A vital step for childhood stroke
The Stroke Foundation has welcomed and endorsed Australia’s first clinical guidelines for children with stroke, saying the guidelines were a vital step forward in recognising and treating some of the disease’s youngest sufferers.
The guidelines,...
School leavers need the confidence to say no to alcohol
School leavers who feel they are unable to refuse offers of alcoholic drinks plan to drink significantly more alcohol at end-of-school celebrations than those who are confident in saying no, new research by Curtin...
Preventing adult mental disorders with help at kindergarten
Being exposed to abuse or neglect before age five is the strongest predictor of whether a child will be at risk for future mental illness, a study from UNSW Sydney finds.
Primary school teachers could detect children...
The need for media literacy among Australian kids
Australia’s first national children’s news and media report, co-authored by Dr Tanya Notley from the Institute for Culture and Society, was officially launched in Sydney today.
The report, News and Australian Children: How Young People...
The value of acknowledging adolescents’ perspectives
Across very different cultures - Ghana and the United States - when parents acknowledge the perspectives of their adolescent children and encourage them to express themselves, the youths have a stronger sense of self-worth,...
Tired teens exposed to bright light in the morning can improve alertness
Exposing sleepy teens to bright light in the morning can improve their sleep and help them feel more alert during the day, a Flinders University study shows.
Researchers investigated an innovative way to cure teenagers...
Some students with disabilities more likely to be exempted from NAPLAN
Victorian primary school students supported through a targeted disability program are more likely to be exempted from sitting NAPLAN, new research shows.
The Working Paper study, commissioned by the Victorian Department of Education and Training...
New insights into controversial diagnosis of adolescent chronic fatigue
Crucial new research could provide some clarity around the controversy surrounding the diagnosis and treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in adolescents.
The research by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute published in the Journal of...
Tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity in four decades
The world will have more obese children and adolescents than underweight by 2022, according to a new study by Imperial College London and WHO.
The number of obese children and adolescents (aged 5 to 19...
Anxiety and depression caused by childhood bullying decline over time
A new UCL-led study has provided the strongest evidence to date that exposure to bullying causes mental health issues such as anxiety years later.
The study, published in JAMA Psychiatry and funded by MQ: Transforming...
