{"id":18798,"date":"2025-10-22T14:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T03:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=18798"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:36:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T03:36:38","slug":"research-opportunity-with-the-black-dog-institute","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/article\/research-opportunity-with-the-black-dog-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Research opportunity with The Black Dog Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Australia, one in 14 children\u202fexperience anxiety that interferes with their daily lives, yet only\u202f19% receive appropriate care and support. To address an under-resourced system with increasingly long waitlists, the Black Dog Institute has developed a digital program called Courage Quest to help\u202fchildren with anxiety. Through the Courage Quest program, parents or caregivers and their children learn evidence-based tools used in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), including exposure techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, the Institute wants to conduct a clinical trial to investigate what extra features would create the best version of the Courage Quest program for children with anxiety, called Courage Quest Plus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They need your help with testing these features in the Courage Quest Plus digital program so they know how we can best provide accessible and evidence-based support\u202fto Australian children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We encourage interested families to sign up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Elise Whiley<\/strong><br>Director of Student Wellbeing 7-12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackdoginstitute.org.au\/research-studies\/courage-quest-plus\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Courage%20Quest%20-%20School%20target&amp;utm_content=Courage%20Quest%20-%20School%20target+CID_2a7167c9ad31240c70d73ecd33d65397&amp;utm_source=Email&amp;utm_term=Learn%20more\">Learn about this program for children experiencing anxiety and worry<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2025\/10\/Courage-Quest-Plus-Clinic-Flyers_Page_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2025\/10\/Courage-Quest-Plus-Clinic-Flyers_Page_2-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2025\/10\/Courage-Quest-Plus-Clinic-Flyers_Page_2-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2025\/10\/Courage-Quest-Plus-Clinic-Flyers_Page_2-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2025\/10\/Courage-Quest-Plus-Clinic-Flyers_Page_2-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2025\/10\/Courage-Quest-Plus-Clinic-Flyers_Page_2-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2025\/10\/Courage-Quest-Plus-Clinic-Flyers_Page_2-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2025\/10\/Courage-Quest-Plus-Clinic-Flyers_Page_2.jpg 1448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Australia, one in 14 children\u202fexperience anxiety that interferes with their daily lives, yet only\u202f19% receive appropriate care and support. To address an under-resourced system with increasingly long waitlists, the Black Dog Institute has developed a digital program called Courage Quest to help\u202fchildren with anxiety. 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