Australians are using less alcohol, tobacco and other drugs than they did a decade ago, new results from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s
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Wednesday, 29 May 2013 - 1:05pm
New research from the Children of the 90s study at the University of Bristol (UK) shows that girls whose fathers were absent during the first five years of life were more likely to develop depressive symptoms in adolescence than girls whose fathers left when they were aged five to ten years or than boys in both age groups (0-5 and 5-10), even after a range of factors was taken into account.
Iryna Culpin, the paper’s lead author says:
Thursday, 18 April 2013 - 1:21pm
A Bundaberg psychologist who leads an alcohol and drug treatment service has highlighted the effects these substances have on unhealthy relationships, but says they are not the root causes of domestic violence.
Bridges chief executive officer Sharon Sarah said while the link between the violence and alcohol and drugs was indisputable, the relationship between the two was far more complex.
"While alcohol is involved in many cases of domestic violence it is ultimately not the cause of the violence," she said.
Thursday, 18 April 2013 - 1:08pm
A recent Red Cross College employment services study found that jobseekers noted an improvement in their general well-being after finding a job.
University of the Sunshine Coast psychology lecturer Rachael Sharman was not surprised by the finding.
"Unemployment is a fairly serious adjustment, because you have a lack of reasons to get up in the morning," Dr Sharman said.
She said staying positive could be hard when searching for a job turned into weeks, months or years, and the repercussions could become personal.