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Alexe Bernier, McMaster University An article in the Washington Post recently declared “a crisis in American girlhood.” Girls in the United States are experiencing alarmingly higher rates of sexual assault, mental health issues and suicidality than ever before. Data collected in 2021 by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) demonstrates how dire the circumstances of [...]
Elise Woodman, Australian Catholic University Parenting teenagers can feel daunting. With high rates of youth mental health diagnoses and persistent messages about adolescents’ desire for independence, parents and carers are searching for ways to support their kids and have a relationship with them. Family connectedness – the sense of belonging and closeness that can be [...]
Alexander Sweetman, Flinders University Martin turns off the light to fall asleep, but his mind quickly springs into action. Racing thoughts about work deadlines, his overdue car service, and his father’s recent surgery occupy his mind. As he struggles to fall asleep, the hours start to creep by. He becomes frustrated about how he will [...]
Netta Weinstein, University of Reading Important conversations with teenagers are among the biggest challenges of parenting. They can feel like walking a tightrope. Lean too much – or too little – into commands and restrictions and you’re likely to tip over. In preparation for writing this article, I asked my daughter for her advice to [...]
Elizabeth Westrupp, Deakin University and Christiane Kehoe, The University of Melbourne Emotions are core to our human experience, but seeing “negative” emotions in our children – anger, fear, jealousy, envy, sadness, resentment – can make us uncomfortable. Strong emotions in our kids may trigger our own emotional reactions, and we may feel lost about the [...]
Elizabeth Stratton, University of Sydney and Nick Glozier, University of Sydney Whether you know about it or not, it’s likely someone you work with or manage has a mental illness. One in five Australians have experienced a mental illness in the last 12 months. Many people stay silent about their mental illness at work. [...]
After an AU$1.1 billion blowout to Victoria’s ‘broken’ WorkCover scheme, the State Government is considering narrowing coverage of mental health claims which are typically more expensive and take longer to resolve than physical health claims. However, rather than restrict mental health claims – which would be discriminatory and most likely just transfer those costs [...]
Associate Professor Vanessa Cropley, Dr Maria Di Biase and Rebecca Cooper For many kids, the period between childhood and early adolescence can be difficult. This transitional period is commonly known as ‘pre-adolescence’ and can be a vulnerable time for the development of mental health problems, like anxiety and depression. So many of our young adolescents [...]
Divna Haslam, Queensland University of Technology; Alina Morawska, The University of Queensland, and James Graham Scott, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute When people think about child maltreatment, many think of physical or sexual abuse. But a key finding of our Australian Child Maltreatment Study, published last month, is that emotional abuse is widespread and associated [...]
Linda Pagani, Université de Montréal; Amélie Gilker Beauchamp, Université de Montréal; Beatrice Necsa, Université de Montréal; Benoit Gauthier, Université de Montréal; Kianoush Harandian, Université de Montréal, and Laurie-Anne Kosak, Université de Montréal It took a half century for the first American Surgeon General Report to establish the link between tobacco and lung cancer. In response, [...]
