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Mental Health & Wellbeing of Young People 2011. For Education, Health and Welfare Professionals. PERTH ALL SPEAKERS WILL DELIVER THEIR PRESENTATIONS LIVE AND IN PERSON AT THE VENUE! Australia’s leading experts will be in Perth to present to you in person, authoritative and up-to-date information on current issues surrounding young people today! Please advise your [...]
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 [...]
Designer Sophie Morin has defended her range of ‘loungerie’ for 4 10 12 year old girls, saying “All I wanted to do was offer underwear that is soft and pleasant to wear... that is suited [to] their age, and that wasn’t an extension of women’s labels, which are often vulgar.” However in the market place [...]
The growing use of social media by young people has redefined how teenagers interact with each other and their community. For most teenagers it is a way of keeping in touch with friends, but for some it is a powerful tool capable of inflicting great pain and anguish. Social media networking sites such as Facebook, [...]
A new study Recurrence Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium Study has found that younger siblings of children with Autism face a greater risk of also suffering from the disorder. The study followed a group of infants until they reached 36 months whose older siblings suffered from autism spectrum disorders (ASD). [...]
A recent study Spiritual Beliefs Associated with Better Drinking Outcomes by Steven Dubovsky, MD has found that people who have a religious or spiritual aspect to their lives are more able to have a balanced approach to potentially addictive substances such as alcohol and drugs. The study found that “Changes in beliefs over 6 months [...]
30,000 Australian children were proven to have been abused or neglected in 2009*. This year National Child Protection Week falls between September 4 and 10 2011. This year's theme is Play Your Part to keep children safe. National Child Protection Week is a national campaign held annually throughout Australia to raise awareness of child abuse [...]
Leading experts including the AER Foundation are urging the Federal Government to make new alcohol health warning labels mandatory to help reduce the harms caused by alcohol. They want to get the message out there that drinking any alcohol can harm unborn babies, damage young developing brains and increase the risk of cancer. The Australia and New [...]
The Highfields Rugby League Club in Queensland has come under fire for running a fundraising evening with the theme of "Porn and Prawn". The event, held at Cabarlah Community Hall, included strippers, prostitutes and alcohol. The Queensland Rugby League is furious that the event was allowed to happen and have asked the club to explain [...]
Net Savvy: Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) The Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) is a national non-profit organisation of more than 1,500 members (organisations and individuals), working to create better futures for Australia's children and young people. ARACY pioneers preventive action to improve the health and wellbeing of children [...]
