By Scientia Professor Helen Margaret Christensen

Journal articles

Slade A; Reily NM; Fujimoto H; Seidler ZE; Christensen H; Shand F; Tang S, 2025, 'Men’s mental health and suicide prevention service landscape in Australia: a scoping review', BMC Public Health, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22676-6

Maidment K; Whitton AE; Christensen H, 2025, 'Mental health prevention in Australia: Establishing a Preventative Mental Health Task Force to evaluate and recommend mental health prevention initiatives', Mental Health and Prevention, 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mhp.2025.200413

Rheinberger D; Ravindra S; Slade A; Calear AL; Wang A; Bunyan B; Christensen H; Mahony I; Gilbert I; Boydell K; Hankin L; Tang S, 2025, 'Exploring Support Preferences for Young Women Who Self-Harm: A Qualitative Study', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22040587

Shand F; Torok M; Mackinnon A; Burnett A; Sharwood LN; Batterham PJ; Calear AL; Qian J; Zeritis S; Sara G; Page A; Cutler H; Maple M; Draper B; Mcgillivray L; Phillips M; Rheinberger D; Zbukvic I; Christensen H, 2025, 'Effect of the LifeSpan suicide prevention model on self-harm and suicide in four communities in New South Wales, Australia: a stepped-wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial', BMJ Mental Health, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2024-301429

Werner-Seidler A; Mackinnon A; Batterham PJ; Calear AL; Larsen ME; Torok M; O'dea B; Maston K; Huckvale K; Fujimoto H; Johnston L; Brown L; Batholomew A; Bal D; Beames JR; Skinner SR; Boydell KM; Schweizer S; Lingam R; Perry Y; Hudson JL; Oei JL; Steinbeck K; Teesson M; Venkatesh S; Christensen H, 2025, 'Future Proofing Study: A cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a universal school-based cognitive-behavioural programme for adolescent depression', BMJ Mental Health, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2024-301426

Tang S; Hoye A; Slade A; Tang B; Holmes G; Fujimoto H; Zheng WY; Ravindra S; Christensen H; Calear AL, 2025, 'Motivations for Self-Harm in Young People and Their Correlates: A Systematic Review', Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 28, pp. 171 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10567-024-00511-5

Batterham PJ; Birrell L; Werner-Seidler A; Teesson M; Cuijpers P; Gladstone TRG; Mackinnon AJ; Slade A; Christensen H, 2025, 'Future Directions in Depression Prevention', Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 93, pp. 328 - 339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000936

Beames JR; Dabash O; Spoelma MJ; Shvetcov A; Zheng WY; Slade A; Han J; Hoon L; Kupper JF; Parker R; Mitchell B; Martin NG; Newby JM; Whitton AE; Christensen H, 2025, 'The feasibility of collecting and linking digital phenotyping, clinical, and genetics data for mental health research: A pilot observational study (Preprint)', JMIR Formative Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/71377

Holmes G; Tang B; Gupta S; Venkatesh S; Christensen H; Whitton A, 2025, 'Applications of Large Language Models in the Field of Suicide Prevention: Scoping Review', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/63126

Furukawa TA; Tajika A; Toyomoto R; Sakata M; Luo Y; Horikoshi M; Akechi T; Kawakami N; Nakayama T; Kondo N; Fukuma S; Kessler RC; Christensen H; Whitton A; Nahum-Shani I; Lutz W; Cuijpers P; Wason JMS; Noma H, 2025, 'Cognitive behavioral therapy skills via a smartphone app for subthreshold depression among adults in the community: the RESiLIENT randomized controlled trial', Nature Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03639-1

Li SH; Batterham PJ; Whitton AE; Maston K; Khan A; Christensen H; Werner-Seidler A, 2025, 'Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of screen time with adolescent depression and anxiety', British Journal of Clinical Psychology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12547

