This study explored mental health profiles in Australian school students using indicators of well-being (i.e., optimism, life satisfaction, and happiness) and psychological distress (i.e., sadness and worries). The sample included 75,757 students (ages 8-18 years) who completed the 2019 South Australian Wellbeing and Engagement Collection. ...

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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. ...

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The proportion of children and adolescents in Australia with mental disorders who used services for emotional and behavioural problems ...

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Self-reported experiences of adolescents in population-based samples when completing health-related surveys on topics with varying potential for evoking distres ...

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Maternal chronic illness is associated with an increased risk of poor developmental outcomes for children, particularly daughters ...

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To prevent persistent victimization, schools and teachers need to be better equipped to respond effectively when a student first becomes a target of bullying ...

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The rate of Bipolar Disorder as a discharge diagnosis in German minors has increased significantly, consistently exceeding the general trend for a rise in rates for mental disorders ...

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Project team members Dr Ashleigh Lin (Telethon Kids Institute), Dr Karen Soldatic (Western Sydney University), Mr Braden Hill (Kulbardi Aboriginal ...

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The COAG commitment to invest in young Aboriginal children will produce immediate and real community benefits. ...

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We discuss the implications of addressing Revenge and Recreation, as well as Reward and Rage aggression motives, for bullying prevention and intervention strategies ...

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