Institution: Justice Health Unit, Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Position: Psychologist, lecturer, and honorary research fellow.
Current research: I am currently investigating self-harm among asylum seekers, in both detained and community-based populations.
Research interests:
- Asylum seeker and refugee mental health
- Self-harm among asylum seekers
- Post-migration stressors
- Moral Injury
Recent Publications:
- Hedrick, K., Armstrong, G., Coffey, G., & Borschmann, R. (2020). An evaluation of the quality of self-harm incident reporting across the Australian asylum seeker population according to World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. BMC Psychiatry, 20(1), 301. doi:10.1186/s12888-020-02709-7
- Hedrick, K., Armstrong, G., Coffey, G., & Borschmann, R. (2019). Self-harm in the Australian asylum seeker population: A national records-based study. SSM – Population Health, 8, 100452. doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100452
- Hedrick, K., Armstrong, G., & Borschmann, R. (2019). Self-harm among asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention. Lancet Public Health, 4(12), e604. doi:10.1016/s2468-2667(19)30221-x
- Hedrick, K., Armstrong, G., Coffey, G., & Borschmann, R. (2020). Self-harm among asylum seekers in Australian onshore immigration detention: How incidence rates vary by held detention type. BMC Public Health, 20(1), 592. doi:10.1186/s12889-020-08717-2
Can help with: I’m available as a clinician, researcher, and friendly ear. I’m open to talking about any topics, in order to refine ideas. Can also share experiences of obtaining data via Freedom of Information, and content analysis.
What’s essential to your well-being? Daily walks, spending time in nature, coffee, good conversation, and listening to music.
Find Kyli elsewhere:
- University Profile
- Research Gate
- Email: kyli.hedrick@unimelb.edu.au
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