A social enterprise providing education and information to protect and enhance the mental health of young people
The world of children’s pageants have put a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘let’s play children’s dress ups”. It seems that some mother’s think their little girls would rather be dressed up with fake boobs or as prostitutes rather than Snow White, an angel or a fairy. In the US recently a mother entered [...]
Listen to a recent ABC Radio interview with Dr Ramesh Manocha where he talks about how meditation can be a stress buster. Meditation takes the stress out of work. Fulltime workers who used a traditional ‘silent’ form of meditation became much less stressed and depressed compared to more conventional approaches to relaxation or even placebo, according to [...]
18% of world’s population are between 10 and 19 years old* The targets set by the UN Millennium Development Goals in 2000 focused on young children; however UNICEF’s annual State of the World’s Children report highlights the more pressing need that is currently being experienced by adolescents worldwide. This comes as new figures show that [...]
Where: The Events Centre, 20 Minchinton Street, Caloundra, QLD Phone: 07 5491 4240 When: Thursday July 21 & Friday July 22 For details about this seminar go to Out of the Shed. Keynote speakers include: Steve Biddulph - author The Road to Manhood Professor Patrick McGorry - AO Orygen Youth Health and 2010 Australian of [...]
18% of US teen are obese* A recent study carried out in the US, Video game playing increases food intake in adolescents: a randomized crossover study, has found that trends in video game playing parallel obesity rates on a population basis. In the first such study of this kind, Canadian and Danish researchers tested their [...]
Psych4schools This website has been created by psychologist Murray Evely (Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Stream Leader) and educational psychologist Zoe Ganim. Psych4Schools provides practical online resources to help teachers, leadership teams and other professionals work more effectively with children, parents and colleagues. All Psych4Schools resources and services are designed to assist [...]
26% of young people in Australia experience mental health issues, including depression each year. Dr Thomas Insel, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health in Washington DC, recently told the National Health and Medical Research Council in Canberra that Australia was ten years ahead of America in mental health reform, particularly in early intervention [...]
Youth Excel Youth Excel was founded in 2000. Now in its tenth year of operation, this charity delivers highly effective small group programs and mentoring to teenagers in Brisbane to over 120 young people per year. Youth Excel is passionate about seeing young people make a successful transition into adulthood. To this end they offer [...]
A recent study published in The Lancet, Global burden of disease in young people aged 10—24 years: a systematic analysis, looked at the burden of disease, injury and death in young people worldwide. Although young people make up 27% of the world’s population not much is known about their contribution to the global burden of [...]
Facts and figures showing the influence marketing campaigns have on young American drinkers highlight the alarming lengths that the alcohol industry will go to in order to capture the teen market. The drinking habits of young people in Australia are very similar to their counter parts in the USA. These facts reflect a growing trend [...]