Harrer M; Sprenger AA; Illing S; Adriaanse MC; Albert SM; Allart E; Almeida OP; Basanovic J; Van Bastelaar KMP; Batterham PJ; Baumeister H; Berger T; Blanco V; Bø R; Casten RJ; Chan D; Christensen H; Ciharova M; Cook L; Cornell J; Davis EP; Dobson KS; Dozeman E; Gilbody S; Hankin BL; Haringsma R; Hoorelbeke K; Irwin MR; Jansen F; Jonassen R; Karyotaki E; Kawakami N; Philipp Klein J; Konnert C; Imamura K; Landrø NI; Lara MA; Le HN; Lehr D; Luciano JV; Moritz S; Mossey JM; Muñoz RF; Muntingh A; Nobis S; Olmstead R; Otero P; Pibernik-Okanović M; Pot AM; Reynolds CF; Rovner BW; Sanabria-Mazo JP; Sander LB; Smit F; Snoek FJ; Spek V; Spinhoven P; Stelmach L; Terhorst Y; Vázquez FL; Verdonck-de Leeuw I; Watkins E; Yang W; Wong SYS; Zimmermann J; Sakata M; Furukawa TA; Leucht S; Cuijpers P; Buntrock C; Ebert DD, 2025, 'Psychological intervention in individuals with subthreshold depression: individual participant data meta-analysis of treatment effects and moderators', British Journal of Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.56

Zheng WY; Shvetcov A; Slade A; Jenkins Z; Hoon L; Whitton A; Logothetis R; Ravindra S; Kurniawan S; Gupta S; Huckvale K; Stech E; Agarwal A; Kupper JF; Cameron S; Rosenberg J; Manoglou N; Senadeera M; Venkatesh S; Mouzakis K; Vasa R; Christensen H; Newby JM, 2025, 'Recruiting Young People for Digital Mental Health Research: Lessons From an AI-Driven Adaptive Trial', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/60413

Whitton A; Gupta S; Newby J; Braund T; Christensen H; O'Dea B, 2025, 'Can Global Collaboration in Digital Phenotyping Provide Solutions for the Most Intractable Symptoms of Depression?', Biological Psychiatry, 97, pp. S58 - S58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.02.155

Birrell L; Grummitt L; Christensen H; Teesson M, 2025, 'The place of school-based strategies for universal, selective and indicated prevention for depression', Research Directions: Depression, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dep.2025.1

Han J; Slade A; Fujimoto H; Zheng WY; Shvetcov A; Hoon L; Funke Kupper J; Senadeera M; Gupta S; Venkatesh S; Mouzakis K; Gu Y; Bilgrami A; Saba N; Cutler H; Batterham P; Boydell K; Shand F; Whitton A; Christensen H, 2024, 'A web-based video messaging intervention for suicide prevention in men: study protocol for a five-armed randomised controlled trial', Trials, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08308-1

Finch TL; Potthoff S; May CR; Girling M; Perkins N; Vis C; Bührmann L; Etzelmueller A; van Genugten CR; Schuurmans J; Piera-Jiménez J; Rapley T; Hoogendoorn A; O’Connor A; Whitton A; Calear A; Meksi A; Rømer AS; Etzelmüller A; Yrondi A; Cerga-Pashoja A; Loshaj B; O’Dea B; Aouizerate B; Stryhn C; Ceinos C; Oehler C; Pope C; Marking C; Pedersen CD; Gumbmann C; Menist D; Ebert DD; Hanssen D; Heber E; Dozeman E; Brysting E; Haffen E; Zanalda E; Nelaj E; Van der Eycken E; Fris E; Shand F; Qirjako G; Visentin G; Riper H; Christensen H; Titzler I; Weber I; Zbukvic I; Ruwaard J; Holtzmann J; Freund J; Smit JH; Penya J; Kreutzer J; Rosmalen J; Hug J; Mathiasen K; Kidholm K; Tarp K; Lisberg L; Samalin L; Arrillaga M; Fleuren M; Chovet M; Leboyer M; Craggs MA; Skjøth MM; Fanaj N; Cockayne N; Batterham PJ; Driessen P; Llorca PM; Wilson R; Araya R; Kok R; Redondo SG; Mustafa S; Nielsen SL; Hegerl U; Tsilibaris V; Elhage W; Sacco Y, 2024, 'How is tailored implementation undertaken using a self-guided toolkit? Qualitative study of the ItFits-toolkit in the ImpleMentAll project', Implementation Science, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13012-024-01380-w

Braund TA; Baker STE; Subotic-Kerry M; Tillman G; Evans NJ; Mackinnon A; Christensen H; O’Dea B, 2024, 'Potential mental health-related harms associated with the universal screening of anxiety and depressive symptoms in Australian secondary schools', Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13034-024-00734-y

