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It’s not only teenage girls, and it’s rarely attention-seeking: debunking the myths around self-injury
It’s not only teenage girls, and it’s rarely attention-seeking: debunking the myths around self-injury

self-harm, Uncategorized

It’s not only teenage girls, and it’s rarely attention-seeking: debunking the myths around self-injury

Non-suicidal self-injury is the deliberate damage of body tissue without conscious suicidal intent. It’s more specific than self-harm, a broader term that can also include suicide attempts. Self-injury is reasonably common, particularly among young people. In community samples, 17% of adolescents and 13% of young adults had engaged in self-injury. Self-injury is associated with underlying [...]

By Generation Next|2021-03-03T16:28:47+11:00September 30th, 2019|Categories: self-harm, Uncategorized|Tags: attention-seeking, mythbusting, non suicidal self injury, understanding|0 Comments

Depression: it’s a word we use a lot, but what exactly is it?
Depression: it’s a word we use a lot, but what exactly is it?

Depression, Uncategorized

Depression: it’s a word we use a lot, but what exactly is it?

Depression is a serious disorder marked by disturbances in mood, cognition, physiology and social functioning. People can experience deep sadness and feelings of hopelessness, sorrow, emptiness and despair. These core features of depression have expanded to include an inability to experience pleasure, sluggish movements, changes in sleep and eating behaviour, difficulty concentrating and suicidal thoughts. [...]

By Generation Next|2021-03-03T16:30:13+11:00September 30th, 2019|Categories: Depression, Uncategorized|Tags: clinical phenomena, diagnostic criteria, disorder heterogeneity, mental illness classification|0 Comments

The rise of ‘eco-anxiety’: climate change affects our mental health, too
The rise of ‘eco-anxiety’: climate change affects our mental health, too

Anxiety

The rise of ‘eco-anxiety’: climate change affects our mental health, too

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) recently declared climate change a health emergency, reflecting similar positions taken by a growing list of peak medical bodies around the world. The AMA’s statement highlights the significant impacts climate change is having on physical health, including an increase in climate-related deaths. The World Health Organisation regards climate change as [...]

By Generation Next|2021-03-03T16:29:41+11:00September 30th, 2019|Categories: Anxiety|Tags: climate change, extreme weather, health emergency, trauma|0 Comments

Ignoring young people’s climate change fears is a recipe for anxiety
Ignoring young people’s climate change fears is a recipe for anxiety

Anxiety

Ignoring young people’s climate change fears is a recipe for anxiety

This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. Thousands of school students across Australia are expected to join in the global protest today calling for action on climate change. This isn’t the first time students in Australia have rallied [...]

By Generation Next|2021-03-03T17:19:09+11:00September 23rd, 2019|Categories: Anxiety|Tags: climate change, existential threat, protest, school strikes|0 Comments

Anxiety and depression: why doctors are prescribing gardening rather than drugs
Anxiety and depression: why doctors are prescribing gardening rather than drugs

Anxiety, Depression, Mental Illness

Anxiety and depression: why doctors are prescribing gardening rather than drugs

Spending time in outdoors, taking time out of the everyday to surround yourself with greenery and living things can be one of life’s great joys – and recent research also suggest it’s good for your body and your brain. Scientists have found that spending two hours a week in nature is linked to better health [...]

By Generation Next|2022-11-22T17:42:38+11:00September 9th, 2019|Categories: Anxiety, Depression, Mental Illness|0 Comments

Fitness trackers and eating disorders – is there a link?
Fitness trackers and eating disorders – is there a link?

Eating Disorders, Technology

Fitness trackers and eating disorders – is there a link?

Fitness and health tracking devices are becoming increasingly popular and a huge variety of wearable tech and apps now exist. Indeed, many smartphones and smart watches now come primed and ready to track our activity, sleep and nutrition. Research has for a long time highlighted how monitoring behaviours can help to lead to positive changes [...]

By Generation Next|2021-03-04T15:30:28+11:00August 26th, 2019|Categories: Eating Disorders, Technology|Tags: calorie counting, excessive exercising, fitness tracking, obsessive dieting, wearable technology|0 Comments

We don’t know how many Australians have eating disorders, and that’s a worry
We don’t know how many Australians have eating disorders, and that’s a worry

Eating Disorders

We don’t know how many Australians have eating disorders, and that’s a worry

Last week, federal health minister Greg Hunt announced that more than 60,000 Australians will be asked about their mental health and well-being as part of the Intergenerational Health and Mental Health Study. The mental health survey will be run in 2020, with new data on how common mental illness is due the year after. This [...]

By Generation Next|2021-03-04T15:30:06+11:00August 19th, 2019|Categories: Eating Disorders|Tags: burden of disease, disordered eating, high mortality, mental health survey|0 Comments

Can experts determine who might be a mass killer? 3 questions answered
Can experts determine who might be a mass killer? 3 questions answered

Extremism, Gun Violence, Mental Illness

Can experts determine who might be a mass killer? 3 questions answered

Editor’s Note: After mass shootings, people naturally search for answers. We also want to find the root cause. One subject that often arises is mental illness. People, and politicians, raise questions about “red flags,” or warning signs a person might commit a violent act, and whether someone could have intervened to stop a mass murderer. [...]

By Generation Next|2021-03-03T17:15:23+11:00August 12th, 2019|Categories: Extremism, Gun Violence, Mental Illness|Tags: abuse, predictors of violence, psychopathy, violent extremism|0 Comments

When talking is daunting: tips from a psychologist
When talking is daunting: tips from a psychologist

Mental Illness

When talking is daunting: tips from a psychologist

As a clinical psychologist formerly working in psychiatric crisis teams, Andrew Fuller has had more than his share of conversations with troubled young people. Nevertheless, he’s aware that most of these conversations don’t start with a mental health professional. So regardless of how ill-equipped you feel to have these conversations, when a young person comes [...]

By Generation Next|2021-03-03T16:45:42+11:00August 5th, 2019|Categories: Mental Illness|Tags: difficult conversations, mental health support, relationships, trust|0 Comments

Mental health royal commission hears suicidal young woman was ‘greeted with silence’
Mental health royal commission hears suicidal young woman was ‘greeted with silence’

Mental Illness, Suicide

Mental health royal commission hears suicidal young woman was ‘greeted with silence’

Amelia Morris, a young woman who grew up in country Victoria, has recently told the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System about the lack of services and care she experienced when struggling with mental illness as a teenager. When she first began to experience suicidal thoughts and feelings at age sixteen, she sought help [...]

By Generation Next|2021-03-03T16:44:24+11:00July 8th, 2019|Categories: Mental Illness, Suicide|Tags: adolescent mental health, mental health care, residential mental health services, suicide prevention|0 Comments