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Two leading The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers will use more than $1.1 million in National Health and Medical Research Council funding to improve outcomes for some of the world’s most vulnerable children and young people.

This paper reports on a five-year project to measure student wellbeing across an education system using the Middle Years Development Instrument

This paper documents that children in rural Indonesia participate in a great variety of early childhood education pathways

The implementation of the Pacific early age readiness and learning program has generated significant data, evidence, operational experience, and knowledge

A cross-agency response to supporting educational attainment for all children reported to child protection services is required

These challenges in measuring early childhood development are exacerbated when making comparisons across cultures

This study examined associations among preschool attendance, home learning activities, stunting status, and early child development using data from the validation study of the East Asia–Pacific Early Child Development Scales (EAP-ECDS).

Serotonin (5-HT) is widely implicated as a key neurotransmitter relevant to a range of psychiatric disorders and psychological processes. The role of central nervous 5-HT function underlying these processes can be examined through serotonergic challenge methodologies.

Wellbeing and mental health are fundamental rights of children and adolescents essential for sustainable development. Understanding the epidemiology of child and adolescent wellbeing is essential to informing population health approaches to improving wellbeing and preventing mental illness.

There has been concerns about the increasing incidence of youth depression and anxiety, with school teachers seeking out ways to better equip youth with skills to help them deal with daily life. A resilience training programme for youth was implemented in one region of New Zealand.