Buntrock C; Harrer M; Sprenger AA; Illing S; Sakata M; Furukawa TA; Ebert DD; Cuijpers P; Adriaanse MC; Albert SM; Allart E; Almeida OP; Basanovic J; Batterham PJ; Baumeister H; Berger T; Blanco V; Casten R; Chan D; Christensen H; Ciharova M; Cook L; Dobson KS; Dozeman E; Imamura K; Irwin MR; Kawakami N; Karyotaki E; Klein JP; Konnert C; Lara MA; Le HN; Lehr D; Moritz S; Muñoz RF; Olmstead R; Otero P; Reynolds CF; Rovner BW; Sander LB; Smit F; Spinhoven P; Stelmach L; Terhorst Y; Vázquez FL; Watkins E; Willemse GR; Yang W; Wong SY, 2024, 'Psychological interventions to prevent the onset of major depression in adults: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis', Lancet Psychiatry, 11, pp. 990 - 1001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(24)00316-X

Bartholomew A; Maston K; Brown L; Fujimoto H; Hodgins M; Christensen H; Werner-Seidler A, 2024, 'Self-Reported Concerns among Australian Secondary School Students: Associations with Mental Health and Wellbeing', Child and Youth Care Forum, 53, pp. 1429 - 1450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10566-024-09804-w

Fujimoto H; Heywood A; Maston K; Brown L; Bartholomew A; Werner-Seidler A; Christensen H; Batterham PJ, 2024, 'What aspects of the pandemic had the greatest impact on adolescent mental health: duration of lockdown or subjective experience?', Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 18, pp. 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13034-024-00759-3

Christensen H; Slade A; Whitton AE, 2024, 'Social media: the root cause of rising youth self-harm or a convenient scapegoat?', Medical Journal of Australia, 221, pp. 524 - 526, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52503

Marino JL; Werner-Seidler A; Maston K; Lin A; Perry Y; Bista S; Davies C; Christensen H; Skinner SR, 2024, 'Sexuality and Gender Diversity Among Adolescents in Australia, 2019-2021', JAMA Network Open, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.44187

Moran P; Chandler A; Dudgeon P; Kirtley OJ; Knipe D; Pirkis J; Sinyor M; Allister R; Ansloos J; Ball MA; Chan LF; Darwin L; Derry KL; Hawton K; Heney V; Hetrick S; Li A; Machado DB; McAllister E; McDaid D; Mehra I; Niederkrotenthaler T; Nock MK; O'Keefe VM; Oquendo MA; Osafo J; Patel V; Pathare S; Peltier S; Roberts T; Robinson J; Shand F; Stirling F; Stoor JPA; Swingler N; Turecki G; Venkatesh S; Waitoki W; Wright M; Yip PSF; Spoelma MJ; Kapur N; O'Connor RC; Christensen H, 2024, 'The Lancet Commission on self-harm', Lancet, 404, pp. 1445 - 1492, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01121-8

Gayed A; Strudwick J; Kugenthiran N; LaMontagne AD; Mackinnon A; Christensen H; Glozier N; Harvey S, 2024, 'Mental health training for physicians supervising resident physicians: a cluster randomised controlled trial', Medical Journal of Australia, 221, pp. 270 - 276, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52407

Beames JR; Han J; Shvetcov A; Zheng WY; Slade A; Dabash O; Rosenberg J; O'Dea B; Kasturi S; Hoon L; Whitton AE; Christensen H; Newby JM, 2024, 'Use of smartphone sensor data in detecting and predicting depression and anxiety in young people (12–25 years): A scoping review', Heliyon, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e35472

Li SH; Corkish B; Richardson C; Christensen H; Werner-Seidler A, 2024, 'The role of rumination in the relationship between symptoms of insomnia and depression in adolescents', Journal of Sleep Research, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13932

Josifovski N; Torok M; Batterham P; Wong Q; Beames JR; Theobald A; Holland S; Huckvale K; Riley J; Cockayne N; Christensen H; Larsen M, 2024, 'Efficacy of BrighterSide, a Self-Guided App for Suicidal Ideation: Randomized Controlled Trial', Jmir Mental Health, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/55528

Calear AL; Morse AR; Christensen H; McCallum S; Werner-Seidler A; Alexander R; Batterham PJ, 2024, 'Evaluating suicide attitudes and suicide literacy in adolescents', Journal of Mental Health, 33, pp. 312 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2023.2245883

