Alison Calear
Australian psychologist
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Alison Calear (née Neil) is an Australian academic who is a Professor at the Centre for Mental Health Research at the Australian National University. She studies youth mental health and the prevention of anxiety, depression and suicide.
Alison Calear | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alison Neil |
| Alma mater | Australian National University |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Australian National University |
| Thesis | The YouthMood Project : an evaluation of the MoodGYM program with an adolescent school-based population (2009) |
Education
Research and career
Calear works on youth mental health and suicide prevention.[3][4] Suicide is one of the leading causes of death for young people in Australia, and Calear has looked to understand the origins of this phenomenon. She evaluated a peer-leadership program, Sources of Strength,[5] which promotes help-seeking behaviour amongst young people. It has been delivered to peer-leaders across twenty high schools in the United States. She evaluated the program in Australia, as well as another specialist program Silence is Deadly,[6] which encourages young men and boys to discuss their feelings.
In 2011, Calear was awarded a National Health and Medical Research Council fellowship.[7] She was awarded the Australian Institute of Policy and Science Tall Poppy Award in 2012, which honoured her research efforts in youth mental health.[8] She studied the role of online interventions in preventing anxiety.[8] During the COVID-19 pandemic, she investigated the impact of COVID-19 on community mental health.[9] She found that parents and caregivers who were responsible for their children's home schooling experienced high levels of psychological distress.[10][11]
Selected publications
- Alison L. Neil; Helen Christensen (April 2009). "Efficacy and effectiveness of school-based prevention and early intervention programs for anxiety". Clinical Psychology Review. 29 (3): 208–215. doi:10.1016/J.CPR.2009.01.002. ISSN 0272-7358. PMID 19232805. Wikidata Q22252270.
- Aliza Werner-Seidler; Yael Perry; Alison L. Calear; Jill M. Newby; Helen Christensen (February 2017). "School-based depression and anxiety prevention programs for young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis". Clinical Psychology Review. 51: 30–47. doi:10.1016/J.CPR.2016.10.005. ISSN 0272-7358. PMID 27821267. Wikidata Q28075710.
- Alison L Calear; Helen Christensen (31 July 2009). "Systematic review of school-based prevention and early intervention programs for depression". Journal of Adolescence. 33 (3): 429–438. doi:10.1016/J.ADOLESCENCE.2009.07.004. ISSN 0140-1971. PMID 19647310. Wikidata Q33489185.