Researchers are uncovering the ways by which dad, mom or both parents drinking can result in fetal alcohol syndrome and other lifelong effects on children.
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Unlike other substances, alcohol is often present in our lives. While governments gain revenues from taxes on alcohol sales, the public costs of drinking far outweigh the revenues.
Improved understanding of the molecular mechanisms of addiction can change how researchers and clinicians approach treatments.
Stigmatised people living with HIV often suffer from fear, depression and abuse. It’s sometimes easier to stop a treatment regime than risk being ostracised or assaulted by the community.
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is for anyone experiencing suicidal thoughts, emotional distress, substance abuse issues or mental health problems.
Key to diagnosing foetal alcohol syndrome is an assessment of certain facial features. A 3D facial scan is expensive but 2D images may offer a solution.
Alcohol use contributes to over 200 different diseases, injuries, and conditions. It is also a risk factor for gender-based violence and violent crime.
Heavy use of alcohol by caregivers places children at increased risk of serious harm. This burden of alcohol-related maltreatment is similar to traffic deaths caused by others drinking.
Alcohol and drug addiction impacts families as well as the people afflicted. Some First Nations-led centres involve families in their patients’s treatment, with beneficial outcomes.
Recent research shows how the relationship between alcohol consumption, queuing and crowds can lead to violent behaviour in city centres at night.
You might think it’s fine to have a few with friends before heading for a night out, but alcohol-related harms actually increase with pre-drinking.
An analysis shows that Black students at more racially segregated schools have a greater tendency to turn to the bottle.
Adolescent alcohol consumption is driven by several factors such as the availability of alcohol and social norms.
Growing interest in psychedelics has spurred new research decades after hallucinogenics were tested in Saskatchewan in the 1950s. And an unassuming common fish is proving a useful test subject.
In the US, underage drinking accounts for a whopping US$17.5 billion worth of alcohol yearly. New research shows which companies take in most of this money and how little is spent on prevention.
Gen Z is breaking stereotypes, but there are still some worrying trends when it comes to substance abuse.
Be careful when returning to the pub. Your alcohol tolerance might’ve changed during lockdown, meaning you could do greater harm to your body.
Sales of alcohol have reported jumped by around a quarter as people bulk buy wine, beers and spirits. That could lead to a range of short-term and long-term problems.
Stress and boredom might see us drinking more alcohol at home in the coming weeks and months. But there are alternatives.
The era of Prohibition, which began in 1920 and ended in 1933, left many legacies – more modest drinking was not among them.
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Chief Specialist Scientist in Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
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Professor and Project Leader, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
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Professor of Health Law, Policy & Management, Boston University
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PhD Candidate (University of Newcastle); Associate (360Edge), University of Newcastle
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Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
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Professor / Lead Substance use research group, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Research officer, National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders University
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Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University - Newark
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Associate Professor , Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University
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NHMRC R.D. Wright Biomedical Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Professor and Director - Academic Excellence, Macquarie University
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Director of the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
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The University of Queensland
