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Ukrainian Australians feel the push-pull impact of distant conflict on their mental health. Supportive measures include making sure their feelings are heard and accepted.
We investigated the initiatives schools around the world took to help support and maintain the well-being of their students and staff. We pulled out seven things that made a difference.
A significant portion of teenagers’ social development happens online. The risks are well known, but the benefits of peer support are often overlooked.
As we clear the path towards a COVID-normal, mental illness prevention must be prioritised. Including it as a focus of the National Preventive Health Strategy could be a start.
A positive approach to discussing feelings.
Teens get a bad rap as selfish, dangerous risk-takers. But neuroscience and psychology research is revising that image: Adolescents are primed to help those around them, with positive benefits for all.
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Professor, School of Early Childhood & Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor and Chair: Mental Health Nursing, University of South Australia
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Professor of Psychiatry & Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
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Former Senior lecturer in Psychology
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Honorary, School for Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Education, The University of Queensland
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PhD Candidate in Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine
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Community Faculty in Psychology, Metropolitan State University
