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Leigh Walker

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MDMA alters fear extinction, and reduces alcohol consumption in inbred alcohol preferring iP rats but not outbred Wistar rats

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By Grace Bailey, Amy Pearl Verified, Xavier J. Maddern, Robyn M Brown, Gavan P. McNally, Dan I Lubman, Shalini Arunogiri, Kirsten Morley, Erin Campbell, Andrew Lawrence, Leigh Walker, Kade L. Huckstep, Billi Newton, Annai Charlton
| Nature Verified
Abstract Comorbidity between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use is common and mutually-reinforcing, yet there are no pharmacological strategies that specifically target trauma-linked escalation of alcohol intake.
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Why is research into women's mental health decades behind?

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By Xavier J. Maddern, Leigh Walker, Lisa Lock, Robert Egan Verified
| Medical Xpress Verified
A global mental health crisis is evolving. And at the forefront of the surging rates of mental health disorders globally are women, who are disproportionately affected when compared to men. While men have higher rates of antisocial personality and substance use disorders, women are 20% to 40% more likely to experience a mental health disorder. Women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and eating disorders.
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Why is research into women’s mental health decades behind?

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By Xavier J. Maddern, Leigh Walker
| Pursuit
A global mental health crisis is evolving. And at the forefront of the surging rates of mental health disorders globally are women, who are disproportionately affected when compared to men. While men have higher rates of antisocial personality and substance use disorders, women are 20 to 40 per cent more likely to experience a mental health disorder. Women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and eating disorders.
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