Windana is always reviewing and seeing articles about drug and or alcohol issues. Below are some interesting articles. All comments in these articles are from the author and Windana does not necessarily endorse the content.
Labyrinths Matter - Newsletter - An article about Windana’s Labyrinth at its Therapeutic Community by Wendy Bell
Victorian Drug Statistics Handbook - Victoria Government Health Information
Face it you do become a cheaper drunk with age: Paul Taylor
Beware older drinkers: You may be more impaired by a couple of glasses of wine or beer than you think.
Study find genetic link to impulsive behaviour: Health Scout
Smoking and Mental Illness: The Cancer Institute NSW
Booze alert: stop at 4 drinks - Jill Stark
Australians who have more than four drinks on any one occasion sharply increase their risk of serious harm, the Federal Government’s new alcohol guidelines state.
The Great Alcohol Myth - John Aitch
Government guidelines are useless - it’s not how much we drink, or how often, it’s what it does to us.
Wilderness Therapy and Women in Recovery - B:Net
Stories of two women living at the Windana Therapeutic Community.
A new blueprint for alcohol and other drug treatment services 2009-2013 - Published by the Victorian Government Department of Human Services
Client-centred, service-focused.
Alcohol related deaths still high despite fall in mortality rates - Jenny Percival
Health charities said today that the number of people dying from alcohol-related deaths was unacceptably high, despite new figures showing a decline in mortality rates after many years of increases.
Links provided by the University of New South Wales.
Alcohol is major cause of drug rehab admissions again - Mediscape
Alcohol has again topped harder drugs like ice and heroin as the addiction which drives the most Australians into crisis rehab.
Tackle the alcohol problem at its source
THE Spaniards call it el botellón - “the big bottle” - the local teenagers’ custom of congregating for noisy outdoor drinking parties in town squares. The custom and the term have spread to Switzerland where, perhaps unsurprisingly, a big concern is the litter left behind by drinkers in famously tidy streets.
Pregnancy loss increases risk for substance abuse among young women: study - Alex Wilde
Young women who have lost a pregnancy through abortion or miscarriage have an increased risk for substance abuse or developing a mood disorder in later life, according to an Australian study.
Booze and the larrikin: an ugly mix - John Fitzgerald.
PICTURE this. Sixty-five 18-year-old boys gather at dawn in the grandstand of a football ground near the Yarra. It is 1984. They have just finished school and they are chugging beer, champagne and pre-mixed drinks. They’ve gathered for “para on the Yarra”, an early incarnation of schoolies. They cajole, joke and taunt each other. Then the word spreads: “Let’s get him.”
Violence, drunks, ice monsters - just a night out in Melbourne - Dean Drieberg
Going out in the city used to be fun. Now it’s a risky proposition.
Drugs and alcohol among young’s main worries - Dewi Cooke
COSTAS Hronopoulos and his year 11 mates at Salesian College are looking forward to their last long summer before the stress of year 12 is thrust upon them.
Underage drinkers provide governments a tax goldmine - Les Shanahan
UNDERAGE drinkers are downing 175 million standard alcoholic drinks a year and governments are pocketing $107 million in taxes from the habit.
The legacy of our risky lifestyle - Rob Moodie
Nearly a third of our disease burden is due to preventable factors such as tobacco, obesity, poor nutrition, physical inactivity, high blood pressure and harmful drinking. According to the World Health Organisation, we would have an extra five years of healthy life if we reduced these risks.
Cocaine and the Brain - HealthScout
Results showed cocaine addicts had thinner brain tissue in regions responsible for regulating attention and reward, and behavioural tests confirmed addicts had significant problems in these areas.
It’s no one’s shout in anti-binge trial - Cameron Houston and Jill Stark
ROUNDS of drinks, jugs of beer and shots could be banned after 1am as police and Liquor Licensing Victoria trial new measures to fight binge drinking in Melbourne’s nightclubs.