Overview
Background
Associate Professor Holly Erskine leads the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Epidemiology and Services (CAPES) research stream at the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor with the School of Public Health at the University of Queensland and is an affiliate Assistant Professor with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.
Holly completed her PhD in 2016, examining the global epidemiology of ADHD and conduct disorder as well as the long-term outcomes associated with these disorders, and was awarded the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Higher Degree Theses. For several years, she was responsible for the epidemiological modelling and burden estimation of child and adolescent mental disorders in the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) and co-led a programme of work which directly led to the inclusion of bullying victimisation as a risk factor for major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders in GBD. She was awarded an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship in 2018 and was recognised as a Highly Cited Researcher in 2022.
Currently, Holly is the Principal Investigator of the National Adolescent Mental Health Surveys (NAMHS), which involves nationally-representative surveys of the prevalence of adolescent mental disorders in Kenya, Indonesia, and Vietnam. She is also a chief investigator on the Australian Child Maltreatment Study and the Centre for Research Excellence in Adolescent Health Metrics.
Availability
- Associate Professor Holly Erskine is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Psychological Science, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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2023
Conference Publication
The Prevalence of Adolescent Mental Disorders in Indonesia: An Analysis of Indonesia – National Mental Health Survey (I-NAMHS)
Wahdi, Amirah Ellyza, Wilopo, Siswanto Agus and Erskine, Holly Elizabeth (2023). The Prevalence of Adolescent Mental Disorders in Indonesia: An Analysis of Indonesia – National Mental Health Survey (I-NAMHS). Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) 2023 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL United States, 7-10 March 2023. Philadelphia, PA United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.11.143
2023
Journal Article
Adaptation and validation of the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire-R2 for a national study of child maltreatment in Australia
Mathews, Ben, Meinck, Franziska, Erskine, Holly E., Tran, Nam, Lee, Ha, Kellard, Karen, Pacella, Rosana, Scott, James G., Finkelhor, David, Higgins, Daryl J., Thomas, Hannah J. and Haslam, Divna M. (2023). Adaptation and validation of the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire-R2 for a national study of child maltreatment in Australia. Child Abuse and Neglect, 139 106093, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106093
2023
Journal Article
Measuring the prevalence of mental disorders in adolescents in Kenya, Indonesia, and Vietnam: study protocol for the National Adolescent Mental Health Surveys
Erskine, Holly E., Blondell, Sarah J., Enright, Meaghan E., Shadid, Jamileh, Wado, Yohannes Dibaba, Wekesah, Frederick Murunga, Wahdi, Amirah Ellyza, Wilopo, Siswanto Agus, Vu, Loi Manh, Dao, Hoa Thi Khanh, Nguyen, Vinh Duc, Emerson, Mark R., Fine, Shoshanna L., Li, Mengmeng, Blum, Robert W., Whiteford, Harvey A. and Scott, James G. (2023). Measuring the prevalence of mental disorders in adolescents in Kenya, Indonesia, and Vietnam: study protocol for the National Adolescent Mental Health Surveys. Journal of Adolescent Health, 72 (1), S71-S78. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.05.012
2022
Journal Article
