A social enterprise providing education and information to protect and enhance the mental health of young people
As the end of the year gets closer, many students are completing assignments and preparing for the exam period. beyondblue has a few tips on taking care of yourself during this stressful time. How can I manage my time more effectively? It can be helpful to create a timetable so you can balance study and [...]
Cyber Safety expert Susan McLean describes cyber-bulllying in the following terms: "cyber-bullying can be described as any harassment, insults and humiliation that occurs through the electronic mediums such as email, mobile phones, social networking sites, instant messaging programs, chat rooms, web sites and through the playing of online games." What you can do to help [...]
ThinkUKnow ThinkUKnow is a website dedicated to protecting kids online. It shows you how to help kids stay safe and in control when using various forms of new media. It gives teachers, parents and carers the tools they need to keep children safe while still letting them enjoy using emerging technologies. The site has free [...]
Go into any young person’s bedroom now-a-days and you will find an assortment of electronic media scattered around the room. Many of these devises will be in operation simultaneously; the computer is on, the internet is connected, the iPod is playing, messages are being sent and received via the mobile phone and the TV is [...]
25% of young people aged 16-24 experience mental health problems 75% of young people hospitalised in 2007-2008 was due to mental and behavioural disorders 30,706 young people were prescribed antidepressants in 2008* The growing pressures associated with teenage years is increasing and taking its toll on the young people of today; life is complicated and [...]
headspace is supporting this series of national seminars relating to the health and wellbeing of young people. The next Mental Health and Wellbeing of Young People 2010 Seminar will be held in Sydney on Friday September 10, 2010 WHAT: Topics this year include major and current issues Cyber-bullying Drugs and Alcohol Body Image & Eating [...]
Despite the fact that there has been much research into the addictive and destructive nature of gambling, there has been a landmark victory for Melbourne pub the Pink Hill Hotel. They have been given the go ahead to build a children’s play area which will give children full view of the pokies and their parents [...]
In Australia, anxiety disorders are common. One in 25 teenagers (13-17 years old) experiences anxiety disorders in any given year. Anxiety is not the same as depression, although the two conditions share many causes and some symptoms often occur together. There are six main types of anxiety disorders, including Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. What is Obsessive [...]
420 million Internet porn pages 4.2 million Porn websites 68 million daily porn search engine requests Playboy used to be synonymous with all that was porn. Scantily clad women with “come hither” looks. Even Cosmopolitan was considered “risqué” with its sealed sections. According to Gail Dines, the porn around today has very little to do with [...]
We read the story – about an 11 year old girl in the US, Jessi Slaughter, who received a tirade of threats after posting a video of herself on YouTube. We saw the pictures - the freeze frame of what looked like a traumatised child in her bedroom in floods of tears. On the [...]
