[Link] Constant Craving: How Digital Media Turned Us All Into Dopamine Addicts

Read: 3/11/2021 getpocket.com

According to addiction expert Dr. Anna Lembke, our smartphones are making us dopamine junkies, with each swipe, like and tweet feeding our habit. So how do we beat our digital dependency?

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[Link] Scientists Finally Understand the Link Between Depression and Bad Sleep

Read: 28/10/2021 getpocket.com

Some brains can’t help but decide that three o’clock in the morning is the right time to ruminate on everything that’s going wrong.

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[Link] $40m psychedelic medicine institute launches in Melbourne

Read: 30/7/2021 www.smh.com.au

A world-first global research institute that aims to develop new pharmaceutical-grade psychedelic medicine to treat mental health disorders is launching in Melbourne on Friday.

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