Global, regional, and national burden of 12 mental disorders in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Ferrari, Alize J., Santomauro, Damian F., Herrera, Ana M. Mantilla, Shadid, Jamileh, Ashbaugh, Charlie, Erskine, Holly E., Charlson, Fiona J., Degenhardt, Louisa, Scott, James G., McGrath, John J., Allebeck, Peter, Benjet, Corina, Breitborde, Nicholas J. K., Brugha, Traolach, Dai, Xiaochen, Dandona, Lalit, Dandona, Rakhi, Fischer, Florian, Haagsma, Juanita A., Maria Haro, Josep, Kieling, Christian, Knudsen, Ann Kristin Skrindo, Kumar, G. Anil, Leung, Janni, Majeed, Azeem, Mitchell, Philip B., Moitra, Modhurima, Mokdad, Ali H., Molokhia, Mariam ... Whiteford, Harvey A. (2022). Global, regional, and national burden of 12 mental disorders in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Psychiatry, 9 (2), 137-150. doi: 10.1016/s2215-0366(21)00395-3
2021
Journal Article
Key service components for age‐appropriate mental health service planning for young adults
Gossip, Kate, John, Julie, Comben, Charlotte, Page, Imogen, Erskine, Holly E., Scott, James G. and Diminic, Sandra (2021). Key service components for age‐appropriate mental health service planning for young adults. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 16 (10), 1085-1093. doi: 10.1111/eip.13253
2021
Journal Article
Core principles of international research: lessons from the national adolescent mental health surveys
Erskine, Holly E., Enright, Meaghan E., Blondell, Sarah J., Shadid, Jamileh, Scott, James G. and Whiteford, Harvey A. (2021). Core principles of international research: lessons from the national adolescent mental health surveys. Journal of Adolescent Health, 72 (1), S15-S17. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.05.006
2021
Journal Article
The Australian Child Maltreatment Study (ACMS): protocol for a national survey of the prevalence of child abuse and neglect, associated mental disorders and physical health problems, and burden of disease
Mathews, Ben, Pacella, Rosana, Dunne, Michael, Scott, James, Finkelhor, David, Meinck, Franziska, Higgins, Daryl J, Erskine, Holly, Thomas, Hannah J., Haslam, Divna, Tran, Nam, Le, Ha, Honey, Nikki, Kellard, Karen and Lawrence, David (2021). The Australian Child Maltreatment Study (ACMS): protocol for a national survey of the prevalence of child abuse and neglect, associated mental disorders and physical health problems, and burden of disease. BMJ Open, 11 (5) e047074, e047074. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047074
2020
Journal Article
Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Abbafati, Cristiana, Abbas, Kaja M., Abbasi, Mohammad, Abbasifard, Mitra, Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen, Abbastabar, Hedayat, Abd-Allah, Foad, Abdelalim, Ahmed, Abdollahi, Mohammad, Abdollahpour, Ibrahim, Abedi, Aidin, Abedi, Parisa, Abegaz, Kedir Hussein, Abolhassani, Hassan, Abosetugn, Akine Eshete, Aboyans, Victor, Abrams, Elissa M., Abreu, Lucas Guimaraes, Abrigo, Michael R. M., Abu Haimed, Abdulaziz Khalid, Abualhasan, Ahmed, Abu-Gharbieh, Eman, Abu-Raddad, Laith Jamal, Abushouk, Abdelrahman I., Acebedo, Alyssa, Ackerman, Ilana N., Adabi, Maryam, Adair, Tim, Adamu, Abdu A. ... Murray, Christopher J. L. (2020). Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet, 396 (10258), 1135-1159.
2020
Journal Article
The burden of mental disorders across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2017
Sagar, Rajesh, Dandona, Rakhi, Gururaj, Gopalkrishna, Dhaliwal, R. S., Singh, Aditya, Ferrari, Alize, Dua, Tarun, Ganguli, Atreyi, Varghese, Mathew, Chakma, Joy K., Kumar, G. Anil, Shaji, K. S., Ambekar, Atul, Rangaswamy, Thara, Vijayakumar, Lakshmi, Agarwal, Vivek, Krishnankutty, Rinu P., Bhatia, Rohit, Charlson, Fiona, Chowdhary, Neerja, Erskine, Holly E., Glenn, Scott D., Krish, Varsha, Mantilla Herrera, Ana M., Mutreja, Parul, Odell, Christopher M., Pal, Pramod K., Prakash, Sanjay, Santomauro, Damian ... Dandona, Lalit (2020). The burden of mental disorders across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2017. The Lancet Psychiatry, 7 (2), 148-161. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30475-4
2019
Journal Article
