Internet Addiction: prevention and treatment
Internet Addiction disorder is a global and significant problem
WHO report maps global suicide problem for the first time
By Reema Rattan, The Conversation; Emil Jeyaratnam, The Conversation, and Warren Clark, The Conversation
Addiction and the brain: how the immune system takes over
By Mark Hutchinson
Addiction 2015 - call for abstracts
The Australian & New Zealand Addiction Conference 6th March 2015. The Australian and New Zealand Addiction 2015 Conference will address the treatment...
Unorthodox approach to mental-health care pays off
Sydney Morning Herald Dr Siva Bala, a regional psychiatrist with the Kimberley mental-health and drug service, says he has to dispense with some...
Behavioural Addictions
Behavioural addictions have the same symptoms as drug addiction and alcholism. Process addictions alter mood by creating a euphoric feeling or a...
Is Marijuana Addictive?
Can recreational pot smokers become addicted? A realistic concern for recreational users of marijuana is whether or not they will become addicted.
Will unemployment surge put additional pressure on Rural Mental Health Services
THE latest unemployment rates in the Launceston and North-East regions compare with the South Australian outback as some of the worst in the country....
Don't get worked up: you can beat your porn addiction ... if you want to
By Gomathi Sitharthan, University of Sydney and Raj Sitharthan, University of Western Sydney