Adolescent Health

Health & Medicine

Teen brains are wired to take risks, but that can be a good thing

Brain imaging is helping us understand why some teenage risk-taking may be beneficial during this important stage of human development

Health & Medicine

Good sleep is key to pre-teen mental health

Improving sleep could be one way to help protect and support a young adolescent’s mental health and wellbeing – with long-lasting benefits

Health & Medicine

Do new doctors get enough child health experience?

During training doctors see a lot of emergency presentations prior to entering General Practice, but evidence suggests they aren’t as confident in treating child mental health and behavioural problems

Education

Managing your family’s cabin fever

Families self-isolating together can bring the worst out in each other. Here’s how to avoid becoming a shark, turtle or fox, and instead, channeling your penguin, teddy-bear or owl

Health & Medicine

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Podcast

What will it be like for teenagers of the future?

Psychologist and author Dr Katherine Canobi explores how teenagers respond to technology at a time when social media can help them disguise, or even escape from, reality

Health & Medicine

Global health efforts need to catch up with young people

Adolescents around the world have been overlooked by the global health agenda, but for the first time we now have the data to make a difference

Health & Medicine

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Under the Microscope

Re-thinking our definition of adolescence

Adolescence has changed significantly in the last century. Professor Susan Sawyer is working to improve our understanding of the contemporary complexities of this age group

Health & Medicine

Rethinking how we see anorexia

Teenagers with anorexia nervosa, the most serious of all eating disorders, don’t have to be ‘skinny’ - it’s possible to be diagnosed at any weight

Health & Medicine

Why are young girls asking for vaginal cosmetic surgery?

A pilot study has found girls as young as 11 are seeking cosmetic surgery for their genitals. What’s going on?