Alcohol and our Community
Dr Simon Adamson
Most of us enjoy a drink, and it’s only a few idiots who spoil it for everyone else, right?
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The Highly Sensitive Person
Dr Fran Vertue
Does the sound of your loved ones chewing their food drive you crazy? Do you get irritated by the sound of a computer or a fan humming in the back ground?
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Getting back into the Building
Dr Fran Vertue
Small Steps Forward To Get Back Into Everyday Life After The Earthquake
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Multicultural Families
Dr Fran Vertue
In spite of enormous changes in its structure and functioning, the family is still the main context in which most people are brought up.
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Earthquake Aftermath
Dr Fran Vertue
It’s the end of October 2010, and there have been over 2000 earthquakes since 4 September.
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Mindfulness
Prue Fanselow-Brown
The western world is relatively new to the practice of mindfulness,
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Problem gambling
Dr Simon Adamson
Do you gamble regularly? Many Lotto buyers will have said no to this question, but of course the answer is yes.
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Transition to parenthood
The transition to parenthood for the first time is unsettling, exciting, and profound
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When does a Collection become a Hoard?
Dr Fran Vertue
There’s a complicated relationship between people and their stuff, and this relationship can lead people to become compulsive hoarders.
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Sports fans – the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Dr Fran Vertue
Everyone has to develop a personal identity (“what are my values and what are my talents”) and a social identity (“who do I fit in with and who do I want to be like”)
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