Completed studies


An investigation of the views of clinicians and consumers about proposed outcome measurement in child and adolescent mental health services
Publication

2004 - Merry SN, Stasiak K., Parkin A, Seymour F, Lambie I,  Crengle S and Pasene-Mizziebo E.  Child and Youth Outcome Measures: examining current use and acceptability of measures in mental health services, and recommending future directions. MHRDS and HRC.


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Conference presentations


2006 - 17th  Congress for the International Association for Child Psychiatrists and Allied Professionals. Merry S “Perspectives on outcome measures from children, adolescents and families who use mental health services in New Zealand” in Symposium on “International perspectives on outcome measurement: from science to practice”. Merry S, Gowers S, Brann P, Bilenberg N, Hanssen Bauer K and Heyerdahl S.. Symposium coordinated by S Merry. Symposium accepted.

2004 - 10th Annual Health Outcomes Conference, Canberra, Australia. ‘New Zealand child and youth outcome measures: Examining their current use and acceptability in mental health services, and recommendations for the future.”  Merry, S.,Seymour, F., Lambie, I., Parkin, A., Crengle, S., Pasene-Mizziebo, E., & Stasiak, K. (September, 2004).’ Paper presented by A/Prof Seymour

2003 - Health Outcomes Conference 2003. Canberra. Merry SN, Lambie I, Parkin A, Seymour F, Crengle S, Pasene-Mizziebo E and Stasiak K. Child and Youth Outcome Measures: examining current use and acceptability of measures in mental health services, and recommending future directions. (Presented by S. Merry)

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2003 - Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Conference, Melbourne, Australia. Child and Youth Outcome Measures: examining current use and acceptability of measures in mental health services, and recommending future directions.  S. Merry, I. Lambie, A. Parkin, F. Seymour, S. Crengle, E. Pasene-Mizziebo and K. Stasiak October 2003. (Presented by A Parkin)

Research team: Student dissertation L Walker under supervision from Dr S Merry and Mrs E Robinson. Data from Youth 2000 collected by the Adolescent Health Research Group. Principal Investigator P Watson.

Publication

2004 - Walker L., Merry S., Watson, P.D., Robinson E., Crengle S. & Schaaf D.  The Use of the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale in New Zealand Adolescents. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 39: 136-140.

Conference presentation

2002 - Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Conference RANZCP.  Merry, S.N. and Watson P.  “Validation of the Use of RADS with New Zealand Young People”

Research team: Hanssen Bauer K (Principal Investigator), Heyerdahl S, Gowers S, Brann P, Bilenberg N, Merry S. 

Paper submitted


Hanssen-Bauer K, Gowers S, Aalen O, Bilenberg N, Brann P, Garralda E, Merry S & Heyerdahl S.Inter-rater reliability of routine outcome measures in child and adolescent mental health services. II. Cross-national differences in HoNOSCA, CGAS and GAPD 

Conference presentation


2003 - 17th Congress for the International Association for Child Psychiatrists and Allied Professionals. Merry S “Perspectives on outcome measures from children, adolescents and families who use mental health services in New Zealand” in Symposium on “International perspectives on outcome measurement: from science to practice”. Merry S, Gowers S, Brann P, Bilenberg N, Hanssen Bauer K and Heyerdahl S.. Symposium coordinated by S Merry. Symposium accepted.