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It's normal for children and teenagers to experience a range of emotions, including sadness, however childhood depression is more than just feeling sad.
This 2nd edition is intended for staff and students and all health practitioners working in areas that support Indigenous mental health and wellbeing.
Autistic children experience significantly higher rates of anxiety compared to nonautistic children. The precise relations between autism characteristics and anxiety symptoms remain unclear in this population. Previous work has explored associations at the domain level, which involve examining broad categories or clusters of symptoms, rather than the relationships between specific symptoms and/or individual characteristics. We addressed this gap by taking a network approach to understand the shared structure of autism characteristics and anxiety symptoms.
Embrace – a new research collaboration based at The Kids – will bring a new focus to understanding and improving the mental health of children and young people.
While depression and anxiety can have similar signs and symptoms, they also have some distinct features.
Researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia have found daughters born to older mothers have higher rates of some mental health problems.
Research by The Kids Research Institute Australia shows a link between low vitamin D during pregnancy and post-natal depression.
The gap between life expectancy in patients with a mental illness and the general population has widened and reduction should focus on improving physical health
A unique Australian study has found that the prevalence of mental health disorders in parents of infants rose dramatically between 1990 and 2005.
The second national survey to look at the mental health and wellbeing of Australian children and adolescents is underway, with data collectors out and about.