Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research

Temporal patterns and risk factors of clozapine-associated neutropenia: a nationwide population-based cohort study

Background Clozapine is the most effective antipsychotic for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, but neutropenia concerns continue to limit its use. Large real-world evidence on temporal risk patterns, re-initiation, and patient-level determinants remains limited. Methods We condu...

Media, police shootings and mental illness: Is stigma a problem?

Objectives: Fatal police shootings in Australia have increased in recent years, with a substantial portion of these incidents involving individuals with mental illness and often attracting extensive media coverage. This study investigates whether mainstream newspaper reporting us...

“Teenagers are a reflection of your parenting – everyone is judging”: Perceived Pressures and Coping Among Parents of Older Adolescents at the Transition

Parents face unique challenges as their children leave secondary school and advance into the emerging adulthood years. This study explores parents’, primarily mothers’, experiences of parenting as their children (16 – 19 years) were in their last months of school. Thirty Australi...