[Link] What to Do if Your ADHD Medication Messes With Your Appetite and Body Image

Read: 18/11/2021 www.vice.com

When Spencer Jardine was 15, she was diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and prescribed treatment in the form of Adderall.

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[Link] After a Person Accidentally Kills Someone, How Do They Heal and Move On?

Read: 11/11/2021 www.vice.com

When news broke that Alec Baldwin shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins with a prop gun on a movie set, many were quick to litigate Baldwin’s level of responsibility and search for someone to blame.

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[Link] Get Reading: This Is How Books Can Impact Your Mental Health

Read: 3/11/2021 getpocket.com

We’ve long known that we can find comfort, solace and help in the pages of a book, and now research has confirmed that reading can be good for our mental health.

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[Link] Online child abuse survey finds third of viewers attempt contact with children

Read: 3/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

The largest major survey of people who watch online child sexual abuse has found that one-third of respondents attempted to directly contact a child as a result of the illegal images they watched online.

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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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