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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science

Overview

Helen Christensen is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a specialized concentration in clinical psychology, applied psychology, social psychology, general health professions, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their work covers several main topics, emphasizing digital mental health interventions, suicide and self-harm studies, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, mental health treatment and access, the impact of technology on adolescents, COVID-19 and mental health, and broader mental health research topics.

Christensen has contributed to a range of recent papers including:

  • Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science (2020, The Lancet Psychiatry)
  • Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, The Lancet Psychiatry)
  • Acute mental health responses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Effect of Engagement With Digital Interventions on Mental Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2021, Frontiers in Digital Health)
  • School-based depression and anxiety prevention programs: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis (2021, Clinical Psychology Review)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Philip J. Batterham
  • Aliza Werner-Seidler
  • Alison L. Calear
  • Bridianne O'Dea
  • Andrew Mackinnon

Their frequent publication venues reflect the breadth of their research and include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • BMJ Open
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal of Affective Disorders

Helen Christensen has been recognized as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science.

    Emily A. Holmes;Emily A. Holmes;Rory C O'Connor;V. Hugh Perry;Irene Tracey

  • Perceived barriers and facilitators to mental health help-seeking in young people: a systematic review

    Amelia Gulliver;Kathleen M Griffiths;Helen Christensen

  • "Mental health literacy": a survey of the public's ability to recognise mental disorders and their beliefs about the effectiveness of treatment.

    Anthony F Jorm;Ailsa E Korten;Patricia A Jacomb;Helen Christensen

  • Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    David Gunnell;Louis Appleby;Ella Arensman;Keith Hawton

  • Adherence in internet interventions for anxiety and depression.

    Helen Christensen;Kathleen M Griffiths;Louise Farrer

  • Smartphones for Smarter Delivery of Mental Health Programs: A Systematic Review

    Tara Donker;Katherine Petrie;Judy Proudfoot;Janine Clarke

  • Delivering interventions for depression by using the internet: randomised controlled trial

    Helen Christensen;Kathleen M Griffiths;Anthony F Jorm

  • Stigma about Depression and its Impact on Help-Seeking Intentions

    Lisa J. Barney;Kathleen M. Griffiths;Anthony F. Jorm;Helen Christensen

  • A short form of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule: evaluation of factorial validity and invariance across demographic variables in a community sample

    Andrew Mackinnon;Anthony F Jorm;Helen Christensen;Ailsa E Korten

  • Effect of web-based depression literacy and cognitive-behavioural therapy interventions on stigmatising attitudes to depression: randomised controlled trial.

    Kathleen M. Griffiths;Helen Christensen;Anthony F. Jorm;Kimberley Evans

  • A systematic review of the impact of adherence on the effectiveness of e-therapies.

    Liesje Donkin;Helen Christensen;Sharon L Naismith;Bruce Neal

  • School-based depression and anxiety prevention programs for young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Aliza Werner-Seidler;Yael Perry;Alison L. Calear;Jill M. Newby

  • Can work make you mentally ill? A systematic meta-review of work-related risk factors for common mental health problems

    Samuel B Harvey;Matthew Modini;Sadhbh Joyce;Josie S Milligan-Saville

  • Sexual orientation and mental health: results from a community survey of young and middle-aged adults

    Anthony F. Jorm;Ailsa E. Korten;Bryan Rodgers;Patricia A. Jacomb

  • Clinical review of user engagement with mental health smartphone apps: evidence, theory and improvements.

    John Torous;Jennifer Nicholas;Mark E Larsen;Mark E Larsen;Joseph Firth

  • Efficacy of self-guided internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy in the treatment of depressive symptoms a meta-analysis of individual participant data

    Eirini Karyotaki;Heleen Riper;Jos W. Twisk;Adriaan Hoogendoorn

  • Efficacy and effectiveness of school-based prevention and early intervention programs for anxiety.

    Alison L. Neil;Helen Christensen

  • Barriers and facilitators to mental health help-seeking for young elite athletes: a qualitative study

    Amelia Gulliver;Kathleen M Griffiths;Helen Christensen

  • Using the BIS/BAS scales to measure behavioural inhibition and behavioural activation: Factor structure, validity and norms in a large community sample

    A.F Jorm;H Christensen;A.S Henderson;P.A Jacomb

  • Psychoeducation for depression, anxiety and psychological distress: a meta-analysis

    Tara Donker;Kathleen M Griffiths;Pim Cuijpers;Helen Christensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony F. Jorm
Anthony F. Jorm University of Melbourne
Andrew Mackinnon
Andrew Mackinnon University of New South Wales
Kathleen M Griffiths
Kathleen M Griffiths Australian National University
Philip J. Batterham
Philip J. Batterham Australian National University
Alison L. Calear
Alison L. Calear Australian National University
Bryan Rodgers
Bryan Rodgers Australian National University
Patricia A. Jacomb
Patricia A. Jacomb Australian National University
Kaarin J. Anstey
Kaarin J. Anstey University of New South Wales
Bridianne O'Dea
Bridianne O'Dea Flinders University
Aliza Werner-Seidler
Aliza Werner-Seidler University of New South Wales

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