond, L.C. (2008). Cognit ive behaviour ther apy for psychosis: A community-based t r ial . Ear ly Inter vent ion in Psychiat r y, 2, A108.

Kidman, A.D. (2008). CBT and schizophr enia. Sydney, Aust r al ia: H ealth Psychology Unit , UTS.

Var low , M ., Wuthr ich, V. M ., M ur r ihy, R. C., Rémond, L. C., Tuqir i , R. I ., van Kessel, J. M . M ., Wheat ley, A. C., Dedousis-Wal lace, A., & Kidman, A. D. (2009). St r ess l i ter acy in Aust r al ian adolescents. Youth Studies Aust r al ia, 29, 29-34.

M ur r ihy, R. C., Kidman, A. D., & Ol lendick, T. H . (Eds.) (2010). Cl inical handbook of assessing and t r eat ing conduct pr oblems in youth. N ew Yor k: Spr inger.

Kidman, A.D. (2011). Staying sane in the fast lane: Emot ional health in the 21st centur y. Sydney, Aust r al ia: Biochemical & Gener al Ser vices.

Per r y, Y., Var low , M ., Dedousis-Wal lace, A., M ur r ihy, R. C., El l is, D. M ., & Kidman, A. D. (2012). M oving for war d: Int r oduct ion to psychosis. A r efer ence manual for mental health pr ofessionals. Sydney, Aust r al ia: Foundat ion for L i fe Sciences.

Dedousis-Wal lace, A., Shute, R., Var low , M ., M ur r ihy, R., & Kidman, A. (2013). Gir ls? indir ect bul lying at school: Pr edictor s of teacher inter vent ion and outcome of a pr ofessional development pr esentat ion for teacher s. Educat ional Psychology, 34, 862-875.

Per r y, Y., Var low , M ., Dedousis-Wal lace, A., M ur r ihy, R. C., El l is, D. M ., Langdon, R., & Kidman. A. D. (2015). The development and implementat ion of a pi lot CBT for ear ly psychosis ser vice: Achievements and chal lenges. Ear ly Inter vent ion in Psychology, 9, 252-259.

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