Mental Health among Youth in South Australia: A Survey of Flourishing, Languishing, Struggling, and Floundering. Australian Psychologist. 2013;48(4):299-310.Venning A, Wilson A, Kettler L, Eliott J. Mental health among youth in South Australia: A survey of flourishing, languishing, struggling,...
A survey published by the Headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation recently showed that 62 percent of respondents believe that the mental health of young Australians is getting worse. More than one third of respondents identified social media as a factor in the mental health of young Austra...
Western Sydney University researchers, youth mental health charity batyr, and clinical researcher Dr. Erin Dolan have released a new report that examines the help young people are providing each other, to better understand the care young people need when facing mental health challenges. Ad The find...
McGorry was named Australian of the Year in 2010 for his work establishing headspace, Australia's National Youth Mental Health Foundation. "There's a paradox - (young people) have never been physically healthier but their mental health has never been worse," he told News Corp Australia in Ade...
Suicide Prevention Plan, which offers practical steps to integrate Lived Experience principles into mental health services nationwide. Through her roles at RMIT University, Yale University, and her strategic consulting and training, Dr. Byrne influences mental health systems in Australia and internationally...
The majority of young Australians who died by suicide between 2006 and 2015 had either a diagnosed or a likely mental health disorder, yet more than two-thirds were not in contact with mental health services at the time of their deaths, an analysis of co
Both sites are operated by the Brain and Mind Research Institute in Sydney, Australia, as part of headspace: the National Youth Mental Health Foundation mental health care service. Results:Of 1260young people assessed, 53% were male, and the mean (SD) age was 18.1(3.9) years. Over 40% ...
Youth Self-Report and health-related quality of life (HrQoL) using the KIDSCREEN questionnaire. Sociodemographic variables, life events, and chronic illness specific parameters were considered as associated variables with mental health problems in individuals with CPHC. Of 3469 adolescents, 9.4% of ...
Track 1: Mental Health and Wellbeing Emotionalwellnessis not recently the nonattendance of mental issue. It is characterized as a condition of prosperity in which each individual understands his or her own potential, can adapt to the typical worries of life, can work gainfully and productively, ...
Most mental disorders have a typical onset between 12 and 25 years of age, highlighting the importance of this period for the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of mental ill-health. This perspective addresses interactions between risk and protective