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This life-threatening mental illness costs $69 billion a year and effects one in 10 Australians
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Marketing messages hijack the same brain processes as drug and alcohol addiction
Motivational interviewing
A psychological approach that assists in behaviour change by focusing on a person’s motivations for problem behaviour, examining the consequences of it and addressing their ambivalence about making positive change. The approach arose from work in the area of substance abuse and is now thought to be effective in addressing bullying and the management of…
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