News: youth
Researcher explores the criminalisation of childhood trauma
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University of Adelaide Associate Professor Catia Malvaso is exploring the need to reform the youth justice system at this month’s Research Tuesdays lecture.
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A closer look at predicting psychosis in high-risk young people
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University of Adelaide researchers have taken a closer look at how to predict transition to psychosis in young people who meet a specific set of subthreshold psychotic symptoms and syndromes, also referred to as ultra-high risk (UHR) criteria.
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Federal funding for child mental health and wellbeing survey
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The Federal Government has awarded $8.1 million for the third National Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing which University of Adelaide experts will play a key role in.
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