A social enterprise providing education and information to protect and enhance the mental health of young people
This project is a response to “it’s not a big deal” - “it” is a big deal. ”it” is in the everyday. ”it” is shoved in your face when you are least expecting it. ”it” happens when you expect it the most. ”it” is a reminder of your difference. ”it” enforces difference. ”it” can be [...]
Last week the Federal Government officially responded to the Gonski Report. I’m sure you heard the rousing call to arms from our Prime Minister Julia Gillard. To avoid the risk of misquoting the Prime Minister, I’ve linked to the official media release. In it Ms Gillard says: Over the past decade Australian students have fallen [...]
It has nothing to do with physical complications or whether they have the right partner or not, but a WA study has found that most people who do not have children are childless by choice. The survey, by Edith Cowan University lecturer in psychology Bronwyn Harman, found three quarters of people without children had made [...]
Germany's top women's magazine is considering abandoning its use of amateur models barely two years after banishing professional ones. The fortnightly Brigitte, which has been providing German women with fashion and lifestyle tips since 1954, hit the headlines in 2009 when it said it would feature only ''real women'', part of a backlash against ultra-thin [...]
A new study published online in the journal Pediatrics this week finds that children suffering from obesity had poorer scores on thinking tests, mirroring results from a similar study done with adults. Researchers called the results important and reinforced that being overweight as a child is not to be taken lightly. via Childhood Obesity Can [...]
This relatively new condition is also one of the most – if not the most – prevalent in the Western world. Like most phobias, sufferers report bouts of severe anxiety and irrational fear. According to a recent survey, as many as 66% of us suffer Nomophobia. But what is it? Nomophobia is also known as [...]
Last year, 230,000 teenagers had cosmetic procedures, according to the society. The pinning back of ears - and repairs to cleft lips were the most common. via Back to school, with a new face.
As positive psychology reaches its zenith, now comes the backlash. The cheeriest movement that ever there was is being blamed for everything from teen suicide to the global financial crisis. Social researcher Hugh Mackay, who has become an unlikely fixture on the happiness conference circuit (given his scepticism about the pursuit of happiness), has noticed [...]
This study examines the lives and choices of young people (aged 16-25) who drink little or no alcohol. It explores the influences that shape their decisions and how their choices and patterns of consumption affect their lives. Key points Drinking and getting drunk is not an automatic rite of passage for young people in the [...]
The impact of music on the brain has been a hot topic in science in the past decade. Now Northwestern researchers for the first time have directly examined what happens after children stop playing a musical instrument after only a few years -- a common childhood experience. Compared to peers with no musical training, adults [...]
