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Glenn Alexander Melvin

Glenn Alexander Melvin

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Psychology

D-Index
35
Citations
8945
World Ranking
9701
National Ranking
558

Overview

Glenn Alexander Melvin is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in psychology, medicine, and social sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including clinical psychology, education, public health, psychiatry and mental health, as well as sociology and political science.

Melvin's research focuses on key topics such as child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, suicide and self-harm studies, and maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum. Additional areas of study include youth substance use and school attendance, COVID-19 and mental health, mental health treatment and access, and digital mental health interventions.

The scientist has published in various academic venues with multiple works appearing in the Journal of Affective Disorders, Child Psychiatry & Human Development, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Research, and BJPsych Open.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Child, parent, and family mental health and functioning in Australia during COVID-19: comparison to pre-pandemic data (2021, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
  • Physical Health, Media Use, and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents With ADHD During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia (2020, Journal of Attention Disorders)
  • Types and correlates of school non-attendance in students with autism spectrum disorders (2020, Autism)
  • Disclosure of suicidal ideation and behaviours: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence (2023, Clinical Psychology Review)
  • A preliminary examination of key strategies, challenges, and benefits of remote learning expressed by parents during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022, School Psychology)

Melvin frequently collaborates with other researchers, consistent co-authors being Kylie M. Gray, Emma Sciberras, Bruce J. Tonge, Ruth Tatnell, and Subhadra Evans.

Best Publications

  • The Columbia–Suicide Severity Rating Scale: Initial Validity and Internal Consistency Findings From Three Multisite Studies With Adolescents and Adults

    Kelly Posner;Gregory K. Brown;Barbara Stanley;David A. Brent

  • Differentiation Between School Attendance Problems : Why and How?

    David Heyne;Malin Gren-Landell;Glenn Melvin;Carolyn Gentle-Genitty

  • A Comparison of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Sertraline, and Their Combination for Adolescent Depression

    Glenn Alexander Melvin;Bruce John Tonge;Neville John King;David Heyne

  • Child, parent, and family mental health and functioning in Australia during COVID-19: comparison to pre-pandemic data.

    Elizabeth Westrupp;C Bennett;Tomer Berkowitz;George Youssef

  • Clinical presentation of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in preschool children: the Preschoolers with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Treatment Study (PATS).

    Kelly L Posner;Glenn Alexander Melvin;Desiree W Murray;So Sonia Gugga

  • Physical Health, Media Use, and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents With ADHD During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia.

    Emma Sciberras;Emma Sciberras;Pooja Patel;Mark A Stokes;David Coghill;David Coghill

  • Some psychometric properties of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule among Australian youth.

    Glenn A. Melvin;Geoffrey N. Molloy

  • Factors in the assessment of suicidality in youth.

    Kelly L Posner;Glenn Alexander Melvin;Barbara Stanley;Maria A Oquendo

  • The Kids and Teens at School (KiTeS) Framework: An Inclusive Bioecological Systems Approach to Understanding School Absenteeism and School Attendance Problems

    Glenn A. Melvin;Glenn A. Melvin;David Heyne;Kylie M. Gray;Kylie M. Gray;Richard P. Hastings;Richard P. Hastings

  • Should we recommend exercise to adolescents with depressive symptoms? A meta-analysis.

    Sara Radovic;Michael S Gordon;Glenn A Melvin

  • The role of parental self-efficacy in adolescent school-refusal.

    Belinda Carless;Glenn Alexander Melvin;Bruce John Tonge;Louise Kathryn Newman

  • Coping, daily hassles and behavior and emotional problems in adolescents with high-functioning autism/Asperger's Disorder.

    Angela Stewart Khor;Glenn Alexander Melvin;Sophie Caroline Reid;Kylie Megan Gray

  • Addressing the Needs of Adolescents with Treatment Resistant Depressive Disorders: A Systematic Review of rTMS

    Amy Donaldson;Michael Solomon Gordon;Glenn Alexander Melvin;David Anthony Barton

  • Neuropsychological deficits in adolescent unipolar depression.

    Ester I. Klimkeit;Bruce Tonge;John L. Bradshaw;Glenn A. Melvin

  • Evaluating the Feasibility and Effectiveness of an Australian Safety Planning Smartphone Application: A Pilot Study Within a Tertiary Mental Health Service.

    Glenn A. Melvin;Glenn A. Melvin;Daniel Gresham;Susan Beaton;Jan Coles

  • Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Parent Group Interventions for Primary School Children Aged 4-12 Years with Externalizing and/or Internalizing Problems

    Sarah Buchanan-Pascall;Kylie M. Gray;Kylie M. Gray;Michael Gordon;Glenn A. Melvin;Glenn A. Melvin

  • Types and correlates of school non-attendance in students with autism spectrum disorders

    Vasiliki Totsika;Vasiliki Totsika;Vasiliki Totsika;Richard P Hastings;Richard P Hastings;Yoko Dutton;Alison Worsley

  • Psychometric properties of the Affective Reactivity Index in Australian adults and adolescents

    Melissa Ann Mulraney;Glenn Alexander Melvin;Bruce John Tonge

  • Persistent sleep disturbance is associated with treatment response in adolescents with depression

    Maneesha Manglick;Shanthakumar M W Rajaratnam;Shanthakumar M W Rajaratnam;John Raymond Taffe;Bruce John Tonge

  • Adolescent NSSI and Recovery: The Role of Family Functioning and Emotion Regulation

    Lauren Kelada;Penelope Hasking;Glenn Melvin

  • Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents with intellectual disability: prevalence and assessment

    Tessa C Reardon;Kylie Megan Gray;Glenn Alexander Melvin

  • “I do want to stop, at least I think I do”: An international comparison of recovery from nonsuicidal self-injury among young people

    Lauren Kelada;Penelope Hasking;Glenn Melvin;Janis Whitlock

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce J Tonge
Bruce J Tonge Monash University
Kylie Megan Gray
Kylie Megan Gray University of Birmingham
Emma Sciberras
Emma Sciberras Deakin University
Penelope Hasking
Penelope Hasking Curtin University
Amanda G. Wood
Amanda G. Wood Deakin University
David Heyne
David Heyne Leiden University
Barbara Stanley
Barbara Stanley Columbia University
Craig A. Olsson
Craig A. Olsson Deakin University
Richard P. Hastings
Richard P. Hastings University of Birmingham
Maria A. Oquendo
Maria A. Oquendo University of Pennsylvania

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