Reily NM; Tang S; Batterham PJ; Aadam B; Draper B; Shand F; Han J; Nicholas A; Christensen H, 2024, 'Help-Seeking and Barriers to Service Use amongst Men with Past-Year Suicidal Ideation and not in Contact with Mental Health Services', Archives of Suicide Research, 28, pp. 482 - 498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2023.2190781

Shvetcov A; Funke Kupper J; Zheng WY; Slade A; Han J; Whitton A; Spoelma M; Hoon L; Mouzakis K; Vasa R; Gupta S; Venkatesh S; Newby J; Christensen H, 2024, 'Passive sensing data predicts stress in university students: a supervised machine learning method for digital phenotyping', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1422027

Batterham PJ; Thorndike FP; Gerwien R; Botbyl J; Ritterband LM; Maricich Y; Christensen H, 2024, 'Sleep-specific outcomes attributable to digitally delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in adults with insomnia and depressive symptoms', Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 22, pp. 410 - 419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2023.2285799

Macdonald D; Nicolopoulos A; Habak S; Christensen H; Boydell K, 2024, 'Suicidal Emotions, Motivations and Rationales in Australian Men: A Qualitative Exploration', Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23333936241242915

Coleshill M; Fransisca K; Du X; Black M; Newby JM; Harvey S; Christensen H; Baldwin P, 2024, 'The Essential Network (TEN): consulting stakeholders and experts to better understand implementation of a blended care mental health support services for Australian health professionals', Australian Journal of Psychology, 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049530.2024.2425614

Shvetcov A; Whitton A; Kasturi S; Zheng WY; Beames J; Ibrahim O; Han J; Hoon L; Mouzakis K; Gupta S; Venkatesh S; Christensen H; Newby J, 2023, 'Machine learning identifies a COVID-19-specific phenotype in university students using a mental health app', Internet Interventions, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2023.100666

Subotic-Kerry M; Werner-Seidler A; Corkish B; Batterham PJ; Sicouri G; Hudson J; Christensen H; O’Dea B; Li SH, 2023, 'Protocol for a randomised controlled trial evaluating the effect of a CBT-I smartphone application (Sleep Ninja®) on insomnia symptoms in children', BMC Psychiatry, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-05185-x

Beames JR; Huckvale K; Fujimoto H; Maston K; Batterham PJ; Calear AL; Mackinnon A; Werner-Seidler A; Christensen H, 2023, 'The impact of COVID-19 and bushfires on the mental health of Australian adolescents: a cross-sectional study', Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13034-023-00583-1

Batterham PJ; Gendi M; Christensen H; Calear AL; Shand F; Sunderland M; Borschmann R; Banfield M; O’Dea B; Larsen M; Heffernan C; Kazan D; Werner-Seidler A; Mackinnon AJ; Hielscher E; Han J; Boydell KM; Leach L; Farrer LM, 2023, 'Understanding suicidal transitions in Australian adults: protocol for the LifeTrack prospective longitudinal cohort study', BMC Psychiatry, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-05335-1

Batterham PJ; Werner-Seidler A; O'Dea B; Calear AL; Maston K; Mackinnon A; Christensen H, 2023, 'Psychometric properties of the Distress Questionnaire-5 (DQ5) for measuring psychological distress in adolescents', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 169, pp. 58 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.11.004

Werner-Seidler A; Li SH; Spanos S; Johnston L; O'Dea B; Torok M; Ritterband L; Newby JM; Mackinnon AJ; Christensen H, 2023, 'The effects of a sleep-focused smartphone application on insomnia and depressive symptoms: a randomised controlled trial and mediation analysis', Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 64, pp. 1324 - 1335, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13795

Werner-Seidler A; Maston K; Calear AL; Batterham PJ; Larsen ME; Torok M; O’Dea B; Huckvale K; Beames JR; Brown L; Fujimoto H; Bartholomew A; Bal D; Schweizer S; Skinner SR; Steinbeck K; Ratcliffe J; Oei JL; Venkatesh S; Lingam R; Perry Y; Hudson JL; Boydell KM; Mackinnon A; Christensen H; O'Dea B, 2023, 'The Future Proofing Study: Design, methods and baseline characteristics of a prospective cohort study of the mental health of Australian adolescents', International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 32, pp. e1954, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1954

