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Brittany George March 6, 2018 Addiction, Alcohol, alcohol abuse, cancer, heart disease, Mental Health

Four ways alcohol is bad for your health

In Australia, almost 6,000 deaths a year can be attributed to alcohol, as well as around 400 hospitalisations a day. While drinking has declined in...
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Brittany George September 2, 2015 Addiction, alcohol abuse, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, mental and substance use disorders, Mental Health, Mental Health Australia, mental health awareness, mental health issues., Mental Health News, Mental Illness, suicide

Nearly a Third of Med Students Have Mental Health Issues

Discovery News, September 1 2015.
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Brittany George July 8, 2014 Addiction Conference, alcohol abuse, anxiety, anxiety disorder, anxiety disorders, Anxiety disorders and addiction, Comorbidity, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Turning Point Drug and Alcohol Centre

Anxiety and addiction

Anxiety In contrast to fear, which is a response to a realistic immediate danger, anxiety is a fearful response occurring in the absence of a...
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Brittany George June 23, 2014 Addiction, Addiction 2015, Addiction Conference, alcohol abuse, Alcohol Action in Rural Communities, Australian & New Zealand Addiction Conference, Comorbidity, Comorbidity mental disorders and substance use, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Mental Health, Narcotics Anonymous, Self-harm

Comorbidity: mental health and substance use at Addiction 2015

Comorbidity (co-occurence) of mental disorders and substance use disorders is widespread and often associated with poor treatment outcome, severe...
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Brittany George April 15, 2014 15th International Mental Health Conference, alcohol abuse, Alcohol Action in Rural Communities, Dr Michael Livingston, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre

Adolescent “non-drinkers” increases sharply over a decade

Rates of non-drinking among Australian adolescents aged 14-17 years have increased sharply over the past decade with over half now abstaining from...
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Brittany George March 31, 2014 alcohol abuse, Anxiety and Depression, Depression, Mental Health, mental health issues., Mental Health News

Alcohol May Not Help: Alcohol’s Impact on Your Mental Health

By Jesse Viner, MD
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    As an association that is a leader in mental health, we stand beside our First Nations people in both Australia and New Zealand to empower their people and communities to improve their wellbeing. We support our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia and Maori people in New Zealand/Aotearoa and acknowledge the beauty, strength and uniqueness in their people and cultures. We celebrate their diversity and acknowledge that we work, walk and talk on your lands and we thank and pay yindyamarra/whakaute/respect to your ancestors, Elders and people. Our association will work to continue to amplify voices and empower communities to improve the mental health within First Nations people in both countries.