ATP families span across three generations, with grandparents, parents, and young children all within our cohort. This ABC article highlights some great tips to keep looking after ourselves across the lifespan – right up to our 70’s and beyond!
This World Mental Health Day, we’re sharing some great resources to help us all work towards positive mental health and wellbeing. Smiling Mind is a free mindfulness training program designed for adults and children aged 7 years and up, and is supported by Prof Frank Oberklaid – one of the founding investigators of the ATP … Continued
New findings from the ‘Parenting Today in Victoria’ study shows that one in five fathers have experienced depression or anxiety since having children. In this article from The Conversation, ‘Parenting Today in Victoria’ researcher Dr Catherine Wade calls for more research into Australian fathers, and discusses how fathers’ mental health impacts their children’s growth and development.
The ATP team wishes all of our families a very happy fathers’ day! To celebrate, we’re sharing a video from the Australian Institute of Family Studies “Dads Talk” series with Australian dads sharing the best things about being a father.
New research from the Avon Longitudinal Study in the UK has found that depression and anxiety during pregnancy is more common among young women today than their mothers. If their mother was depressed in pregnancy, daughters were also more than three times as likely to be depressed in their pregnancy. The article is available at: https://bit.ly/2OvMOVA
Prof Jenn McIntosh recently shared ATP Generation 3 findings on child-parent relationships with over 900 colleagues at the Australian Childhood Foundation’s Childhood Trauma Conference. Jenn leads the ATP’s MAC lab leads research on the parent-child relationship. You can read more about the MAC lab at: https://www.melbournechildrens.com/atp/gen-3/
The latest results of the Australian Unity Wellbeing Index show that young Australians’ happiness levels are at an all-time high. Lead researcher and ATP investigator Dr Delyse Hutchinson says that the results reflect a trend toward greater health and wellbeing generally, with other surveys demonstrating declines in alcohol and illicit drug use. Read more … Continued
Was 2017 really the “worst year ever,” as some would have us believe? In his analysis of recent data on homicide, war, poverty, pollution and more, psychologist Steven Pinker finds that we’re doing better now in every one of them when compared with 30 years ago. Watch the TED talk on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCm9Ng0bbEQ
When we care for young babies we mostly think of keeping them warm, physically safe and well fed—but their mental health is also crucial. Infants who have difficulty regulating, expressing emotions and have less positive relationships, are more likely to experience greater challenges throughout their lives. In this episode of ABC Podcast ‘All in the … Continued
New research published in Nature by MCRI researchers, including ATP Gen3’s own Prof Craig Olsson, suggests that we need to think differently about adolescence and how it impacts the next generation. Earlier onset of puberty, and later parenting, over the past 50 years means that today’s adolescents will be the largest generation to become … Continued
