Publications by authors named "Jemma Venables"

Article Synopsis
  • A literature review was conducted to understand the wellbeing needs of First Nations children in out-of-home care (OOHC) in Australia, highlighting their overrepresentation in this system.
  • The study analyzed 35 articles, including qualitative accounts from various stakeholders, to identify six key wellbeing needs and important features of care to support these children.
  • Findings emphasize that addressing social and cultural connections is essential for OOHC providers and policymakers to ensure culturally safe and supportive care for First Nations children.
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Background: Children have a right to participate in decisions about their lives. They also have the right to family and cultural connection, including when they are removed due to child protection concerns. However, the literature highlights barriers children in out-of-home care experience connecting to family-of-origin and culture.

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The effectiveness of universal preventive approaches in reducing the incidence of affective/psychotic disorders is unclear. We therefore aimed to synthesise the available evidence from randomised controlled trials. For studies reporting change in prevalence, we simulated all possible scenarios for the proportion of individuals with the disorder at baseline and at follow-up to exclude them.

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Informal caregivers of individuals affected by psychotic disorder can play a key role in the recovery process. However, little research has been conducted on the lived experiences of carers and family members. We conducted a bottom-up (from lived experience to theory) review of first-person accounts, co-written between academics and experts by experience, to identify key experiential themes.

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Psychosis is the most ineffable experience of mental disorder. We provide here the first co-written bottom-up review of the lived experience of psychosis, whereby experts by experience primarily selected the subjective themes, that were subsequently enriched by phenomenologically-informed perspectives. First-person accounts within and outside the medical field were screened and discussed in collaborative workshops involving numerous individuals with lived experience of psychosis as well as family members and carers, representing a global network of organizations.

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