Parental risks, aggressive behaviour, and alcohol use: a deep dive into child abuse Child maltreatment has been the focus of two separate studies led by UQ researchers, who examined the main parental risk factors that lead to child abuse, as well as the behavioural impacts later in life. Dr Claudia Bull, from the Faculty of […]
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Older people exchange Cannabis for Tabaco – New research from Curtin University has revealed increasing cigarette prices over the past several years have seen more older Australians turn to cannabis use as an alternative. Researchers from Curtin’s School of Accounting, Economics and Finance investigated the buying habits of nearly 100,000 Australians from 2001 to 2019 […]
Protecting your mental health is essential in an age filled with busy schedules and high stress. The more you give into the culture of busyness and being overwhelmed, the more prone you are to feel mental health issues, such as anxiety, depression, and ultimately, burnout. However, with preventative strategies and innovative interventions, one can protect […]
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University of Queensland researchers have found people maltreated as children are 3 times more likely to be admitted to hospital for alcohol and substance use by the time they’re 40, compared to people who were not maltreated. Dr Claudia Bull from UQ’s Faculty of Medicine led a study which analysed data from more than 6,000 […]
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Top Tips To Detox Your Mind and Body: A detox is a healthy way of looking after not just your body, but your mind too. When it comes to detoxing, in order to be successful, you should look at ways in which you can tackle it effectively, depending on what it is you’re detoxing from. […]
The UK’s worst addictions – With many people across the globe having recently made New Year’s resolutions, and many now struggling to keep them, a new study looks at the most addicted countries. The UK placed sixth in the study, with an index score of 60.32, and ranked highly for tea-addiction, drug-addiction and sugar-addiction. Experts […]
Urgent action needed to protect children and prevent the uptake of e-cigarettes: Urgent action is needed to control e-cigarettes to protect children, as well as non-smokers and minimize health harms to the population. E-cigarettes as consumer products are not shown to be effective for quitting tobacco use at the population level. Instead, alarming evidence has […]
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Globally, governments are still not doing enough to address the health and wellbeing harms from gambling, according to a world first review led by the University of Glasgow. ‘Public health approaches to gambling: A global review of legislative trends’ found that although gambling harms are increasingly recognised in legislation around the world, there appears to […]
Eating disorders have long been associated with women, but the reality is more complex. The stark statistics reveal a significant gap, with eating disorders being more commonly diagnosed in women than in men. The ratio of eating disorder diagnoses between men and women in the UK is approximately 1:10, with women bearing the brunt of […]
Common Ways Addiction Impacts Families – Why Group Therapy Helps: When people become addicted to alcohol or drugs, the substance abuse not only negatively affects the individual. It also impacts their family. Thankfully, treatments like group therapy can assist addicts in recovery. But before we look at that, let us explore some of the most […]
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