An editorial team from the International Journal of Drug Policy has developed guiding principles to help researchers and academics avoid perpetuating stigma when writing about substance use.
New data from Victoria shows that in a quarter of deaths by suicide between 2009 and 2016, the person had experienced family violence before they died.
Stigma within the healthcare system is being tackled head-on with the development of resources to help people with substance dependence access the care they need.
To rebuild our children’s mental health after the duress of the COVID-19 pandemic, we must redefine how mental health services are delivered to our communities, and create a scaffold of affordable and accessible support.
While fentanyl is yet to markedly impact Australia, the North American opioid crisis shows us how bad it can get, and urgent action is needed now.
Inspirational clinical psychology graduate Dr Victoria Gentile exemplifies the importance of Indigenous students in the future of healthcare, and shows why more are needed.
Existing research evidence suggests the hegemony of neoliberal measures within Australian welfare policy has resulted in higher, not lower, levels of social and economic injustice.
The most popular supplements for hot flushes are phytoestrogens, or plant estrogens, but at present, there’s uncertainty about their benefits.
Bee farmers discard propolis, and harvest only the honey from hives for commercial purposes, wasting its potent medicinal value. New research is changing that.
Sixty healthy volunteers took “magic mushrooms” in a lab, and scientists recorded their brains during their experience.
Live-action role-playing (LARP) and “bleed” trajectories can teach us a lot, particularly in how we deal with extreme experiences such as COVID.
There are good reasons for the federal government to abolish the Cashless Debit Card, but what about the BasicsCard?
New research findings could help inform the delivery of support services for people who use methamphetamine in rural and urban areas.
Police drug-enforcement activities in Indonesia do more harm than good, and women bear the brunt of it. It’s time for Indonesia to decriminalise drug use, and expand health services.
A drug-monitoring program in hospital emergency departments is tracking the alarming rise of strange new psychoactive synthetic drugs in Australia.
Gambling during homelessness is sometimes motivated out of desperation, and in the hope of financial gain.
The high level of poverty in affluent Australia is a national disgrace, and its prevention should be a priority for all political parties. But it’s not.
The hidden costs of loneliness can devastate both individuals and society. Learn about its modern roots in a new episode of Monash University's podcast, 'What Happens Next?'.
By adulthood, ADHD symptoms may be more internalised, but they can also cause grown-up problems.
A career U-turn led Associate Professor Adeel Razi to the forefront of research aiming to develop next-generation mental health therapies.
Researchers estimate about half of the adults who end up in prison are parents, but what happens to their children?
We tend to think of “psychedelics” as illegal, mind-altering substances, but they might just be the key to unlocking a revolution in mental health treatment.
The new Neuromedicines Discovery Centre (NDC) aims to develop psychiatric drugs and approaches to psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies for common mental illnesses.
Despite the lavish claims of some test providers, many food allergy and intolerance tests are far-fetched and unfounded.
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