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Associate Professor Femke Buisman-Pijlman

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Academic Program Director (Health), The University of Melbourne

Early life trauma can affect our hormone systems for the rest of our lives. from www.shutterstock.com

October 17, 2017

How childhood trauma changes our hormones, and thus our mental health, into adulthood

Sarah Baracz, Macquarie University and Associate Professor Femke Buisman-Pijlman, University of Adelaide

The “love hormone” system starts to develop in the womb and is important in helping us deal with stress.

We’ve long heard we can’t blame people for their addiction because it’s a disease, but is it? from www.shutterstock.com.au

August 21, 2016

Viewpoints: is addiction a disease?

Nicole Lee, Curtin University and Associate Professor Femke Buisman-Pijlman, University of Adelaide

Some think labelling it a disease is a helpful way to think about addiction; others think this makes the addict helpless in their fight against addiction. Two academics debate both sides of the coin.

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