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Youth Studies Australia
Each issue of our journal contains up to six research- and practice-based articles on Australian youth. View the contents pages.

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Books
Popular texts of interest to youth studies and sociology  include Youth subcultures; Ethnic minority youth in Australia; Sounds of then, sounds of now: Popular music in Australia, and more.

Sounds of then, sounds of now: Popular music in Australia, tiny version

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March 2006

Special issue on youth mental health

Editorial: Increased mental health awareness
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Introduction: Young people's mental health and wellbeing
Prof. Carey Denholm
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Feature articles:

Success and wellbeing: A preview of the Australia 21 report on young people's wellbeing
Richard Eckersley, Ani Wierenga & Johanna Wyn
Summary | Full text | PDF

Where to from here? Guiding for mental health for young people with complex needs
Andrew Bruun & Christopher Hynan
Summary | Full text | PDF

Being true to oneself: The role of authenticity in promoting youth mental health
William Hallam, Craig Olsson, Glenn Bowes & John Toumbourou
Summary | Full text | PDF

Self-help support groups: Adding to the toolbox of mental health care options for young men
Ann Dadich
Summary | Full text | PDF

Health and wellbeing: How do young people see these concepts?
Gary Easthope & Rob White
Summary | Full text | PDF

The Cool Teens CD-ROM: A multimedia self-help program for adolescents with anxiety
Mike Cunningham, Ronald Rapee & Heidi Lyneham
Summary | Full text | PDF

Regular columns:

Abstracts:
For this special issue on youth mental health, the Abstracts column has been replaced with Research in progress: Synopses of programs in development and research in progress at a number of leading research facilities
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Youth Monitor: 
A national roundup of recent press reports on youth issues
Full text | PDF

Youth initiatives:
edventures WA:
creating life opportunities for young people
Full text
| PDF

Online supplement:

Major Australian mental health and related services: An extensive list of Australian mental health organisations that provide services for young people, and examples of their programs, compiled by ACYS for this edition.

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