Dr Sanil Rege

January 13, 2019

Time to read: 7 minutes

Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the use of the synthetic stimulant, methamphetamine, particularly in its crystalline form. Advances...

 Prof David Castle, Dr Sanil Rege

September 25, 2018

Time to read: 12–15 minutes

Cannabis (‘marijuana’, ‘hashish’) has been used for centuries for its medicinal and psychoactive properties and remains commonly used, worldwide...

 Prof David Castle, Dr Marlene Tham, Dr Sanil Rege

September 25, 2018

Time to read: 10 minutes

Obesity is a major health problem in Australia, with an increasingly large proportion of the general population – around a third – being in the ...

 Prof David Castle

August 13, 2018

Time to read: 7 minutes

Amphetamines come in many forms and have been used for decades recreationally and therapeutically. Methamphetamines are also available in a number of di...

 Dr. Malika Weerasinghe

February 19, 2018

Time to read: 7 minutes

A 17-year-old student was brought to the clinic by his parents with a one-week history of changed behaviour and unusual beliefs. He started believing th...

 Dr Sanil Rege, Dr James Graham

September 25, 2017

Time to read: 9 minutes

Alcohol dependence, or alcoholism, is a chronic and severe condition that the WHO estimates to affect 140 million individuals globally. The WHO classifi...

Prof Michael Berk talks about the application of NAC in addiction, autism, OCD and traumatic brain injury. NAC and Addiction...

January 13, 2017

Time to read: 3 minutes

Addiction is a chronic neurological disorder that involves the limbic cortico-striatal neural networks of the brain. During chronic drug exposure, there...

 Dr. Gabrielle Matta

October 30, 2016

Time to read: 3 minutes

Anti-NMDA-receptor antibody (Anti-NMDA-R ab) encephalitis is an important differential diagnosis of psychosis, being first demonstrated in young women w...