‘Like attaching a car’s accelerator before the brake’: How can we better support young people experiencing early puberty?

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Hitting puberty is challenging enough, but 13 per cent of Australians experience early puberty (for females, this means getting their period as young as eight), and new research shows there are unique brain changes for this cohort making them particularly vulnerable to mental health symptoms.

Dr Nandi Vijayakumar, Professor Susan Sawyer, and Olivia Bellas look at how parents and schools can better support them.