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Puberty suppression in transgender children and adolescents

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

A randomized controlled evaluation of a secondary school mindfulness program for early adolescents: Do we have the recipe right yet?

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

Adolescent and young adult medicine in Australia and New Zealand: towards specialist accreditation

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

Opportunistic adolescent health assessment in the child protection unit

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

Trends in alcohol-related injury admissions in adolescents in Western Australia and England: Population-based cohort study

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

Risk perception and risk-taking behaviour during adolescence: The influence of personality and gender

This study investigated the influence of personality characteristics and gender on adolescents' perception of risk and their risk-taking behaviour.

Gender, Culture and Intervention: Exploring Differences between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Children's Responses to an Early Intervention Programme

Evaluation of a group parenting programme in the Northern Territory of Australia showed significant differences in benefits for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal...

Adolescent peer aggression and its association with mental health and substance use in an Australian cohort

Prospective longitudinal birth cohort data was used to examine the association between peer aggression at 14yrs and mental health and substance use at 17yrs...

Back pain beliefs are related to the impact of low back pain in 17-year-olds

Disability in adults with low back pain (LBP) is associated with negative back pain beliefs (BPBs).

To Feel Belonged: The Voices of Children and Youth with Disabilities on the Meaning of Wellbeing

The aim of this paper was to describe the meaning of wellbeing for children and youth with disabilities from their perspective.