Burden of non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Gouda, Hebe N., Charlson, Fiona, Sorsdahl, Katherine, Ahmadzada, Sanam, Ferrari, Alize J., Erskine, Holly, Leung, Janni, Santamauro, Damian, Lund, Crick, Aminde, Leopold Ndemnge, Mayosi, Bongani M., Kengne, Andre Pascal, Harris, Meredith, Achoki, Tom, Wiysonge, Charles S., Stein, Dan J. and Whiteford, Harvey (2019). Burden of non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet Global Health, 7 (10), e1375-e1387. doi: 10.1016/s2214-109x(19)30374-2
2019
Journal Article
A comprehensive analysis of mortality-related health metrics associated with mental disorders: a nationwide, register-based cohort study
Plana-Ripoll, Oleguer, Pedersen, Carsten Bøcker, Agerbo, Esben, Holtz, Yan, Erlangsen, Annette, Canudas-Romo, Vladimir, Andersen, Per Kragh, Charlson, Fiona J., Christensen, Maria K., Erskine, Holly E., Ferrari, Alize J., Iburg, Kim Moesgaard, Momen, Natalie, Mortensen, Preben Bo, Nordentoft, Merete, Santomauro, Damian F., Scott, James G., Whiteford, Harvey A., Weye, Nanna, McGrath, John J. and Laursen, Thomas M. (2019). A comprehensive analysis of mortality-related health metrics associated with mental disorders: a nationwide, register-based cohort study. The Lancet, 394 (10211), 1827-1835. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(19)32316-5
2019
Journal Article
The association between five forms of child maltreatment and depressive and anxiety disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Gardner, M. J., Thomas, H. J. and Erskine, H. E. (2019). The association between five forms of child maltreatment and depressive and anxiety disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Child Abuse & Neglect, 96 104082, 104082. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104082
2019
Journal Article
Erratum: Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (The Lancet (2018) 392(10159) (1923–1994), (S0140673618322256), (10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32225-6))
Stanaway, Jeffrey D., Afshin, Ashkan, Gakidou, Emmanuela, Lim, Stephen S., Abate, Degu, Abate, Kalkidan Hassen, Abbafati, Cristiana, Abbasi, Nooshin, Abbastabar, Hedayat, Abd-Allah, Foad, Abdela, Jemal, Abdelalim, Ahmed, Abdollahpour, Ibrahim, Abdulkader, Rizwan Suliankatchi, Abebe, Molla, Abebe, Zegeye, Abera, Semaw F., Abil, Olifan Zewdie, Abraha, Haftom Niguse, Abrham, Aklilu Roba, Abu-Raddad, Laith Jamal, Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M.E., Accrombessi, Manfred Mario Kokou, Acharya, Dilaram, Acharya, Pawan, Adamu, Abdu A., Adane, Akilew Awoke, Adebayo, Oladimeji M., Adedoyin, Rufus Adesoji ... Murray, Christopher J.L. (2019). Erratum: Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (The Lancet (2018) 392(10159) (1923–1994), (S0140673618322256), (10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32225-6)). The Lancet, 393 (10190). doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31429-1
2019
Journal Article
Improving Australia's population mental health: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
Scott, James G., Thomas, Hannah J. and Erskine, Holly E. (2019). Improving Australia's population mental health: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53 (5), 470-471. doi: 10.1177/0004867418814960
2019
Journal Article
Diseases, injuries, and risk factors in child and adolescent health, 1990 to 2017: Findings from the global burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors 2017 study
Reiner, Robert C., Olsen, Helen Elizabeth, Ikeda, Chad Thomas, Echko, Michelle M., Ballestreros, Katherine E., Manguerra, Helen, Martopullo, Ira, Millear, Anoushka, Shields, Chloe, Smith, Alison, Strub, Bryan, Abebe, Molla, Abebe, Zegeye, Adhena, Beyene Meressa, Adhikari, Tara Ballav, Akibu, Mohammed, Al-Raddadi, Rajaa M., Alvis-Guzman, Nelson, Antonio, Carl Abelardo T., Aremu, Olatunde, Asgedom, Solomon Weldegebreal, Asseffa, Netsanet Abera, Avila-Burgos, Leticia, Barac, Aleksandra, Bärnighausen, Till W., Bassat, Quique, Bensenor, Isabela M., Bhutta, Zulfiqar A., Bijani, Ali ... Kassebaum, Nicholas J. (2019). Diseases, injuries, and risk factors in child and adolescent health, 1990 to 2017: Findings from the global burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors 2017 study. JAMA Pediatrics, 173 (6) e190337, e190337. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.0337
