Students mental health
A Centre for Adolescent Health led project has shown that fostering a positive social-emotional environment in schools can boost students’ mental health.
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School connection and mental health
An CAH led project has shown that fostering a positive social-emotional environment in schools can boost students’ mental health and prevent future depression and anxiety.
Early marriage linked to poor mental health
Early marriage linked to poor mental health in young girls and adolescents.
Event: Dec 6 – young people’s potential to shape food environments
Please join us for a 90-minute hybrid event, ‘Nourishing our future: young people’s potential to shape sustainable food environments’ on Tuesday December 6 at 12:00 pm midday AEDT.
Highly cited 2022
Congratulations to Professor George Patton who is among the most Highly Cited Researchers of 2022
2022 Youth Health Conference
The CAH was well represented at the Australian Association for Adolescent Health (AAAH) Youth Health conference held in Melbourne from 7-9 November.
UN torture prevention committee
Lindsay Pearce leads publication on UN torture prevention body’s Australian visit
Nourishing our future: young people’s opportunity to shape the future of food
Join us for a 60-minute virtual event, ‘Nourishing our future: young people’s opportunity to shape the future of food’ on Thursday October 20, from 8:00pm AEDT.
Whole-School Mental Health
FREE PD Webinar on Whole-School Mental Health with MCRI
A second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing
Six years after the launch of the original report, Our future: a Lancet Commission on adolescent health and wellbeing the health and wellbeing of adolescents is poised at a tipping point. Adolescent health and wellbeing indicators have stagnated while new threats have emerged requiring collective and urgent action.