The Generation Next Podcast

In this episode, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Dr Huu Kim Le speaks with host Psychologist Dr Brad Marshall to discuss gaming disorder: what it looks like in young people, how it affects their lives, and what support and treatment are available in Australia:

• Explore how gaming can compete with sleep, school and family life
• Recognise how ADHD and other mental health concerns can intersect with gaming
• Understand why building rapport matters when talking with young people about their gaming
• Compare supportive camp-based programs with more intensive interventions
• Examine Singapore’s prevention approach alongside treatment options in Australia

Host: Dr Brad Marshall | Time: 40 mins
Expert: Dr Huu Kim Le, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

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In Part 2 of this episode, GP Dr Mick Tong and host Dr Brad Marshall discuss how AI and screen use may affect young people’s social and cognitive development. They explore the role of schools, the tensions families can face around educational technology, and whether current screen-time guidance keeps pace with change:

• Explore how AI may affect young people’s social and critical-thinking skills
• Consider the tensions between school and family expectations around screen use
• Reflect on how educational technology fits into learning
• Recognise how late-night screen use can affect school attendance
• Question whether screen-time guidance reflects different ages and uses

Expert: Dr Mick Tong, GP

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In this episode, host Dr Brad Marshall speaks with Darwin GP Dr Mick Tong about young people’s screen use and its place in education. They discuss learning, development and health, and consider how schools might weigh technology’s benefits against the value of other experiences:

• Weigh technology’s benefits against its impact on learning
• Consider the role of hands-on experiences in development
• Hear a GP’s perspective on screen-related concerns
• Explore screen use, sleep, behaviour and physical symptoms
• Consider why some schools are limiting classroom technology

Expert: Dr Mick Tong, GP

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In Part 2 of this episode, Dr Brad Marshall and Speech Pathologist Meg Tidyman reflect on what they’re seeing in children’s development and the changing role of play and technology:

• Notice where children may need support with social communication
• Learn how to make space for flexible, unstructured play
• Understand ways to encourage turn-taking, negotiation and conversation repair
• Use children’s interests to invite new kinds of play
• How online interaction can lead to real-world connection

Host: Dr Brad Marshall | Time: 42 mins
Expert: Meggen Tidyman, Speech Pathologist 

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In this episode, Paediatric Speech Pathologist Meg Tidyman joins host Dr Brad Marshall to discuss how early screen use is affecting kids’ language and development, and how GPs can help families find better balance:

• Explore how screen time affects language, emotional regulation, and social development

• Understand the gap between knowledge gained from screens and real-world communication skills

• Learn why device-free mealtimes are important for connection and communication

• Recognise how parental screen use can impact a child’s communication development

• Gain practical strategies to reduce screen time and encourage family interaction

Host: Dr Brad Marshall | Time: 30 mins
Expert: Meggen Tidyman, Speech Pathologist 

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In this episode:

• Many children experience the loss of someone significant, yet this is often overlooked 
• Grief in children may show up as anger, behavioral issues, or physical symptoms rather than verbally
• Ways to promote language that supports adaptation instead of avoidance
• Approaches for normalising grief experiences, and encouraging re-engagement with social and pleasant activities

Host: Andrew Fuller, Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist, Speaker and Creator of Learning Strengths

Guest: Professor Sarah Egan, Discipline of Psychology, enAble Institute and School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences

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In this episode:

• Mental health assessments may be overlooking key struggles
• Limited internal dialogue can quietly intensify anxiety and emotional dysregulation in young people facing communication challenges
• Transition to high school dramatically amplifies the academic and social pressures
• New intervention approaches are uncovering how teaching the language of emotion can unlock better coping and self-advocacy for vulnerable teens

Host: Andrew Fuller, Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist, Speaker and Creator of Learning Strengths

Guest: Professor Mark Boyes, Educational and Developmental Psychology, Curtin University; Co-Lead, Mental Health Research Domain, Curtin enAble Institute, Academic Editor, PeerJ; Editorial Board Member, Dyslexia and Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

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In this episode:

• Adolescents and young children in a technology dependent world
• Is there a link between mental illness and technology?
• Effects of over-exposure to screen time in young people
• Emerging behaviours and changes in teens and adolescents
• Practical advice for parents, carers and teachers for mobile phone usage

Host: Andrew Fuller, Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist, Speaker and Creator of Learning Strengths

Guest: Dr Rachael Sharman, Senior Lecturer; Psychology, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences

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In this episode:

• Mental health and our relationship with food in a post-COVID era
• Raising the issue with someone you suspect has an eating disorder
• How to support someone who denies having the condition and is reluctant to accept help
• Managing emotions in someone with an eating disorder

Host: Andrew Fuller, Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist, Speaker and Creator of Learning Strengths

Guest: Dr Karen Spielman, Primary Care Mental Health Advisor, General Practitioner, Paddington Family Practice and Inside Out Institute

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In this episode:

• Why is 'attention' a super-skill?
• Experiencing rapid growth in technology in recent years, how has this effected young people (i.e distractions, attention-span, reliance)?
• How effective is multi-tasking in a digital space?
• Computer gaming overuse
• Digital strategies and recommendations for families and young people

Host: James Driver, Psychotherapist, Black Dog Psychotherapy and Counselling

Guest: Dr Kristy Goodwin, Digital Wellbeing and Neuro-productivity Speaker, Author and Researcher

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