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Risk‐taking behaviour of young women in Australia: screening for health‐risk behaviours
Author(s) -
CarrGregg Michael RC,
Enderby Kate C,
Grover Sonia R
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05381.x
Subject(s) - mental health , depression (economics) , health risk , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , environmental health , clinical psychology , gerontology , economics , macroeconomics
Healthy risk‐taking is a normal part of adolescence. Young people who participate in multiple risk‐taking increase the chance of damaging their health. There appears to be a growing range and prevalence of health‐risk behaviours among young women, notably in their use of alcohol and marijuana. Research suggests that such health‐risk behaviours may be related to psychological factors such as stress and depression. General practitioners have a central role in identifying and preventing health‐risk behaviours and associated mental health problems in young people. Comprehensive assessment includes a series of screening questions about home, education (or employment), activities, drugs, sexuality and suicide for young people, known as the HEADSS technique.