Adolescent health expert Susan Sawyer talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast, six months on from Australia’s social media ban for under 16-year-olds.
- Professor of Adolescent Health The University of Melbourne; Director, Royal Children's Hospital Centre for Adolescent Health; and Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne
A new study involving 1,195 young people found found clear risks from heavier social media use on young people’s mental health.
The true impact of restricting young people’s access to social media likely won’t be known for years.
How did we get here? And what can be done to turn this trajectory around?
Social rewards, emotions and the chance to experience something new all have a strong bearing on children’s decisions in the moment — possibly more than whether it is right or wrong.
Children as young as ten don’t have access to Medicare if detained. And they’re dying of largely preventable diseases.
A new study investigated whether ‘school connectedness’ prevents the onset of depression and anxiety in 14 to 24 year-olds.
This upcoming 2022 federal election should be the last election to exclude 16 and 17-year-olds
Four out of five experts say we shouldn’t ban mobile phones in classrooms.
Adolescence is supposed to be the healthiest of times in our lives. But open any newspaper and you’re likely to find an article about the health problems of today’s youth. Whether it’s drugs or alcohol-fuelled…
Young people who exercise too much are just as much at risk of poor mental and physical health as those who work out too little. According to the study published today in the Archives of Disease in Childhood…
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