News Archive

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ABC News: Takeover Melbourne program

Dr Lisa Mundy was interviewed for an article about a young person's move to a rural community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Webinar: World Mental Health Day and 40 Years of Australian Rotary Health

Dr Lisa Mundy joined experts to discuss the issues surrounding children's mental health and celebrate 40 years of Australian Rotary Health.

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Webinar: Pre-teens and screens. Encouraging healthy relationships with technology

Gain insights from Dr. Mundy and other experts in this webinar on strategies to help children develop healthy screen behaviour.

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Webinar: The Missing Middle. Catalysing Connections for Adolescent Health and Wellbeing

Dr. Lisa Mundy joined a panel to discuss the importance of the middle years, the role of schools and the likely impact of COVID-19.

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Channel 10 News: Screentime and academic performance

Dr Lisa Mundy discusses how screen time in childhood impacts academic performance in later years.

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Podcast: Exploring the link between hormones and mental health

Dr Lisa Mundy discusses how hormones can play a role in predicting mental health problems in children.

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Podcast: Understanding the Middle Years

Professor George Patton from CATS discusses the importance of the middle years for health and emotional development

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ABC Life Matters: Are a child’s ‘middle years’ more important than we thought?

Lisa talks to ABC Radio National's Life Matters program about the importance of the middle years

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Screen time: how much is too much?

Dr Lisa Mundy and other experts discuss the benefits and downsides of screen time with Woolworths

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SBS News: Bullying Rife in Australian Primary Schools

A report compiled by CATS shows that bullying is affecting the learning outcomes and emotional health of primary school students.

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Medical Xpress: Bullying impacts on primary students’ learning ability

Primary school students who are being bullied and/or experiencing emotional difficulties are falling behind at school.

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Channel 9 News: Children as young as eight affected by poor body image

Channel 9 reports on the latest CATS research, highlighting that children as young as eight years old are unsatisfied with their bodies.

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Channel 7 News: Children as young as 8 are battling poor body image

Hear Dr Libby Hughes and some CATS participants talk about poor perceptions of body image in young children.

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The Age: Poor body image starts to develop as young as eight

The Age reports on recent research out of CATS, showing that body image pressures begin as young as eight years old.

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ABC Breakfast Radio Perth: Preventing bullying in the future

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Mornings with Jon Faine: Friends and mental health

Dr Lisa Mundy speaks with Jon Faine about how having a group of friends can protect the mental health of a bullied child.

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Friends in need are friends indeed

School bullying is depressingly common but having a group of friends, not just a single “bestie”, may bolster a child’s resilience.

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The Age: Year 3 boys fall behind in maths and reading

One in five grade three boys have emotional or behavioural problems, putting their academic performance a year behind their peers.

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AM with Sabra Lane: ABC Radio Canberra

David Taylor reports on the impact of emotional problems in boys, relating to their academic performance and development.

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ABC News: Emotional and behavioural problems in primary school aged boys

Dr Lisa Mundy talks to ABC News about new evidence that one in five primary school-aged boys exhibit emotional problems.

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ABC TV Weekend Breakfast: Interview with Dr Mundy

Dr Lisa Mundy chats to ABC TV Weekend Breakfast about the challenges of puberty and all things CATS!

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Book review: The New Puberty

Dr Lisa Mundy reviews the recently published book by Amanda Dunn, 'The New Puberty' for The Conversation.

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Something is happening to our kids, and it’s time we talked about it

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Life Matters: Bullying, mental health and academic performance

Hear Dr Lisa Mundy discuss the importance of the middle years, and talk about the Childhood to Adolescence Transition Study.

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Bullying linked to lower academic performance: breaking study

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Bullied school kids left behind in learning

The first large scale study into school bullying and academic achievement finds kids targeted by bullying are well behind in their learning.

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Weekly schoolyard bullying affects school performance, study finds

The latest research to come out of CATS explores the effect of bullying on academic performance.

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Bullied primary school students fall behind

New research by MCRI has revealed that one in three boys and one in four girls aged 8 to 9 years are experiencing weekly bullying.

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Extra burden: Channel Nine News Report

Schoolyard bullies are not only leaving their victims in tears, they're also robbing them of good results.

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Bullying undermines primary school students’ academic performance

ABC Radio interview featuring Dr Mundy discussing the negative effects of bullying on children's academic performance.

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The Expert with Lisa Mundy

Dr Mundy talks about how much time our young boys are spending on video games, and the effect on health.

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Can TV and video games cause problems? Radio: Talking Lifestyle

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Digital Dementia: A Current Affair

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Screen time and emotional and behavioural development in children

CATS has found a link between different types of electronic media and mental health among young children.

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Taking a Toll – Ten Eyewitness News

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TV and video games link to emotional and behavioural problems among young boys: Medical Xpress

There's a link between different electronic media and mental health among young children.

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Video games: Research find boys emotional health and behaviour are affected due to amount of hours playing

Bing watching TV and playing video games excessively has been linked to poor mental health in boys from the age of just eight.

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Too much TV and video linked to mental health issues for boys, not so for girls: The Sydney Morning Herald

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Is your parenting style making your child sick?

A growing body of research is finding that the way parents relate to their children affects more than their mental and emotional health. It also has an impact on their physical wellbeing.

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Dr Mundy awarded Invergowrie Post-doctoral Fellowship for Women

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“Taller, faster, sooner: Australia’s growth spurt.” – The Australian

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The move to high school – an opportunity to improve health and wellbeing. MCRI blog.

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What’s happening to them? Australia’s biggest longitudinal study into puberty. The Age National.

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The hormone behind your young son’s tantrums – The Sydney Morning Herald and the Sunday Age

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