“Let the Children Come”

1 Where do children come from ?

A robust tradition in anthropology, dating at least to Mead’s (1928/1961) Coming of Age in Samoa, calls attention to the culture-bound flaw in psychology. Mead’s work undermined the claim by psychologist G. Stanley Hall that stress was inevitably part of adolescence. Less well known was Malinowski’s earlier critique of Freud’s Oedipal theory based on fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands (Malinows...

Let the children go - advocacy for children in detention by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

Nelson Mandela’s words, “there can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children”, should give Australian immigration policymakers pause.1 The evidence is in, and it’s irrefutable — Australia’s detention of asylum seekers is harmful to both adults and children, and children are often scarred for life by their experiences.2,3 Detained children experienc...

Best Pharmaceuticals for Children: How Far Have We Come?

In response to mounting concerns regarding the safety and efficacy of medications used in pediatric populations, the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA) was enacted in 2002. The purpose of the BPCA was to promote clinical trials of pharmaceuticals in children that would generate safety and efficacy data. The ultimate goal was pediatric-use approval for more pharmaceuticals and expansio...

Depression; Let\'s talk

April 7 is known as “World Health Day” and one of the main responsibilities of World Health Organization is to improve the knowledge of the world population in order to prevent various diseases(1). This organization selects an illness or a disorder in terms of a unique slogan in order to plan for educational, prevention, curative and re-strengthening the operation of countries aroun...

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