G C Patton

Biographic Data

ID6070513
NAMEG C Patton
GIVEN NAMESG C
FAMILY NAMEPatton
SIGNATUREPATTON G C
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS44
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1996
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
H-INDEX3

  • Alcohol use and related harms in school students in the USA and Australia

    Open AccessJohn W Toumbourou, S A Hemphill et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2009

    Recognizing there have been few methodologically rigorous cross-national studies of youth alcohol and drug behaviour, state student samples were compared in Australia and the USA. Sampling methods were matched to recruit two independent, state-representative, cross-sectional samples of students in Grades 5, 7 and 9 in Washington State, USA, (n = 2866) and Victoria, Australia (n = 2864) in 2002. Of Washington students in Grade 5 (age 11), 10.3% (9…

  • The Mental Health of Young People in Australia

    Open AccessMichael G Sawyer, Fiona Arney et al.ARTICLEAustralian & New Zealand Journal…2001

    Objective: To identify the prevalence of three mental disorders (Depressive Disorder, Conduct Disorder and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), the prevalence of mental health problems, the health-related quality of life of those with problems, and patterns of service utilisation of those with and without mental health problems, among 4–17-year-olds in Australia. To identify rates of health-risk behaviours among adolescents with mental heal…

  • Onset of adolescent eating disorders

    Open AccessGeorge Patton, G C Patton et al.ARTICLEBMJ1999

    Objective: To study the predictors of new eating disorders in an adolescent cohort. Design: Cohort study over 3 years with six waves. Subjects: Students, initially aged 14-15 years, from 44 secondary schools in the state of Victoria, Australia. Outcome measures: Weight (kg), height (cm), dieting (adolescent dieting scale), psychiatric morbidity (revised clinical interview schedule), and eating disorder (branched eating disorders test). Eating dis…

  • Depression, anxiety, and smoking initiation

    George Patton, G C Patton et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1998Cited by: 18References: 20

    OBJECTIVES: This report considers the extent to which depression and anxiety predict smoking onset in adolescence. METHODS: A 6-wave cohort design was used to study a sample of 14- and 15-year-old students (n = 2032) drawn from 44 secondary schools in the state of Victoria, Australia. The students were surveyed between 1992 and 1995 with a computerized questionnaire that included a 7-day retrospective diary for tobacco use and a structured psychi…

  • Menarche and the onset of depression and anxiety in Victoria, Australia

    George Patton, G C Patton et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…1996Cited by: 9References: 32

    STUDY OBJECTIVE: Psychiatric disorder often begins at adolescence. This study aimed to examine the associations between puberty and social circumstances and the adolescent rise in depression and anxiety. DESIGN: A two stage cluster sampling procedure was used to identify a representative group of Australian secondary school students in years 7 (age 12-13 years), 9 (14-15 years), and 11 (16-17 years) of 45 Victorian schools. The computerised clini…

  • Is smoking associated with depression and anxiety in teenagers

    George Patton, G C Patton et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1996Cited by: 17References: 38

    OBJECTIVES. An association of smoking with depression and anxiety has been documented in adult smokers. This study examines this association in a representative group of teenage smokers. METHODS. A two-stage cluster sample of secondary school students in Victoria, Australia, were surveyed by using a computerized questionnaire, which included a 7-day retrospective diary for tobacco use and a structured psychiatric interview. RESULTS. Subjects repo…