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Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) comorbidity is becoming a rising issue within the military veteran community, highlighted by research indicating individuals diagnosed with PTSD are more likely to have a drinking problem (1). The implementation of meditation as an alternative form of stress release was aimed at r...
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To date, research on social support as a factor affecting the relationship between infant sleep and postnatal depression (PND) has not been widely examined. This study aimed to determine the extent to which social support affects this relationship. The sample consisted of 108 caregivers of children between 6-18 months of age. Participants completed...
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The negative effects of sleep loss on sleepiness, performance, and mood have been well-documented. Less is known, however, about possible negative effects of sleep extension and findings are inconsistent. This study investigated the Rip Van Winkle effect, comparing the effects of a single night of sleep extension (11 h time-in-bed, TIB) to control ...
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This paper reports on a post-structural feminist study that examined how discourses about child sexual abuse frame understandings of the impact of abuse on women’s sexual lives. The study considered the overarching question ‘What discourses associated with the impact of child sexual abuse on women’s sexual lives are reproduced, resisted or invisibl...
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From the discovery of the first clock genes outside of the ‘master clock’ – the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) – to now, there has been extensive research into the location of these peripheral clocks and how they relate to the SCN and other timing signals. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the current knowledge in this area. Ar...
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War veterans experience psychological disorders as a result of deployment. Peer outdoor support therapy (POST) may be an alternative or complementary therapy, as part of the larger field of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), to traditional psychological approaches for the treatment of psychological disorders arising from deployment. The ...
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Overweight and unhealthy eating are rapidly increasing in Australia, with serious health consequences. Stimuli-control and substitution have well supported efficacy in facilitating health behaviour change. A case study of a twenty-year-old Australian student aimed to decrease unhealthy eating through these behavioural principles, which were identif...
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In the luteal stage of the menstrual cycle, core body temperature increases during the night circadian cycle which results in better performance on simple cognitive tasks. In the follicular stage, increased performance is found on sexually dimorphic tasks favouring men. This effect has not been tested in the context of misaligned sleep cycle. The a...
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Sleep inertia is a temporary period after awakening that impairs functional abilities and alertness, thought to be exacerbated by sleep restriction. Many Australians perform safety critical tasks such as operating a vehicle in the first two hours after awakening and many do no obtain sufficient sleep on a regular basis. The aim of this study was to...
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Chocolate is a major source of free sugars, with many people experiencing addiction-like cravings, leading to excess chocolate consumption. Excess consumption of free sugars (those sugars not naturally found in fruit, vegetables, or milk) has been linked to increased risk of chronic diseases. This case study investigates if an intervention using su...