Sander LB; Beisemann M; Doebler P; Micklitz HM; Kerkhof A; Cuijpers P; Batterham P; Calear A; Christensen H; De Jaegere E; Domhardt M; Erlangsen A; Bergeijk OE-V; Hill R; Muhlmann C; Oesterle M; Pettit J; Portzky G; Steubl L; van Spijker B; Tighe J; Werner-Seidler A; Buescher R, 2023, 'The Effects of Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidal Ideation or Behaviors on Depression, Anxiety, and Hopelessness in Individuals With Suicidal Ideation: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Individual Participant Data', JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.2023/1/e46771

O'Connor RC; Worthman CM; Abanga M; Athanassopoulou N; Boyce N; Chan LF; Christensen H; Das-Munshi J; Downs J; Koenen KC; Moutier CY; Templeton P; Batterham P; Brakspear K; Frank RG; Gilbody S; Gureje O; Henderson D; John A; Kabagambe W; Khan M; Kessler D; Kirtley OJ; Kline S; Kohrt B; Lincoln AK; Lund C; Mendenhall E; Miranda R; Mondelli V; Niederkrotenthaler T; Osborn D; Pirkis J; Pisani AR; Prawira B; Rachidi H; Seedat S; Siskind D; Vijayakumar L; Yip PSF, 2023, 'Gone Too Soon: priorities for action to prevent premature mortality associated with mental illness and mental distress', Lancet Psychiatry, 10, pp. 452 - 464, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00058-5

Grant JB; Batterham PJ; Calear AL; Grant WJ; Christensen H, 2023, 'Recognising the anxiogenic environment as a driver of youth anxiety', Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 7, pp. 303 - 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(23)00023-8

Huckvale K; Hoon L; Stech E; Newby JM; Zheng WY; Han J; Vasa R; Gupta S; Barnett S; Senadeera M; Cameron S; Kurniawan S; Agarwal A; Kupper JF; Asbury J; Willie D; Grant A; Cutler H; Parkinson B; Ahumada-Canale A; Beames JR; Logothetis R; Bautista M; Rosenberg J; Shvetcov A; Quinn T; MacKinnon A; Rana S; Tran T; Rosenbaum S; Mouzakis K; Werner-Seidler A; Whitton A; Venkatesh S; Christensen H, 2023, 'Protocol for a bandit-based response adaptive trial to evaluate the effectiveness of brief self-guided digital interventions for reducing psychological distress in university students: the Vibe Up study', BMJ Open, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066249

Reily NM; Tang S; Negrone A; Gan DZQ; Sheanoda V; Christensen H, 2023, 'Omega-3 supplements in the prevention and treatment of youth depression and anxiety symptoms: A scoping review', Plos One, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284057

Campos AI; Garcia-Marin LM; Christensen H; Batterham PJ; van Velzen LS; Schmaal L; Rabinowitz JA; Jahanshad N; Martin NG; Cuellar-Partida G; Ruderfer D; Mullins N; Rentería ME, 2023, 'Genomics-driven screening for causal determinants of suicide attempt', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57, pp. 423 - 431, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674221091499

Furukawa TA; Tajika A; Sakata M; Luo Y; Toyomoto R; Horikoshi M; Akechi T; Kawakami N; Nakayama T; Kondo N; Fukuma S; Noma H; Christensen H; Kessler RC; Cuijpers P; Wason JMS, 2023, 'Four 2×2 factorial trials of smartphone CBT to reduce subthreshold depression and to prevent new depressive episodes among adults in the community-RESiLIENT trial (Resilience Enhancement with Smartphone in LIving ENvironmenTs): a master protocol', BMJ Open, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067850

Boydell KM; Nicolopoulos A; Macdonald D; Habak S; Christensen H, 2023, 'Understanding Protective Factors for Men at Risk of Suicide Using the CHIME Framework: The Primacy of Relational Connectedness', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, pp. 2259, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032259

Braund TA; O'Dea B; Bal D; Maston K; Larsen M; Werner-Seidler A; Tillman G; Christensen H, 2023, 'Associations Between Smartphone Keystroke Metadata and Mental Health Symptoms in Adolescents: Findings From the Future Proofing Study', Jmir Mental Health, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/44986

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