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What’s the difference between shyness and social anxiety?
Kayla Steele, UNSW Sydney and Jill Newby, UNSW Sydney What’s the difference? is a new editorial product that explains the similarities and differences between commonly confused health and medical terms, and why they matter. The terms “shyness” and “social anxiety” [...]
Nine Predisposing Factors for Violence in Young People and How to Intervene
Download article as a PDF Two recent releases have prompted this article: The Netflix series Adolescence and the 2025 Reith Lectures from the BBC on Violence. Both are highly recommended. In the Reith Lectures, forensic psychiatrist, Dr. Gwen Ashead, [...]
Engaging boys in learning
Download article as a PDF Teaching and engaging boys is a mix of being an ace motivational coach with being an overly active events manager while being big-hearted while having the stern eye of a store detective. In short, not [...]
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