Fotini Vasilopoulos is a Postdoctoral Researcher, Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney. Lucinda Grummitt, Sasha Bailey, Louise Birrell, Iroise Dumontheil, Gill Francis, Eliza Oliver, Olivia Karaolis, Robyn Ewing, Michael Anderson, Maree Teesson and Emma L. Barrett were also authors of the research study discussed in this piece.
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