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Epidemiological studies indicate that children of parents with mental health problems are at an increased risk of developing anxiety disorders. Few studies have investigated this relationship in young adults. Participants were from the Raine Study, which is a multi-generational birth cohort study in Australia. Maternal anxiety and depression in late childhood were assessed using the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-42), and paternal lifetime mental health problems were assessed using a self-reported questionnaire.

There are limited studies on the risk of depressive symptoms in adolescent offspring exposed to parental mental health problems in middle childhood. We investigated the association between parental mental health problems, particularly paternal emotional problems and maternal symptoms of anxiety and depression, and the risk of depressive symptoms in adolescent offspring aged 17.

The Parents, Young People and Alcohol campaign achieved high awareness and positively influenced parental outcomes

Liquor store availability in early adolescence may be a risk factor for alcohol intake in early and middle, but not late, adolescence

Self-reported experiences of adolescents in population-based samples when completing health-related surveys on topics with varying potential for evoking distres

We review the available empirical evidence on the cognitive, physical, and surgical implications of puberty suppression in gender-incongruent children and adolescents

Further research is required to identify the optimal age, content and length of mindfulness programs for adolescents in universal prevention settings.

The RACP is advancing a three-tier strategy to build greater specialist capacity and sustain leadership in adolescent and young adult medicine

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

More needs to be done to address alcohol-related harm, and on-going monitoring is required to assess the effectiveness of strategies.