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Richard Eckersley This is a great website for resources on young people and the ever changing world we live in. It has some very useful information for both teachers and parents, especially in the area of society and culture. About Richard Eckersley Richard is an independent researcher and writer on progress, sustainability, culture, health and [...]
The Australian Council on Children (ACCM) and the Media and the Children and Families Research Centre, Macquarie University are holding a one day seminar on Tuesday 1 March 2011 at: NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre 37 Reservoir Street Surry Hills, NSW 2010 Chaired by Professor Alan Hayes Director of the Australian Institute of Family [...]
Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP) The Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP) is run out of the Faculty of Medicine, University of NSW in Sydney. The aim of DPMP is to create valuable new drug policy insights, ideas and interventions that will allow Australia to successfully respond to illicit drug use. The unit itself conducts multiple [...]
The message is loud and clear; the safest option for pregnant women is not to drink. This is the finding of leading Australian health experts, despite earlier research suggesting that moderate drinking may not cause harm to a foetus. The following organisations have joined together to make sure this message is heard by the greater community: The [...]
A study Time or Money: the impact of parental employment on time that four to five-year-olds spend in language-building activities, published in the Australian Journal of Labour Economics looks at how a father’s working hours impacts on family life and how this effects the time spent talking, reading and singing to children. The study noted [...]
A new Australian study 'Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders in a Cohort of Sexually Abused Children' published in the Archives of General Psychiatry has found that children who are subjected to sexual abuse are more than twice as likely to suffer from schizophrenia later in life. Professor Louise Newman, director of Monash University’s Centre for Developmental Psychiatry [...]
75% of adult Australians adversely affected by someone else’s drinking. A recent study published online by The Medical Journal of Australia has shown that the consumption of alcohol is on the rise and linked to alcohol related health harms (eg, liver cirrhosis, accidents and suicide) and social harms (eg, arrests for assault and public disorder). [...]
The Addiction website is supported by the Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and other Drugs, which was originally established in 1884. It is a great resource for the latest information about all sorts of addictions as it includes international studies and research papers. Addiction's scope spans human clinical, epidemiological, experimental, policy and historical [...]
1.1% have self-injured recently, of these 40.6% cut themselves 39.8% inflicted scratching injuries on themselves* A national survey published online in The Medical Journal of Australia has found that self-harming is more prevalent in Australia than previously thought. The survey, carried out by researchers at the University of Queensland, questioned over 12,000 people, male and female aged [...]
A UK study has found that consuming alcohol is more destructive than taking drugs in the long term for both drinkers and society as a whole. The study was paid for by Britain's Centre for Crime and Justice Studies and recently published online in the medical journal The Lancet. Experts in the UK studied the effects [...]
