For Kids With ADHD, Sleep Disturbances May Interfere With Emotional Memories
Kelly Knox / Getty Images/Flickr RF Kids and adolescents with ADHD often struggle to keep their emotions in check. ADHD has also been linked to sleep disorders, which is one of the reasons a team of German researchers sought to determine how sleep influences the consolidation and processing of emotional memories. Brain imaging studies have shown that ADHD [...]
Involving young people in shaping research, practice and policy
Many thanks to Associate Professor Jane Burns, CEO, Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre for the following reminder as to why it is essential to engage young people in planning services for youth mental health. Associate Professor Burns writes: I am one of those people from a generation to know a world without computers, to make [...]
More Kids Accidentally Ingesting Marijuana Following New Drug Policies
Getty Images / Getty Images Thanks to more relaxed laws for medical marijuana users, and with the first states legalizing recreational pot, junior may be more likely to ingest marijuana in dangerously high doses. At least 18 states allow medical marijuana, and the likelihood that more kids will encounter it at home only increases with [...]
Schools ‘should be ranked on bullying’
The level of bullying should be ranked right beside numeracy and literacy on the MySchool website, to force schools to address the issue, says a child psychiatrist. Source: Supplied TEENAGE bullies do major mental damage to their victims, says a psychiatrist who wants schools to be ranked on their bullying statistics alongside numeracy and literacy. [...]
If Drinking Starts at Puberty, It’s More Likely to Lead to Alcohol Problems
Getty Images Taking your first drink in your early teens may put you at greater risk of developing alcohol problems later on, according to new research. The study adds to work suggesting that early start to substance use may be particularly dangerous — not only because those who are at high risk of becoming dependent [...]
Mental Health Gets Final Reform Funding
National youth mental health foundation, Headspace will deliver a new youth treatment service as the final element of the Federal Government’s national mental health reform plan. Minister for Mental Health Mark Butler said the $247 million in Federal Government funding would allow Headspace to broaden its service to deliver nine early psychosis youth services across [...]
Students stay silent about mental health problems, survey shows
Mental health charities fear students are suffering in silence. Photograph: Peter Lawson/Eastnews Press Agency Universities should do more to encourage students with mental health problems to seek help, a leading charity has warned. More than a quarter (26%) of students who say they experience mental health problems do not get treatment and only one in [...]
Experts call for youth forensic mental health unit
A secure forensic mental health facility for young Victorians is urgently needed to adequately treat the state’s most psychologically troubled offenders, juvenile justice workers say. Following multiple recent examples of self-harm by several young people in custody, the mental health professionals looking after detainees say something needs to be done, now. ”The seriously unwell [...]
Youth Reach Out for Mental Health Help Online
Young people in distress are more likely to look for mental health help online rather than seek help from a professional, a study has found. A national survey conducted by youth mental health organisation Inspire Foundation, questioned more than 3000 people under 25 years of age. It found 75 per cent of participants were experiencing [...]
One in five U.S. kids has a mental health disorder, CDC reports
Released Thursday, the report represents the government’s first comprehensive look at mental disorders in children. It focuses on diagnoses in six areas: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), behavioral or conduct disorders, mood and anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorders, substance abuse, and Tourette syndrome. The most common mental disorder among children aged 3 through 17 is ADHD. Nearly [...]
