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AA’s Twelve Steps program emphasises spiritual awakening and is not at all medical. Nikhil/Flickr

Curing addiction: Twelve Steps or fixing the brain?

Hans Pols, University of Sydney and Gemma Lucy Smart, University of Sydney

MEDICAL HISTORIES - The fourth instalment in our short series provides a brief overview of Alcoholics Anonymous and considers the reasons for its success. Alcoholics Anonymous provides a non-medical intervention…
Many of us feel that our internet use verges on problematic but this is different to addiction. justingaynor

Internet use and the DSM‑5’s revival of addiction

Gemma Lucy Smart, University of Sydney and Dominic Murphy, University of Sydney

MATTERS OF THE MIND – a series which examines the clinician’s bible for diagnosing mental disorders, the DSM, and the controversy surrounding the forthcoming fifth edition. The term “addiction” is conspicuously…
The fact a pleasurable behaviour is done to excess does not necessarily mean it’s an addiction. PhotoCatcher

Videogame addiction – fact or fantasy?

Gemma Lucy Smart, University of Sydney

I am a Warcraft widow, an affectionate term given to those who have “lost” a partner to World of Warcraft (WoW) as a result of excessive game-playing. I have first-hand experience of the way games such…

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