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New research out of St. Michael’s Hospital has found that multiple factors independently predict what makes youth more likely to make repeat suicide-related behaviour. The study, led by Dr. Anne Rhodes, a research scientist at the hospital’s Suicide Studies Research ... Read More »
To help children who are experiencing emotional and behavioural problems following recent fires, floods and storms, beyondblue is providing a free copy of A Road Less Travelled: A Guide to Children, Emotions and Disasters to health professionals, teachers and community ... Read More »
The more physical health problems women experience during early pregnancy, the more likely they are to suffer from depression, a study by Murdoch Childrens Research Institute has revealed. The study, which involved over 1500 pregnant women, found women who reported ... Read More »
Women who experienced physical, emotional, or sexual abuse as children are more likely to have a child with autism than women who were not abused, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Those who experienced ... Read More »
Both daughters and sons from divorced families are significantly more likely to initiate smoking in comparison to their peers from intact families, shows a new analysis of 19,000 Americans. This University of Toronto study, published online this month in the ... Read More »
Secondary school students who adhered to an in-class mindfulness programme exhibited decreased symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress both immediately after and six months after the programme. Moreover, young people who followed the programme were less likely to develop pronounced ... Read More »
Teens who were depressed as children are far more likely than their peers to be obese, smoke cigarettes and lead sedentary lives, even if they no longer suffer from depression. Teens who were depressed as children were more likely to ... Read More »
The first large, population-based study to follow children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) into adulthood shows that ADHD often doesn’t “go away,” and that children with ADHD are more likely to have other psychiatric disorders as adults. Although numbers were ... Read More »
Giving back through volunteering is good for your heart, even at a young age, according to University of British Columbia researchers. For their study, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, researchers from UBC’s Faculty of Education and Department of Psychology ... Read More »
Victims of bullying during childhood were at increased risk of anxiety disorders in adulthood, and those who were both victims and perpetrators were at increased risk of adult depression and panic disorder, according to a study published by JAMA Psychiatry, ... Read More »
