Posts Tagged: Mental Health
How to Provide Support for a Loved One Staying in a Rehab Facility
When a loved one succumbs to addiction, everyone is affected. Some families even crumble under the pressure. You may feel hurt and betrayed, and experience almost as much pain and suffering as the ones who…
March 25, 2019
How Drug Use and Addiction Impacts Mental Health
From depression and anxiety through to psychosis, we know that substance abuse and mental wellbeing are inextricably linked. In a state of addiction, a user’s mental health can be severely impacted. Whether you’re looking to…
November 12, 2018
New Centre in Substance Use, Mental Disorders in Young People
The University of Sydney will soon be home to a world-first centre tackling substance use and mental disorders in young people. Headed by Professor Maree Teesson AC, the centre for the prevention, early intervention and…
Why inability to cope with uncertainty may cause mental health problems
Not knowing is an uncomfortable experience. As human beings, we are naturally curious. We seek to understand, predict and control – it helps us learn and it keeps us safe. Uncertainty can feel dangerous because…
Workers too scared to take mental health leave
Mental health leave is becoming increasingly common yet more than half of workers are too scared to take it. Two thirds of jobseekers surveyed by SEEK feel society has become more accepting of workers taking…
Finding the right psychologist for your mental health needs
Finding the right psychologist is a bit like app dating. You hope it’ll be a good match, but sometimes you’re left disappointed. And when you’re dictating the essence of who you are to a stranger…
Can a brief gambling telephone intervention reduce co-existing depression?
The 2018 Australian and New Zealand Addiction Conference will be held this month over Monday 28 and Tuesday 29 May with optional workshops on Wednesday 30 May at the QT Gold Coast. Ms Mary Allan,…
Problem Gambling Screening in AOD and Mental Health Populations: A Project of Lives Lived Well
The 2018 Australian and New Zealand Addiction Conference will be held next month over Monday 28 and Tuesday 29 May with optional workshops on Wednesday 30 May at the QT Gold Coast. Mr Gerard Moloney,…
April 16, 2018
Understanding of the interrelationships between substance use disorders, mental health, family, community and culture.
The 2018 Australian and New Zealand Addiction Conference will be held on Monday 28 and Tuesday 29 May with optional workshops on Wednesday 30 May at the QT Gold Coast. Dr Wole Akosile, Psychiatrist and…