Generation Next will focus on providing essential and up to date information for parents , teachers and carers about problems relating to drugs and alcohol, cybersafety, mental health and related issues that affect young people and on constructive solutions to these problems.
Presenters for the series include: Dr Michael Carr-Gregg, adolescent psychologist and media columnist, on ‘Youth mental health-what you need to know’; Julie Gale, founder of the Kids Free 2 B Kids advocacy group and comedy writer/performer, on ‘Sexualisation of children in the media’; and Paul Dillon, from Drug and Alcohol Research and Training Australia, on ‘Teenagers, alcohol and drugs’. Dr Sally Cockburn, media health commentator on ‘understanding sexuality of young people-How to have that conversation’, and Susan Mclean, Cybersafety expert
Generation Next is being conducted by Healthed, a Sydney-based provider of medical education conferences, and is supported by Headspace, the national youth mental health foundation and Beyondblue, the national, independent not-for-profit organisation working to address issues associated with depression, anxiety disorders and substance abuse in Australia.
Dr Ramesh Manocha, Founder, Gen Next.
i heard dr ramesh m on radio 2ue am today and just read stuff on alcohol and children i hope this will help me as i write a report for my uni study due this week because I believe that campaigning against binge drinking by teens is not enough I believe there is a reason for them doing it something that govts and their parents are not addressing (what is going on in their private lives and hearts that causes pain and escape into heavy drinking.