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Parenting adolescents: Developing Strategies for FIFO parents

This study was to explore the parenting patterns of families exposed to the fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) work pattern in raising adolescent children...

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Bridging the gap of school change: Pre-service teachers’ knowledge and understanding of cyberbullying

The beliefs, attitudes and understandings of pre-service teachers towards bullying and more recently, cyberbullying remains unclear.

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The use of psychotropic medications in autistic individuals (21 years and younger) in Western Australia: A preliminary investigation

Prescriptions and use of medications to treat mental health conditions in young autistic populations are inconsistent worldwide. This makes it hard to compare findings from international studies to the Australian autistic population, where there are limited relevant studies. Apart from risperidone, there are no other medications specified for direct use in autistic persons. This study aims to gain initial broad understanding of the use of medications, commonly prescribed for mental health conditions, specifically by autistics under the age of 21 years.

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Parent of a year 7 student? NOW is the best time to talk to your child about drinking alcohol

Senior Research Officer from The Kids Research Institute Australia’s Human Development and Community Wellbeing team, Robyn Johnston, says now is actually a good time to start talking to them about alcohol - before they transition to the teenage years.

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The Kids welcomes new WA youth health policy

The Kids welcomes the launch of WA’s first policy on youth health which will give young people a voice in the planning of health services that affect them.

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Low intake of B-vitamins is associated with poor adolescent mental health and behaviour

The current prevalence of mental health problems in Western populations is approximately 20% and half of all adult mental health disorders are estimated to...

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Psychosocial moderators of associations between life events and changes in physical activity after leaving high school

This study examines the associations between life events & changes in leisure-time physical activity after leaving high school in young people from rural...

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Social environmental risk factors for transition to psychosis in an Ultra-High Risk population.

Despite social environmental factors such as deprivation, urbanicity, migration and adversity being established risk factors for psychotic disorders...

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Opportunistic adolescent health assessment in the child protection unit

Adolescents attending a hospital-based CPU report high rates of health-risk behaviours

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Affirming schools, population-level data, and holistic public health are key to addressing mental ill-health and substance use disparities among gender and sexuality diverse young people

Yael Perry BPsych (Hons) MPsych (Clin) PhD Head, Youth Mental Health 08 6319 1298 yael.perry@thekids.org.au Head, Youth Mental Health @yaelperry she/