Mental Health of Young People

Mental health is an essential part of overall health and well-being. Here you'll find information about how to maintain positive mental health throughout life's challenges; how to recognise when you need more help and where to go for advice. You'll also find information on support services and groups that can help you through difficult situations.

If you'd like to explore sites that cover just about anything to do with maintaining positive mental health, take a look at:

Updated January 2008

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Going to School
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Links to information about starting school and school related issues such as exams, friendships, and options when it comes time to leave school.
Grieving in Childhood
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Links to information on children coping with grief arising from a variety of situations.
Mental Illnesses
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Links to information about specific mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, depression, body image and eating problems, bipolar disorder and anxiety disorders, etc.
Puberty
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Links to information on puberty.
Self Esteem in Young People
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Links to information about self esteem in young people.
Stress in Young People
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Links to information about how young people react to stress, and how we can help them cope with stress.
Suicide Prevention
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Links to information, research and statistics on suicide in Australia, as well as information on support groups.
Young People and Relationships
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Links to information about young people and their relationships, including relationships with parents and peers, and links to information about bullying, peer pressure and sex.
Young People and Sex
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Links to information about sexual issues for young people.
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Title:   Express yourself
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   This fact sheet has information about the benefits of expressing yourself and some suggestions for different things you can try.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Leaving home
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Leaving home is a big step. This fact sheet contains information about making that decision and preparing to leave home
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   If at first you don't succeed...(try...try...persistence)
Publisher:   Headroom (Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide)
Description:   Persistence is about being able to keep trying to reach your goals despite any obstacles along the way. It is an ingredient that helps you get through all sorts of situations you can experience in life. When you make mistakes and fail at something, persisting and trying again can get you through setbacks.
Date:   Apr 2002
Title:   Optimism and pessimism
Publisher:   Headroom (Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide)
Description:   There is increasing evidence that an optimistic outlook on life is equivalent to psychological immunisation against future trauma.
Date:   Nov 2005
Title:   Psychotherapy
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Psychotherapy is a form of counselling or therapy that involves talking with a trained mental health professional. This factsheet gives you information about what it is and what the main approaches are.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Aboriginal - step-families
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Step families are usually decided by two adults who want to be together. The kids may not share the same feelings about it. This building of a new partnership is an exciting but challenging time. It needs a lot of time, energy and hard work.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Options during pregnancy
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Discovering you are pregnant can result in a range of feelings. It is important to get some support and advice. This fact sheet contains information on the options available to you when you are pregnant.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Reach Out! Real Stories - Listen up and share your story
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Tune in to Super Request with Rosie Beaton on Triple J every second Tuesday at 7.30pm to hear a young person share their experience of getting through a tough time. Listen to past Real Stories and find out how you can share your story...
Date:   Jul 2005
Title:   Child aggression curbed by reduction in TV time
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Research in the USA has shown that excessive TV viewing may contribute to aggression in young people.
Date:   Feb 2002
Title:   Boredom
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Nothing to do? Bored? Yawn& Boredom can get to you at many different times of your life.
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Swearing - using bad words
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Swearing is a way of speaking that some people use to express their feelings of anger, annoyance, and frustration or when they want to hurt someone else's feelings.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Teenage parties
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Having parties, being invited to parties and going to parties are very important to teenagers. However things can go wrong.
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Applying for jobs and interview skills
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   This fact sheet contains information about job interviews and writing a resume
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Half full or half empty? (Get optimistic.)
Publisher:   Headroom (Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide)
Description:   Looking at something in a positive way rather than a negative is what optimism is about. It's about being able to see the good in what may be bad and not giving up when times get tough or too hard. Being optimistic means you believe in yourself, expect to do well and believe that things can and will get better.
Date:   Jan 2002
Title:   Adolescents: advice for parents
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Adolescence, the period between childhood and adulthood, is often a difficult time for parent and child.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Resilience
Publisher:   Headroom (Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide)
Description:   Resilience is one of the keys to positive mental health. Helping your child become resilient will assist them to become effective adults. Being resilient is important because it can help to protect us against the stresses that we all experience in life.
Date:   Jan 2002
Title:   Report on child health from the New South Wales population health survey 2005-2006
Publisher:   NSW Department of Health
Description:   The 2005-2006 Report on Child Health from the New South Wales Population Health Survey provides a snapshot of the health and wellbeing of children aged 0-15 years in New South Wales, using data collected during 2005 and 2006. The report supports planning, implementation, and evaluation of health services and programs targeting children and their families.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Media release. World Diabetes Day
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The theme of 2008's World Diabetes Day is 'Diabetes in Children and Adolescents'.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Media release. Don't let your time in the sun catch up with you
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian Government's skin cancer prevention campaign is aimed at young people and focuses on the dangers of exposure to the sun.
Title:   Media release. Supporting youth mental health - new funding and new chair for headspace
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Rudd Government will provide $35.6 million funding to headspace, the National Youth Mental Health Foundation, to continue its vital work on youth mental health.
Date:   Dec 2008
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