David Lawrence

Professor of Mental Health at Curtin Uni. Child and adolescent mental health, suicide prevention, mental health of police and emergency services personnel.

[David Lawrence @ProfDavidL]

New results from #ACMS on peer perpetrated sexual harassment in childhood and adolescence. https://t.co/cPvfgBzqni

[David Lawrence @ProfDavidL]

The next session in the Advancing Adolescent Health in the Asia Pacific seminar series will be presented by A/Prof Holly Erskine & Dr Amirah Wahdi, discussing the National Adolescent Mental Health Surveys.
Register here 🔗 https://t.co/ebYz3ufxTs @CforAH @AmirahWahdi

[David Lawrence @ProfDavidL]

New findings on the perpetrators of child sexual abuse in Australia - a decline in perpetration of child sexual abuse in institutional settings over generations offset by an increase in perpetration of sexual abuse by male adolescents. #ACMS

https://t.co/E8LOu4kQvC

[David Lawrence @ProfDavidL]

90.5% of young people with diverse gender identities have experienced one or more forms of child maltreatment, including physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect or exposure to domestic violence. A horrifying statistic. https://t.co/DhDbxx4jJG #acms @CurtinUni

[David Lawrence @ProfDavidL]

An opportunity to join our vibrant and exciting school

https://t.co/a04bIWdZei

[A/Prof Divna Haslam (She/her) @DivnaHaslam]

People need to know the widespread nature of child maltreatment in Aust & its significant impact. Please share our Australian Child Maltreatment Study resources.

You can download & share our report, infographics, & the @theMJA #ACMS supplement at https://t.co/TMIIYM06li

[MJA @theMJA]

The latest MJA podcast is out now - Join Prof. David Lawrence and A/Prof. Holly Erskine as they discuss the shocking findings of the Australian Child Maltreatment Study

https://t.co/QD134kbD9S

[Australian Policy Online (APO) @APOorgau]

TWTR is… The prevalence and impact of child maltreatment in Australia: findings from the Australian Child Maltreatment Study ➡️https://t.co/9ldIKqrrao @QUT
The #ACMS is a landmark study providing the first nationally representative data on the 5 types of child maltreatment.

[A/Prof Divna Haslam (She/her) @DivnaHaslam]

The official #ACMS results launch tonight (Tues 4th) at 6.00pm AEST. Watch live to hear the first Aus prevalence data of child maltreatment & its devastating impact. https://t.co/QgEz69RVNo See https://t.co/TMIIYLZyvK for more.

[David Lawrence @ProfDavidL]

Join the livestream tomorrow Tuesday 4th April at 4pm WA time to watch the public launch of findings from the Australian Child Maltreatment Study (#ACMS)

⁦@CurtinUni⁩ ⁦@beyondblue⁩ https://t.co/EOqbVCJvho

[David Lawrence @ProfDavidL]

Proud to be part of the #acms team. Our findings released today show the strong associations between child maltreatment and risk behaviours throughout life including self-harm, suicidal behaviours and substance use. @CurtinUni @CurtinMedia

[A/Prof Divna Haslam (She/her) @DivnaHaslam]

ALERT: #ACMS results are out in @theMJA. We found: 62% of Australians experienced child maltreatment & 39.4% have experienced >1 type.

Very high assoc with negative outcomes See 🧵 for more. Download the report, infographics, & papers at https://t.co/R55ZbiEMYn

[A/Prof Divna Haslam (She/her) @DivnaHaslam]

The ACMS was funded by @nhmrc & the Aust Govt. Our team includes @BenMathews9,@HigginsDaryl , @RosanaPacella, @ProfDavidL, @AresQui, @hannah_thomas__ James Scott, Holly Erskine, Michael Dunne, Eva Malavova, David Finkelhor & me

[David Lawrence @ProfDavidL]

Great to see so many people getting behind Tony Pearce's amazing trek to raise funds for the great work that the Emergency Services Foundation is doing to support mental health and wellbeing of our emergency services workers.

https://t.co/WqVaj2idNL

#TonysTrek

[David Lawrence @ProfDavidL]

Looking forward to hearing all about the first ever national adolescent mental health surveys in Kenya, Viet Nam, and Indonesia.

[David Lawrence @ProfDavidL]

Australian Child Maltreatment Study finds high risks of self harming in young people who have experienced child maltreatment. #acms

[Daryl Higgins @HigginsDaryl]

Key messages from the #ACMS early shapshot data from young people, shared by ⁦@QIMRBerghofer⁩ at ⁦@FamilyStudies⁩ #AIFSCONF today. ⁦@ACU_ICPS⁩ ⁦@QUT⁩

[David Lawrence @ProfDavidL]

As society changes, is it time to change how we screen for depression? With so many adolescents feeling tired and pushing themselves to do schoolwork, should we focus on other indicators? @CPsychResearch | Home https://t.co/BQc1oJ4gwJ

[David Lawrence @ProfDavidL]

@clendinnen @tylerblack32 No we can't disaggregate these impacts using these data.

[David Lawrence @ProfDavidL]

@clendinnen @tylerblack32 Yes. I can confirm that children were surveyed in schools. T1 and T2 were prior to 2020. T3 was in March 2020 as the pandemic first broke and just prior to school closures in WA, and T4 was in July and August of 2020 after schools had reopened.

[David Lawrence @ProfDavidL]

78% of #BlackSummer #bushfires responders were volunteers. Many have not received help for mental health impacts #afterthefires. Australia needs volunteers who aren't at risk of burnout or mental ill-health.

Learn more: https://t.co/VeAa6bQWfp
@uwanews @MESHealthAus @Flinders

[David Lawrence @ProfDavidL]

A pleasure to talk with Siusan and Sarah at ESF about #AnsweringTheCall and #AfterTheFires and the amazing work ESF do supporting our emergency services. @HazardsResearch @beyondblue @UWAresearch

[Emergency Services Foundation @ESF_Victoria]

Our latest podcast - we speak with @ProfDavidL about two important #research studies he’s led that have provided baseline data around the #wellbeing of people in the #sector #nationwide; @beyondblue's 'Answering the Call' and 'After the Fires'