Ms Julie Klau

School of Medicine

College of Health


I am a researcher with the Critical and Ethical Mental Health research group within the Robinson Research Institute. My research interests focus on the risks and benefits of prescribing psychotropic medications to children and adolescents, and the critical analysis of the evidence base supporting pharmacological and non-pharmacological mental health interventions. My primary interests are  psychiatric epidemiology, the quality use of medication, and research integrity.
I am currently involved with the "Not Broken" project that aims to raise concerns about overmedicalising human distress. The project focuses on alternative conceptualisations of mental illness which rely less on treatment with medications and more on addressing the social and environmental causes of distress, known as the Social Determinants of Health.

Date Position Institution name
2018 - ongoing Research Assistant University of Adelaide
2017 - 2017 Research Assistant University of Adelaide
2010 - 2011 Research Assistant Flinders University

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2022 Award Vernon Roy East Prize University of Adelaide Australia $300
2006 Award 2006 Australian Psychological Society (APS) Prize Flinders University of South Australia Australia -

Date Institution name Country Title
2018 - 2024 University of Adelaide Australia PhD
2015 - 2016 Flinders University Australia Graduate Diploma in Public Health
2005 - 2006 Flinders University Australia BA (hons) Psychology (First Class)
2002 - 2004 Flinders University Australia Graduate Diploma in Psychology

Year Citation
2025 Aboustate, N., Jureidini, J., Woodman, R., Le Noury, J., Klau, J., Abi-Jaoude, E., & Raven, M. (2025). Restoring TADS: RIAT reanalysis of the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study.. Int J Risk Saf Med, 36(4), 9246479251337879.
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2025 Klau, J., Gonzalez-Chica, D., Raven, M., Aboustate, N., & Jureidini, J. (2025). Cardiometabolic monitoring in children and adolescents prescribed antipsychotics in Australian primary care, 2011 to 2017.. Aust N Z J Psychiatry, 59(9), 48674251361696.
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2024 Jureidini, J., Moncrieff, J., Klau, J., Aboustate, N., & Raven, M. (2024). Treatment Guesses in the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study: Accuracy, Unblinding, And Influence on Outcomes. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58(4), 355-364.
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2024 Klau, J., Gonzalez‐Chica, D., Raven, M., & Jureidini, J. (2024). Antipsychotic prescribing patterns in children and adolescents attending Australian general practice in 2011 and 2017. JCPP Advances, 4(1), 14 pages.
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2021 Klau, J., Bernardo, C. D. O., Gonzalez-Chica, D. A., Raven, M., & Jureidini, J. (2021). Trends in prescription of psychotropic medications to children and adolescents in Australian primary care from 2011 to 2018. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56(11), 000486742110677.
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Year Citation
2019 Aboustate, N., Klau, J., Raven, M., & Jureidini, J. (2019). Reanalysis of the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS) under the Restoring Invisible and Abandoned Trials Initiative (RIAT). In BMJ Evidence Based Medicine Vol. 24. Sydney: BMJ Publishing Group.

2020 Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation Grant - $36,000

Date Event Name Event Type Institution Country
2022 - 2022 Florey Postgraduate Research Conference Conference University of Adelaide Australia
2021 - 2021 Florey Postgraduate Research Conference Conference University of Adelaide Australia

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