Healthy living across the life span: Adolescents

Question 1

Adolescence is generally considered to end when what milestones are met?

Answer 1

• completion of schooling
• entering employment or tertiary education
• beginning a serious intimate relationship
• having children.

Question 2

Name 5 adolescent issues that can determine whether a person becomes a healthy adult.

Answer 2

• smoking,
• drinking excessively
• using illicit drugs,
• physical inactivity
• poor nutrition
• obesity

Question 3

What is the most common illicit drug used by young 12 - 24 year olds?

Answer 3

Cannabis.

Question 4

What percentage of 16-24 year olds are consuming alcohol at levels posing a lifetime risk to health?

Answer 4

37.5%

Question 5

What percentage of 12 -17 year olds used illicit drugs in the last 12 months?

Answer 5

11%

Question 6

What percentage of 18-24 year olds used illicit drugs in the last 12 months?

Answer 6

30%

Question 7

What percentage of 5 -16 years males are overweight or obese?

Answer 7

22%

Question 8

What percentage of 5 -16 years females are overweight or obese?

Answer 8

23%

Question 9

What percentage of 16 - 24 years males are overweight or obese?

Answer 9

37%

Question 10

What percentage of 16 - 24 years females are overweight or obese?

Answer 10

21%

Question 11

What is teen clinic?

Answer 11

Teen clinic is a nurse initiated and nurse led clinic that started on the far south coast of NSW.

Question 12

What percentage of children worldwide experience mental disorders?

Answer 12

The World Health Organisation (2019) notes that worldwide 10-20% of children and adolescents experience mental disorders.

Question 13

16 % of males in Australia experienced a _________ ________ disorder in the last 12 months?

Answer 13

mental health

Question 14

Name 4 mental health disorder experienced by 12-17 year olds in Australia.

Answer 14

• Anxiety,
• Major depressive disorder
• ADHD
• Conduct disorders.

Question 15

What are the top four leading causes of death for the age group 15-24?

Answer 15

1. suicide,
2. land and transport accidents
3. accidental poisoning
4. assault.

Question 16

What is the name of the unit run by NSW Health in relation to mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and adolescents andf their families?

Answer 16

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service(CAMHS)

Question 17

In 2018 the WHO added what condition to the list of mental health conditions?

Answer 17

Gaming addiction.

Question 18

How does the WHO define gaming disorder?

Answer 18

A condition involving addictive behaviours, where someone loses control over their gaming, to the extent that it takes over other parts of their life, with negative consequences.

Question 19

Gaming disorder usually occurs alongside what other mental health conditions?

Answer 19

Depression and anxiety.

Question 20

By what percentage has youth homelessness risen in the last 10 years?

Answer 20

26%