Introduction to Adolescent Development 2023 PDF

Introduction to Adolescent Development 2023 Professor Simon Denny Director Mater Young Adult Health Centre The are approximately 4 million young people aged 13 - 25 in Australia representing 15% of the total population Young people are increasingly more dive...

Introduction to Adolescent Development 2023 Professor Simon Denny Director Mater Young Adult Health Centre The are approximately 4 million young people aged 13 - 25 in Australia representing 15% of the total population Young people are increasingly more diverse and more globalised  "They now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. They are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.” 6 What is adolescence? Aristotle: “youth are heated by Nature as drunken men by wine” Socrates: “inclined to contradict parents and tyrannize their teachers” G.S. Hall (1904) a period of heightened “storm and stress” 1960s and 1970s: attempts to understand the problems as due to “raging hormones” Traditional vs Modern Adolescence is the healthiest time of life vs Young people are the only age group whose health status has least improved in the last 40 years  Age Specific Mortality Rates 80 70 60 male 50 deaths/1,000 female 40 30 20 10 0