Emotional growth: helping children and families 'bounce back' Noble, Toni and McGrath, Helen 2005, Emotional growth: helping children and families 'bounce back', Australian family physician, vol. 34, no. 9, pp. 749-752. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads mcgrath-emotionalgrowth-2005.pdf Published version application/pdf 408.38KB 349 Title Emotional growth: helping children and families 'bounce back' Author(s) Noble, Toni McGrath, Helen Journal name Australian family physician Volume number 34 Issue number 9 Start page 749 End page 752 Publisher Australian College of General Practitioners Place of publication Sydney, N.S.W. Publication date 2005-09 ISSN 0300-8495 Summary Background: Depression is becoming increasingly prevalent in young people and is occurring earlier. General practitioners are prescribing antidepressants more frequently for this group, yet they are usually not the answer to the problem. Objective: This article examines the increase in prevalence rates of childhood and adolescent depression. We draw on recent research into resilience and positive psychology to suggest guidelines for the GP in helping young people and their parents develop better coping skills in the short term, and greater resilience in the long term. Discussion: Resilience is the ability to bounce back after encountering difficulties, negative events, hard times or adversity and to be able to return to the original level of emotional wellbeing. It is the capacity to maintain a healthy and fulfilling life despite adversity. Young people who have the skills to be resilient have a lower likelihood of becoming depressed or suicidal and a higher likelihood of maintaining emotional wellbeing. Self efficacy, optimistic and helpful thinking, and maintaining a success orientation are all important skills in being resilient. Language eng Field of Research 111714 Mental Health Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2005, Australian College of General Practitioners Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30008879 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Scientific and Developmental Studies in Education Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 26 Sep 2013, 14:24:48 EST Wed, 02 Oct 2013, 10:55:38 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 11:08:53 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 06:22:52 EST Mon, 22 Jan 2018, 13:54:42 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 18:00:11 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 12 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1311 Abstract Views, 349 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 13 Oct 2008, 15:44:43 EST