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A Western Australian Government campaign will aim to stem rising levels of teen drinking following a survey of teenage drug and alcohol use. The Australian Students Alcohol and Drug Survey covered over 2,500 students aged 12-17. The survey found that 40 per cent of the students had consumed alcohol in the past month, and 27 [...]
Psychologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg has blamed sexualisation for the 'sexual assault' of two six-year-old girls by their classmates. In one case in the Queensland school, a group of first-grade students reportedly removed a girl's underwear in the school toilets. The girls involved have since been removed from the school. Dr Carr-Gregg, child psychologist and Generation [...]
A recent study discussed in Time Magazine found that out of a list of factors examined, depression showed the strongest relationship with acne. The study was carried out in Oslo, Norway, where over 3,500 18-19 year olds were surveyed. The study found that 19 per cent of the teens who reported mental distress had acne, [...]
Kyle Sandilands must be one of the most unpopular guys on the planet, with his latest outburst seeing him once again facing the sack from his $2 million 2DayFM breakfast show for making grotesquely tactless and insensitive remarks that comic Magda Szubanski would lose more weight if she spent time in a concentration camp - [...]
Students of Airds High School, Campbelltown, held a protest against bullying today following a brawl on Monday which left three students injured, including one with a broken nose, and resulted in two suspensions. Only 12 students attended the protest today after teachers threatened to punish those who participated. Similar protests were held in Mullumbimby last [...]
In a disturbing new trend, children are inhaling noxious oxide in an attempt to get a high. Canisters of the gas are legally available in many supermarkets and newsagents, and there are no laws against children purchasing it unless they are likely to be using it in an attempt to get a high. Shops are [...]
Researchers in Austria have found a daily dose of fish oil may greatly reduce the risk of schizophrenia in young people, with studies suggesting people who take fish oil on a regular basis may decrease the likelihood of developing psychosis by as much as seven times. In the study, 81 participants were either given a [...]
The students of Mullumbimby High School in northern New South Wales walked out of class on Monday, protesting the "constant bullying" and "lack of supervision" at the school, following a brawl that resulted in the death of a student. Last Friday a lunch time fight caused a student to be sent to hospital suffering serious [...]
