Generation Next Blog

September 2015

Selfie Deaths Outnumber Deaths From Shark Attacks Since 2013

By |2015-09-28T15:47:41+10:00September 27th, 2015|Categories: Society & Culture, Technology|Tags: , , , , , |

Extreme selfie poseur, Kirill Oreshkin (still alive). The Russian government has launched a campaign against such dangerous photographs, which has led to the deaths of others. Photo: Facebook Which of these is more likely to kill you: a shark or a photograph? At least 11 people have died this year while trying to [...]

Queen, Abba and the Beach Boys Best Feel-Good Music Science Says

By |2015-09-28T15:44:24+10:00September 27th, 2015|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing, Society & Culture|Tags: , , , , , , |

A Dutch neuroscientist has come up with a formula to determine what makes a song uplifting and in the process he's identified the ultimate feel-good track of all-time. - Peter Vincent Source: Queen, Abba and the Beach Boys best feel-good music science says

Resilience and Girls

By |2015-09-21T10:08:31+10:00September 19th, 2015|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing, Science & Research|Tags: , , , , , |

www.laurelschool.org Over the past year, Resilient Youth Australia has surveyed 18,156 young Australian females in years 3 to 12 to gain a picture of their resilience. This paper is written to help you think about ways to build upon the strengths of girls and young women as well as addressing their areas of [...]

Mental Health ‘Labels’ Can Do More Harm than Good, Warn Researchers

By |2015-09-21T12:31:06+10:00September 19th, 2015|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing|Tags: , , , , , |

loisirs.lemessager.fr, Shutterstock Diagnosing patients with medical labels to describe mental health conditions or severe mental health illnesses such as 'personality disorder' or 'schizophrenia', can have negative impacts on professionals working with them and could lead to less effective treatments being delivered, according to leading clinical psychologists based at our University. According to the [...]

Storytelling for the Elephant in the Room

By |2015-09-21T10:15:08+10:00September 19th, 2015|Categories: Society & Culture|Tags: , , , , , |

123RF.com, Stockphoto Stories are everywhere. They draw people together and hold an enormous capacity to evoke connection and create change. It is how humans interact and has been our main source of passing on knowledge for more than 27,000 years. We are wired to think in narrative and make decisions based on cause [...]

Debunking the Ice Epidemic

By |2020-10-30T17:11:53+11:00September 11th, 2015|Categories: Drugs & Alcohol, Mental Health & Wellbeing|Tags: , , , , , , |

The ice epidemic! New stories, new perspectives every day in the news. But what is really happening? Are we facing an ice epidemic? I want to begin by highlighting the truths and myths of ice use in Australia. Let’s start with the latest research. According to the 2013 National Drug Strategy Household Survey, 2.1% of [...]

Media Violence – Busting the Myths!

By |2015-09-14T23:17:13+10:00September 11th, 2015|Categories: Cybersafety, Technology|Tags: , , , , , |

edition.cnn.com, Istockphoto The American Psychological Association has just released a review of the research on the impact of playing violent video games. Contrary to what the mass media, the gaming industry and many gamers would have us believe, the jury is still not out on whether ongoing exposure to violent video games poses [...]

Grunts and Eye Rolls, Finding a Better Way to Communicate

By |2015-09-14T16:09:27+10:00September 11th, 2015|Categories: Science & Research, Society & Culture|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Comstock/Thinkstock Sometimes it can be very frustrating communicating with an adolescent. The old saying "It's not what you say, it's how you say it" is particularly relevant when dealing with adolescents. Not only are they undergoing huge personal physical, social, psychological and emotional change, but communication patterns are also undergoing a transformation. This [...]

The Lancet Criticises PHE E-cig Report for Weak Evidence 

By |2020-10-30T17:12:44+11:00September 11th, 2015|Categories: Drugs & Alcohol|Tags: , , , , , |

A highly publicised study by Public Health England (PHE) that claimed that e-cigarettes are 95 percent less harmful than tobacco has been attacked by medical journal The Lancet for relying on weak evidence. - Daniel Culpan Source: The Lancet criticises PHE e-cig report for weak evidence (Wired UK) Image from Unsplash

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