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The mental health of Australian children and adolescents
Download the Young Minds Matter report and overview, watch video snapshots and access survey results and tables.
The prevalence of mental disorders is the proportion of children & adolescents in the population who meet DSM-IV criteria for a diagnosis of a mental disorder.
Parents and carers reported on the health, school, telephone counselling and online services used by young people, as well as any medication taken.
Parents and carers were asked about the quality of services, need for services and whether their children received the needed service, as well as barriers.
Schools play a major role in supporting young people with emotional and behavioural problems and are often where symptoms are first identified.
Young people provided information on self-harm behaviours of deliberately hurting or injuring yourself without trying to end your life.
Young people aged 11 years and older provided information on their suicidal ideation, suicide plans and suicide attempts.
Although many mothers initiate breastfeeding, supplementation with human-milk substitutes (formula) during the birth hospitalization is common and has been associated with early breastfeeding cessation. Colostrum hand expressed in the last few weeks before birth, known as antenatal colostrum expression (ACE), can be used instead of human-milk substitutes. However, evidence is lacking on the efficacy of ACE on breastfeeding outcomes and in non-diabetic mothers.
Impaired interferon response and allergic sensitization may contribute to virus-induced wheeze and asthma development in young children. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells play a key role in antiviral immunity as critical producers of type I interferons.