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This study aimed to (1) examine the strength of the association between mental disorders/mental health problems, risk behaviours and tobacco smoking among Australian adolescents, (2) compare rates of tobacco smoking among Australian adolescents with major depressive disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and/or conduct disorder in 2013/14 vs 1998, and (3) identify the extent to which an association between tobacco smoking and mental health problems among adolescents can be attributed to non-mental health risk factors.
There is a global trend towards place-based initiatives (PBIs) to break the cycle of disadvantage and promote positive child development. Co-location is a common element of these initiatives and is intended to deliver more coordinated services for families of young children. This paper examines how co-locating early childhood services (ECS) from health and education in Child and Family Centres (CFCs) has impacted collaboration between services.
This review emphasises the need to gain evidence for the mechanisms linking early racism exposure to adverse health outcomes in later life
This study developed and tested a highly usable, and moderately acceptable, smartphone app to improve the psychosocial health of young people living with CF
Nonverbal IQ is not on the same causal pathway as language impairments
Our findings suggest that immigrants in Australia have emotional or altruistic connections to their home countries
In adolescents, bowel patterns and gastrointestinal symptoms are diverse and show sex differences
This study advances bullying research by extending the role of moral disengagement in bullying episodes beyond pure bullies to victims, both pure victims and bully/victims
This study shows that timing is important for understanding intergenerational transmission of deliberate self-harm risk
To prevent persistent victimization, schools and teachers need to be better equipped to respond effectively when a student first becomes a target of bullying