2018
Journal Article
Erratum: Department of Error
GBD 2017 Causes of Death Collaborators, Maravilla, Joemer, Aminde, Leopold N., Charlson, Fiona J., Erskine, Holly E., Ferrari, Alize J., Lalloo, Ratilal, McGrath, John J., Santomauro, Damian Francesco, Scott, James G. and Whiteford, Harvey A. (2018). Erratum: Department of Error. Lancet (London, England), 392 (10160). doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)32833-2
2018
Journal Article
Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Stanaway, Jeffrey D., Afshin, Ashkan, Gakidou, Emmanuela, Lim, Stephen S., Abate, Degu, Abate, Kalkidan Hassen, Abbafati, Cristiana, Abbasi, Nooshin, Abbastabar, Hedayat, Abd-Allah, Foad, Abdela, Jemal, Abdelalim, Ahmed, Abdollahpour, Ibrahim, Abdulkader, Rizwan Suliankatchi, Abebe, Molla, Abebe, Zegeye, Abera, Semaw F, Abil, Olifan Zewdie, Abraha, Haftom Niguse, Abrham, Aklilu Roba, Abu-Raddad, Laith Jamal, Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M. E., Accrombessi, Manfred Mario Kokou, Acharya, Dilaram, Acharya, Pawan, Adamu, Abdu A., Adane, Akilew Awoke, Adebayo, Oladimeji M., Adedoyin, Rufus Adesoji ... Murray, Christopher J. L. (2018). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet, 392 (10159), 1923-1994. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)32225-6
2018
Journal Article
Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Roth, Gregory A., Abate, Degu, Abate, Kalkidan Hassen, Abay, Solomon M., Abbafati, Cristiana, Abbasi, Nooshin, Abbastabar, Hedayat, Abd-Allah, Foad, Abdela, Jemal, Abdelalim, Ahmed, Abdollahpour, Ibrahim, Abdulkader, Rizwan Suliankatchi, Abebe, Haftom Temesgen, Abebe, Molla, Abebe, Zegeye, Abejie, Ayenew Negesse, Abera, Semaw F., Abil, Olifan Zewdie, Abraha, Haftom Niguse, Abrham, Aklilu Roba, Abu-Raddad, Laith Jamal, Accrombessi, Manfred Mario Kokou, Acharya, Dilaram, Adamu, Abdu A., Adebayo, Oladimeji M., Adedoyin, Rufus Adesoji, Adekanmbi, Victor, Adetokunboh, Olatunji O., Adhena, Beyene Meressa ... Murray, Christopher J. L. (2018). Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet, 392 (10159), 1736-1788. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)32203-7
2018
Journal Article
The global burden of disease attributable to alcohol and drug use in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
GBD 2016 Alcohol and Drug Use Collaborators, Scott, James Graham, Ferrari, Alize, Charlson, Fiona, Santomauro, D., Erskine, Holly, Mantilla Herrera, Ana Maria, Whiteford, Harvey, Hall, Wayne, McGrath, John, Leung, Janni and Sartorius, Benn (2018). The global burden of disease attributable to alcohol and drug use in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet Psychiatry, 5 (12), 987-1012. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30337-7
2018
Journal Article
Epidemiology of binge eating disorder
Erskine, Holly E. and Whiteford, Harvey A. (2018). Epidemiology of binge eating disorder. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 31 (6), 462-470. doi: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000449
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Holly Erskine is:
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
The prevalence of mental disorders and correlates of mental health in adolescents in Indonesia: An analysis of findings from a nationally representative study and comparisons to international findings
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Joemer Maravilla
Completed supervision
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2026
Doctor Philosophy
The role of non-clinical support services in improving functional outcomes among young adults with mental disorders in Australia: Evidence to inform mental health service planning
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sandra Diminic, Professor James Scott
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