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Young adults can take basic but powerful steps to address risk factors that set the stage for heart disease.
A suicide attempt doesn’t always involve prior planning or thinking. But there are warnings signs.
Disordered eating doesn’t always lead to an eating disorder. But these behaviours – especially dieting – can be the first sign.
Many parents think that drinking at home is a safe way to teach teenagers about alcohol, but research suggests this is not true.
Young people are waiting more than three months for mental health care, and are struggling to cope while they wait.
Nicotine use during adolescence harms the developing brain. South Africa needs to act to stop this harmful habit.
A series of vaccines offered during high school protect teenagers against certain diseases, and help reduce the spread of these diseases in the community.
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.
Our new study found watching just eight minutes of TikTok content focused on dieting, weight loss and exercise had an immediate negative effect on body image satisfaction for young women.
On average, when looking at change between Year 7 and 10, every one-hour increase in sleep per night was linked to a 9% reduction in psychological distress.
People with diabetes are about twice as likely to become seriously ill with COVID-19 compared with those who don’t have diabetes.
Chances are, your teenager has already seen online porn. How should you respond if you find out they are watching it? What conversations should you be having with young children to prepare them?
How you respond is critical to their health and wellbeing. Here’s what to say to support someone who self-harms.
Fatalities from gun homicides, suicides and accidents are all up for Americans ages 18 and under.
Children as young as ten don’t have access to Medicare if detained. And they’re dying of largely preventable diseases.
Lots of young teens and first-time tampon users are intimidated by tampons. But they’re easy once you get the hang of it.
We analysed the primary care records of more than 9 million young patients across the UK.
The issue of poor sleep needs particular attention in the context of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teenagers who have high rates of poor health, social and emotional well-being and education.
You don’t have to have a mental illness to get the benefits. Here’s how you can use what we’re learning from our research to boost your own mental health.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor, City University of New York
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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
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Research associate, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Adolescent Health Research, The University of Melbourne
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Research assistant, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
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Research Associate, Guttmacher Institute
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Cancer Nursing Research Unit, University of Sydney
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NHMRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Pediatrics & Clinical Psychology, Indiana University
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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CEO Young and Well CRC, The University of Melbourne