Yearly Archives: 2011

What Psychologists Need to Know About Three Common Complementary Medicines This review will focus on the use, action and effects of three complementary treatments often used for mental disorders. St John’s Wort, Valerian and Omega-3 fatty acids were selected because each has benefited from considerable research into their efficacy and action mechanisms. Evidence for the [...]

Criticism has come thick and fast for Chris Lilley's Angry Boys on ABC TV: From morally outraged radio talk back callers to teachers concerned that 13-year-old students are emulating the antisocial behaviour depicted in the show, the discomfort that Chris Lilley's characters elicit has certainly stirred some feathers. The unfavourable judgments seem to be focused [...]