Publications by authors named "G Knowles"

Article Synopsis
  • The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted women's mental health, leading to greater declines in life satisfaction compared to men.
  • Women initially reported higher life satisfaction levels before the pandemic but experienced a faster decline once it began, which time-use differences could not explain.
  • This study highlights the need for further research to understand and address gender inequalities in mental health outcomes emerging from the pandemic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objective: Bullying has consistently been highlighted as a risk factor for youth self-harm. Less is known about associations by bullying sub-type (i.e.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Handfish (Family Brachionichthyidae) is the most threatened marine teleost fish family, however, there is little information on handfish health. We reviewed the results of submissions of mortalities from captive and captive bred spotted handfish (Branchionichthys hirsutus (Lacepède, 1804)) and red handfish (Thymichthys politus (Richardson, 1844)) from a public aquarium from January 2018 to February 2024. Seventeen cases for spotted handfish (comprising 33 individuals) and five cases for red handfish (one individual each) were submitted for mortality investigation.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

School is a key site for prevention and early intervention in public mental health, with sexual and gender minority students being a priority group for action. Context is important in understanding how school inclusion of sexual and gender minorities shapes mental health and well-being, with rapidly changing social and political forces necessitating ongoing research. This coproduced UK secondary school-based study aimed to understand (a) key components of mentally, socially and emotionally healthy school environments for LGBTQ+ students considerate of intersecting minoritised identities; (b) staff information, skills and capacity needs and (c) factors influencing uptake and implementation.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF