Dr Alexandra De Young
Service Evaluation Research Coordinator
Queensland Centre for Perinatal and Infant Mental Health
COVID Unmasked research study
- Report 1: Executive summary (PDF, 673.8 KB)
- Report 1: Early findings and recommendations (PDF, 9.5 MB)
- Report 2: Executive summary (PDF, 231.4 KB)
- Report 2: Impact of the second wave in Australia on the mental health of young children and parents (PDF, 9.1 MB)
- Talkback: COVID kids three years on: has the pandemic impacted toddlers’ development? - ABC listen
Book
Kenardy, Justin, De Young, Alexandra, Le Brocque, Robyne and March, Sonja (2011). Childhood trauma reactions : A guide for teachers from preschool to year 12. Brisbane, Australia: Centre of National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Queensland.
Book Chapters
De Young, Alexandra C. and Kenardy, Justin A. (2017). Preventative early intervention for children and adolescents exposed to trauma. Evidence-Based Treatments for Trauma Related Disorders in Children and Adolescents. (pp. 121-143) edited by Markus A. Landolt, Marylène Cloitre and Ulrich Schnyder. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-46138-0_6
De Young, Alexandra and Kenardy, Justin A. (2013). Posttraumatic stress disorder in young children. Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development. (pp. 1-6) edited by Richard E. Tremblay, Michel Boivin and Ray DeV. Peters. Montreal, Canada: Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development and Strategic Knowledge Cluster on Early Child Development.
Alexandra De Young and Kenardy, Justin A. (2013). Trouble de stress post-traumatique chez les jeunes enfants. Encycllopedie sur le developpement des jeunes enfants. (pp. 1-7) edited by Richard E. Tremblay, Michel Boivin and Ray DeV. Peters. Montreal, Canada: Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development and Strategic Knowledge Cluster on Early Child Development.
March, Sonja, De Young, Alexandra, Dow, Belinda and Kenardy, Justin (2012). Assessing trauma-related symptoms in children and adolescents. The Oxford handbook of traumatic stress disorders. (pp. 262-281) edited by J. Gayle Beck and Denise M. Sloan. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195399066.013.0018
Journal Articles
Griffin, Bronwyn R., Trenoweth, Kate, Dimanopoulos, Tanesha A., De Young, Alexandra C., Cobham, Vanessa E., Williams, Hayley and Kimble, Roy (2024). Co-design of a paediatric post-trauma electronic psychosocial screen. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 76, 52-60. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2024.02.004
Holbert, Maleea D., Duff, Jed, Wood, Fiona, Holland, Andrew J.A., Teague, Warwick, Frear, Cody, Crellin, Dianne, Phillips, Natalie, Storey, Kristen, Martin, Lisa, Singer, Yvonne, Dimanopoulos, Tanesha A., Cuttle, Leila, Vagenas, Dimitrios, McPhail, Steven, Calleja, Pauline, De Young, Alexandra, Kimble, Roy M. and Griffin, Bronwyn R. (2024). Barriers and co-designed strategies for the implementation of negative pressure wound therapy in acute pediatric burn care in Australia: A mixed method study. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 77, e520-e530. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2024.05.018
Simons, Megan, Harvey, Gillian, McMillan, Lucinda, Ryan, Elizabeth G., De Young, Alexandra G., McPhail, Steven M., Kularatna, Sanjeewa, Senanayake, Sameera, Kimble, Roy and Tyack, Zephanie (2024). Implementation outcomes of a digital, trauma-informed care, educational intervention targeting health professionals in a pediatric burns setting: A mixed methods process evaluation. Burns, 50 (6), 1690-1703. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2024.03.032
Branjerdporn, Grace, Gillespie, Kerri, Martin, Elizabeth, Kissane, Vivianne, De Young, Alex, Ewais, Tatjana, Goldsmith, Kathleen, Wilson, Susan, Adhikary, Sam, McGahan, Greg, Schulz, Constanze and Beckmann, Michael (2023). Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an electronic mindfulness-based intervention to improve maternal mental health in the peripartum: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 24 (1) 747, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s13063-023-07746-7
Demirpence Secinti, Dilara, Albayrak, Zeynep Seda, Vasileva, Mira and De Young, Alexandra C. (2023). Mental Health Difficulties of Turkish Healthcare Workers and Non-Healthcare Workers and Their Young Children During Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic. Alpha Psychiatry, 24 (4), 153-160. doi: 10.5152/alphapsychiatry.2023.221056
Vasileva, Mira, Marsac, Meghan L., Alisic, Eva, Cobham, Vanessa E., Davis, Seetha H., Donovan, Caroline, Hildenbrand, Aimee K., Hoehn, Elisabeth, March, Sonja, Miller, Alisa B., Smith-Thomas, Tess, Wamser-Nanney, Rachel and De Young, Alexandra (2022). Preschooler stressor-related thoughts and worries during the COVID-19 pandemic: development and validation of a caregiver-report instrument. Traumatology, 30 (3), 477-484. doi: 10.1037/trm0000429
Sicouri, Gemma, March, Sonja, Pellicano, Elizabeth, De Young, Alex C., Donovan, Caroline L., Cobham, Vanessa E., Rowe, Arlen, Brett, Simon, Russell, Jeremy K., Uhlman, Laura and Hudson, Jennifer L. (2022). Mental health symptoms in children and adolescents during COVID-19 in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57 (2), 000486742210901-229. doi: 10.1177/00048674221090174
Bartels, Lasse, Haag, Ann-Christin, Keller, Fabia, Storch, Eric A., De Young, Alexandra, Salloum, Alison and Landolt, Markus A. (2022). Screening for PTSD and functional impairment in trauma-exposed young children: evaluation of alternative CBCL-PTSD subscales. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 44 (4), 972-983. doi: 10.1007/s10862-022-09985-5
Lanning, Paul, Rawlinson, Catherine, Hoehn, Elisabeth, De Young, Alex, StGeorge, Jennifer and Fletcher, Richard (2022). Primary mental health prevention in partners of mothers with a major mental illness: SMS4Dads. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 40 (6), 623-632. doi: 10.1080/02646838.2021.1921715
De Young, Alexandra C., Vasileva, Mira, Boruszak-Kiziukiewicz, Joanna, Demipence Seçinti, Dilara, Christie, Hope, Egberts, Marthe R., Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous, Xenia, Marsac, Meghan L., Ruiz, Gemma, COVID-19 Unmasked Global Collaboration, Middeldorp, Christel and Cobham, Vanessa E. (2021). COVID-19 Unmasked Global Collaboration Protocol: longitudinal cohort study examining mental health of young children and caregivers during the pandemic. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12 (1) 1940760, 1-14. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2021.1940760
De Young, Alexandra C., Paterson, Rebecca S., Brown, Erin A., Egberts, Marthe R., Le Brocque, Robyne M., Kenardy, Justin A., Landolt, Markus A, Marsac, Meghan L, Alisic, Eva and Haag, Ann-Christin (2021). Topical Review: Medical trauma during early childhood. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 46 (7), 739-746. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsab045
Vasileva, Mira, Alisic, Eva and De Young, Alex (2021). COVID-19 unmasked: preschool children’s negative thoughts and worries during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12 (1) 1924442, 1924442. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2021.1924442
Paterson, Rebecca S., Kenardy, Justin A., Dow, Belinda L., De Young, Alexandra C., Pearson, Kylie, Aitken, Leanne M. and Long, Debbie A. (2020). Accuracy of delirium assessments in critically ill children: a prospective, observational study during routine care. Australian Critical Care, 34 (3), 226-234. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2020.07.012
Brown, Erin A., Egberts, Marthe, Wardhani, Rachmania, De Young, Alexandra, Kimble, Roy, Griffin, Bronwyn, Storey, Kristen and Kenardy, Justin (2020). Parent and clinician communication during paediatric burn wound care: a qualitative study. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 55, 147-154. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2020.08.003
Haag, Ann-Christin, Landolt, Markus A., Kenardy, Justin A., Schiestl, Clemens M., Kimble, Roy M. and De Young, Alexandra C. (2020). Preventive intervention for trauma reactions in young injured children: results of a multi-site randomised controlled trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 61 (9) jcpp.13193, 988-997. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13193
Simons, Megan, De Young, Alexandra, McPhail, Steven M., Harvey, Gillian, Kenardy, Justin, Kularatna, Sanjeewa, Kimble, Roy and Tyack, Zephanie (2020). A web-based educational intervention to implement trauma-informed care in a paediatric healthcare setting: protocol for a feasibility study using pre-post mixed methods design. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 6 (1) 118, 118. doi: 10.1186/s40814-020-00636-8
Alisic, Eva, Roth, Jessica, Cobham, Vanessa, Conroy, Rowena, De Young, Alexandra, Hafstad, Gertrud, Hecker, Tobias, Hiller, Rachel, Kassam-Adams, Nancy, Lai, Betty, Landolt, Markus, Marsac, Meghan, Seedat, Soraya and Trickey, David (2020). Working towards inclusive and equitable trauma treatment guidelines: a child-centered reflection. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 11 (1) 1833657, 1833657. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2020.1833657
Brown, Erin A., De Young, Alexandra, Kimble, Roy and Kenardy, Justin (2019). The role of parental acute psychological distress in paediatric burn re-epithelialization. British Journal of Health Psychology, 24 (4) bjhp.12384, 876-895. doi: 10.1111/bjhp.12384
McKinnon, Anna, Scheeringa, Michael S., Meiser-Stedman, Richard, Watson, Peter, De Young, Alexandra and Dalgleish, Tim (2019). The dimensionality of proposed DSM-5 PTSD symptoms in trauma-exposed young children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47 (11), 1799-1809. doi: 10.1007/s10802-019-00561-2
Brown, E. A., De Young, A., Kimble, R. and Kenardy, J. (2019). Development and validity of the Burns-Child Adult Medical Procedure Interaction Scale (B-CAMPIS) for young children. Burns, 45 (1), 76-87. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2018.08.027
Brown, Erin A., De Young, Alexandra, Kimble, Roy and Kenardy, Justin (2019). Impact of parental acute psychological distress on young child pain-related behavior through differences in parenting behavior during pediatric burn wound care. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 26 (4), 516-529. doi: 10.1007/s10880-018-9596-1
De Young, Alexandra C. and Landolt, Markus A. (2018). PTSD in children below the age of 6 years. Current Psychiatry Reports, 20 (11) 97, 97. doi: 10.1007/s11920-018-0966-z
Chester, Stephen J., Tyack, Zephanie, De Young, Alexandra, Kipping, Belinda, Griffin, Bronwyn, Stockton, Kellie, Ware, Robert S., Zhang, Xi and Kimble, Roy M. (2018). The efficacy of hypnosis on pain, wound healing, anxiety and stress in children with acute burn injuries: a randomized controlled trial. Pain, 159 (9), 1790-1801. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001276
Brown, Erin A, De Young, Alexandra, Kimble, Roy and Kenardy, Justin (2018). Review of a Parent's Influence on Pediatric Procedural Distress and Recovery. Clinical child and family psychology review, 21 (2), 224-245. doi: 10.1007/s10567-017-0252-3
Le Brocque, Robyne, De Young, Alexandra, Montague, Gillian, Pocock, Steven, March, Sonja, Triggell, Nikki, Rabaa, Claire and Kenardy, Justin (2017). Schools and natural disaster recovery: the unique and vital role that teachers and education professionals play in ensuring the mental health of students following natural disasters. Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors, 27 (1), 1-23. doi: 10.1017/jgc.2016.17
Paterson, Rebecca S., Kenardy, Justin A., De Young, Alexandra C., Dow, Belinda L. and Long, Debbie A. (2017). Delirium in the critically ill child: assessment and sequelae. Developmental Neuropsychology, 42 (6), 387-403. doi: 10.1080/87565641.2017.1374961
De Young, Alexandra C., Haag, Ann-Christin, Kenardy, Justin A., Kimble, Roy M. and Landolt, Markus A. (2016). Coping with Accident Reactions (CARE) early intervention programme for preventing traumatic stress reactions in young injured children: study protocol for two randomised controlled trials. Trials, 17 (1) 362, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/s13063-016-1490-2
Chester, Stephen J., Stockton, Kellie, De Young, Alexandra, Kipping, Belinda, Tyack, Zephanie, Griffin, Bronwyn, Chester, Ralph L. and Kimble, Roy M. (2016). Effectiveness of medical hypnosis for pain reduction and faster wound healing in pediatric acute burn injury: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 17 (223) 223, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s13063-016-1346-9
March, Sonja, Kenardy, Justin A., Cobham, Vanessa E., Nixon, Reginald D. V., McDermott, Brett and De Young, Alexandra (2015). Feasibility of a screening program for at-risk children following accidental injury. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 28 (1), 34-40. doi: 10.1002/jts.21981
De Young, Alexandra C., Hendrikz, Joan, Kenardy, Justin A., Cobham, Vanessa E. and Kimble, Roy M. (2014). Prospective evaluation of parent distress following pediatric burns and identification of risk factors for young child and parent posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 24 (1), 9-17. doi: 10.1089/cap.2013.0066
Cobham, Vanessa E., March, Sonja, De Young, Alexandra, Leeson, Fiona, Nixon, Reginald, McDermott, Brett and Kenardy, Justin (2012). Involving parents in indicated early intervention for childhood PTSD following accidental injury. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 15 (4), 345-363. doi: 10.1007/s10567-012-0124-9
De Young, Alexandra C., Kenardy, Justin A., Cobham, Vanessa E. and Kimble, Roy (2012). Prevalence, comorbidity and course of trauma reactions in young burn-injured children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 53 (1), 56-63. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02431.x
De Young, Alexandra, Kenardy, Justin A. and Cobham, Vanessa (2011). Trauma in early childhood: A neglected population. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 14 (3), 231-250. doi: 10.1007/s10567-011-0094-3
De Young, Alexandra C., Kenardy, Justin A. and Cobham, Vanessa E. (2011). Diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder in preschool children. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 40 (3), 375-384. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2011.563474
Spence, Susan H., De Young, Alexandra, Toon, Carolyn and Bond, Suzanne (2009). Longitudinal examination of the associations between emotional dysregulation, coping responses to peer provocation, and victimisation in children. Australian Journal of Psychology, 61 (3), 145-155. doi: 10.1080/00049530802259076
Olsson, Katherine A., Kenardy, Justin A., De Young, Alexandra C. and Spence, Susan H. (2008). Predicting children's post-traumatic stress symptoms following hospitalisation for accidental injury: Combining the Child Trauma Screening Questionnaire and health rate. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22 (8), 1447-1453. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.02.007
De Young, Alexandra, Kenardy, Justin A. and Spence, Susan H. (2007). Elevated heart rate as a predictor of PTSD six months following accidental pediatric injury. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 20 (5), 751-756. doi: 10.1002/jts.20235
Kenardy, Justin A., Spence, Susan H. and Macleod, Alexandra C. (2006). Screening for posttraumatic stress disorder in children after accidental injury. Pediatrics, 118 (3), 1002-1009. doi: 10.1542/peds.2006-0406
Conference Papers
Kenardy, Justin, De Young, Alexandra, Kimble, Roy and Landolt, Markus (2018). Preventing PTSD in infants and toddlers. 2018 APS Congress Psychology advancing into a new age, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 27–30 September 2018. Oxford, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1111/ap.12372
Paterson, R., Long, D., Schibler, A., De Young, A., Dow, B., Warren, J. and Kenardy, J. (2018). Risk factors for delirium in an Australian paediatric intensive care unit. The 42nd Australian and New Zealand Annual Scientific meeting on Intensive Care and the 23rd Annual Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Conference, Queensland, Australia, October 2017. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2017.12.017
Paterson, R., Long, D., De Young, A., Dow, B. and Kenardy, J. (2018). Delirium risk and symptom expression: age makes a difference in Australian PICU patients. The 42nd Australian and New Zealand Annual Scientific meeting on Intensive Care and the 23rd Annual Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Conference, Queensland, Australia, October 2017. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2017.12.036
Le Brocque, R., Kenardy, J., De Young, A., March, S. and Triggell, N. (2013). Childhood trauma reactions: a guide for teachers from preschool to year 12. Integrating lessons learned from a disaster recovery program for children aimed at teachers and mental health professionals. XIII ESTSS CONFERENCE: “Trauma and its clinical pathways: PTSD and beyond”, Bologna, Italy, June 2013. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
Le Brocque, R., Kenardy, J., De Young, A., March, S. and Triggell, N. (2013). The role of teachers and child mental health specialists in helping children after natural disaster. XIII ESTSS CONFERENCE: “Trauma and its clinical pathways: PTSD and beyond”, Bologna, Italy, June 2013. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. doi: 10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.21127
Le Brocque, R., Kenardy, J., De Young, A., March, S. and Triggell, N. (2013). Childhood trauma reactions and the role of teachers and schools post-natural disaster: training the trainer. XIII ESTSS CONFERENCE: “Trauma and its clinical pathways: PTSD and beyond”, Bologna, Italy, June 2013. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. doi: 10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.21127
Thesis
De Young, Alexandra (2010). Psychological impact of burn injury on young children and their parents: Implications for diagnosis, assessment and treatment. PhD Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland.