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Psychologist Carmela Pestell speaking on FASD in Perth  July 2018

20 myths about fetal alcohol spectrum debunked

Watch the full video What I’ll be doing tonight is hopefully dispelling the top 20 myths related to FASD as I’ve come across them in the last few years working in this area. The main themes I’ll be focusing on are the prevalent diagnostic issues related to fetal alcohol, spectrum disorder, some information about the…

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Published in: Health, Learning & development
Tags: Alcohol, Brain, Child Development, Disability

A lack of awareness about FASD symptoms is robbing those affected of effective treatment

Australia’s hidden epidemic of alcohol harm

Drinking alcohol in pregnancy may have a drastic impact on babies' brain development. But too often Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is overlooked as a cause of children's behavioural and learning issues

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Published in: Health, Society
Tags: Adolescence, Alcohol, Behaviour, Brain, Child Development, Children, Disability, In the news, Learning difficulties, Mental illness, Parenting, Public health, Substance abuse, Wellbeing

Making selection a game may help companies recruit more effectively

How computer games are revolutionising recruitment

Swapping traditional psychometric tests for game-based assessments has the potential to provide more accurate measures of cognitive ability – and increase the fun factor. 

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Published in: Work & performance
Tags: Brain, Organisational psychology, Performance psychology, Technology, Testing, Work

Psychologists are  developing a clearer understanding of schizophrenia

The concept of schizophrenia is coming to an end – here’s why

Some mental health professionals believe that 'psychosis spectrum disorder' is a better description of a problem that has for too long been written off as untreatable

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Tags: Brain, Clinical psychology, Disorders, Mental health, Mental illness, Treatment and therapies, Wellbeing

What is traumatic brain injury?

There are significant challenges in navigating the emotional and behavioural difficulties associated with head injuries

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Tags: Brain, Learning difficulties, Neuroscience, Treatment and therapies

What you can do to avoid Alzheimer’s Diseasevideo

Neuroscientist and author Lisa Genova on what research suggests we can do to keep dementia at bay

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Published in: Health
Tags: Brain, Dementia, Memory, Mental health

Brain stimulation may not be all it’s cracked up to be

Interest in electrical brain stimulation as a treatment has skyrocketed, but the evidence in support of it is mixed

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Published in: Health
Tags: Brain, Experimental psychology, Research, Treatment and therapies

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