Can people really be addicted to sex?

By Neil Levy, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

Reach Out and Get Connected

Congratulations to Suicide Prevention Australia on the release of their thought provoking TV commercial entitled “Reach Out and Get Connected”.

Assessing Australia’s Progress in Suicide Prevention

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.