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Research Fellow in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, The University of Melbourne

Disadvantaged neighbourhoods can be a source of stress for young people. Dielok/Flickr

June 22, 2017

Growing up in disadvantaged areas may affect teens’ brains, but good parenting can help

Sarah Whittle, The University of Melbourne; Julian G. Simmons, The University of Melbourne, and Nick Allen, University of Oregon

New research has found growing up in a disadvantaged neighbourhood can have negative effects on children’s brain development.

Repeated trauma in childhood appears to change children’s enduring hormonal function and their subsequent brain development. sakhorn/Shutterstock

November 29, 2015

Here’s another reason kids don’t belong in detention: trauma changes growing brains

Julian G. Simmons, The University of Melbourne; Meg Dennison, University of Washington, and Nick Haslam, The University of Melbourne

A bill that would release the 112 children currently in immigration detention in Australia will soon go before the House of Representatives. So what should MPs consider when casting their votes?

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