Journal Articles

Degenhardt, L., Coffey, C., Carlin, J. B., Swift, W., & Patton, G. C. (2008). Are diagnostic orphans at risk of developing cannabis abuse or dependence?: Four-year follow-up of young adult cannabis users not meeting diagnostic criteria. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 92(1-3), 86-90. 

Duncan, R. E., Gillam, L., Savulescu, J., Williamson, R., Rogers, J. G., & Delatycki, M. B. (2008). “You're one of us now”: Young people describe their experiences of predictive genetic testing for Huntington disease (HD) and familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, 148C(1), 47-55. 

Duncan, R. E., & Williams, I. R. (2008). Introducing Qualitative Research: A Student Guide to the Craft of Doing Qualitative Research [Book Review]. Qualitative Research Journal, 8(2), 145-147.

Firth, N., Butler, H., Drew, S., Krelle, A., Sheffield, J. K., Patton, G. C., . . . Bond, L. (2008). Implementing multi-level programmes and approaches that address student well-being and connectedness: Factoring in the needs of the schools. Advances in School Mental Health Promotion, 1(4), 14-24.

Firth, N., Frydenberg, E., & Greaves, D. (2008). Perceived Control and Adaptive Coping: Programs for Adolescent Students Who Have Learning Disabilities. Learning Disability Quarterly, 31(Summer), 151-165. 

Frayman, K. B., Cerritelli, B., Wilson, J., & Sawyer, S. M. (2008). Reproductive and sexual health in boys with cystic fibrosis: what do parents know and say? Pediatr Pulmonol., 43(11), 1107-1116.

Haller, D. M., Sanci, L. A., Sawyer, S. M., & Patton, G. C. (2008). Do Young People's Illness Beliefs Affect Healthcare? A Systematic Review. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 42(5), 436-449.

Hargreaves, J., Bond, L., O'Brien, M., Forer, D., & Davies, L. (2008). The PATS Peer Support Program: Prevention/Early Intervention for Adolescents Who Have a Parent with a Mental Illness. Youth Studies Australia, 27(1), 43-51.

Jackson, A., Dowling, N., Thomas, S., Bond, L., & Patton, G. C. (2008). Adolescent Gambling Behaviour and Attitudes: A Prevalence Study and Correlates in an Australian Population. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 6(3), 325-352.

Kennedy, A., & Sawyer, S. M. (2008). Transition from pediatric to adult services: are we getting it right? Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 20(4), 403-409.

Kuendig, H., Plant, M., Plant, M., Miller, P., Kuntsche, S., & Gmel, G. (2008). Alcohol-related adverse consequences: cross-cultural variations in attribution process among young adults. Eur J Pub Health, 18(4), 386 - 391.

Lee, K. S. K., Clough, A. R., Jaragba, M. J., Conigrave, K. M., & Patton, G. C. (2008). Heavy cannabis use and depressive symptoms in three Aboriginal communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. Med J Aust, 19(188), 10.

Liaw, S., Sulaiman, N. D., Barton, C. A., Chondros, P., Harris, C. A., Sawyer, S. M., & Dharmage, S. C. (2008). An interactive workshop plus locally adapted guidelines can improve General Practitioners asthma management and knowledge: A cluster randomised trial in the Australian setting. BMC Family Practice, 9(1), 22.

Livingston, M., Laslett, A., & Dietze, P. (2008). Individual and community correlates of young people's high-risk drinking in Victoria, Australia. Drug Alcohol Depend, 98(3), 241 - 248.

McFerran, K., Baker, F. A., Clare, K., & Sawyer, S. M. (2008). Avoiding Conflict: What do adolescents with disordered eating say about their mothers in music therapy? British Journal of Music Therapy, 21(1), 16-23.

Nisselle, A. E., & Duncan, R. E. (2008). Multiple supervisors from multiple disciplines: Lessons from the past as multidisciplinary supervision becomes the way of the future. Traffic, 10, 143-165.

Patton, G. C. (2008). Weighing an Ounce of Prevention. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 43(1), 3-5.

Patton, G. C., Coffey, C., Carlin, J. B., Sanci, L., & Sawyer, S. M. (2008). Prognosis of adolescent partial syndromes of eating disorder. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 192(4), 294-299. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.106.031112

Patton, G. C., Olsson, C. A., Bond, L., Toumbourou, J. W., Carlin, J. B., Hemphill, S. A., & Catalano, R. F. (2008). Predicting Female Depression Across Puberty: A Two-Nation Longitudinal Study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 47(12), 1424-1432.

Paul, S. L., Blizzard, C. L., Patton, G. C., Dwyer, T., & Venn, A. J. (2008). Parental smoking and smoking experimentation in childhood increase the risk of being a smoker 20 years later: the childhood determinants of adult health study. Addiction, 103(5), 846-853.

Sanci, L., Coffey, C., Olsson, C. A., Reid, S. C., Carlin, J. B., & Patton, G. C. (2008). Childhood Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders in Females: Findings From the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 162(3), 261-267. 

Sawyer, S. M. (2008). In search of quality care for adolescents and young adults with chronic conditions. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 44(9), 475-477.

Shah, S., Roydhouse, J. K., & Sawyer, S. M. (2008). Asthma education in primary healthcare settings. Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 20(6), 705-710. 

Shah, S., Roydhouse, J. K., & Sawyer, S. M. (2008). Medical students go back to school--the Triple A journey. Aust Fam Physician., 37(11), 952-954.

Spriggs, M., Olsson, C. A., & Hall, W. D. (2008). How will information about the genetic risk of mental disorders impact on stigma? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 42(3), 214-220. 

Suris, J., Michaud, P., Akre, C., & Sawyer, S. M. (2008). Health Risk Behaviors in Adolescents With Chronic Conditions. Pediatrics, 122(5), e1113-1118. 

Swift, W., Coffey, C., Carlin, J. B., Degenhardt, L., & Patton, G. C. (2008). Adolescent cannabis users at 24 years: trajectories to regular weekly use and dependence in young adulthood. Addiction, 103(8), 1361-1370. 

Book Chapter

Deans, C., Vogl, L., Dillon, P., Teesson, M., Hutchinson, D., & Mason, E. (2008). National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney.

News Articles

Evans-Whipp, T. (2008, 8 November 2008). Double trouble as Victorian teens outbinge US. The Age.

Hemphill, S. A. (2008a, 6 November 2008). Boot camps fail kids. Herald Sun.

Hemphill, S. A. (2008b, 19 November 2008). Students who have been suspended from school are nearly twice as likely to be violent than those who have not, according to Melbourne Research. Herald Sun.

Hemphill, S. A. (2008c, 6 November 2008). Tough love 'reinforcing anti-social behaviour'. The Age.

Kauer, S. (2008, 24 July 2008). Technology of youth to beat depression. Northcote Leader.

Reid, S. (2008a, 20 May 2008). Healthy partnerships make business sense. The Age.

Reid, S. (2008b, 11 November 2008). Messages for mental health. The Canberra Times.

Toumbourou, J. W. (2008a, 19th July 2008). Violent youth crime on the rise. Weekend Australian.

Toumbourou, J. W. (2008b, 10 July 2008). Youth crime wave on the rise. Herald Sun.