Social Policy Research Centre

A study has found children between the ages of 8 and 14 who take care of a family member with a drug addiction or mental illness aren't very happy at, and don't feel all that safe, at school.

It's time characters on TV reflected not only women's experience of heart disease but those of men from diverse backgrounds if we want to prevent more people dying from heart disease.

Could treating people with substance use issues as criminals be doing more harm than the drug itself?

Making super voluntary for low earners, as proposed by a Liberal senator, would leave more women vulnerable in old age.

Professor Peter Reuter has been mentoring Professor Alison Ritter for 20 years, since the early days of the Drug Policy Modelling Program.

Researchers from SPRC have been awarded $AUD399,000 by the Australian Research Council.

ABC's The Signal reviews the New South Wales inquest into drug-related deaths at music festivals in the state.

How is China responding to its old age boom?

Was Greens MP Adam Bandt correct when he tweeted that one in four people living in poverty work full time?

A survey identified hundreds of young Australians who are caring for family members with mental illnesses, alcohol and drug addictions.

All sorts of people use steroids for all sorts of reasons.

The NDIS needs a lot more work for it to be truly inclusive, says Director Engagement of the UNSW Disability Innovation Institute, Rosemary Kayess.

When it comes to digital health records, the public isn't worried the government has anything sinister in mind. They just think it's incompetent.

Women keep society ticking over then many retire into poverty because of the structured discrimination they face along the way.

The youth mental health service provider is 'failing' the people it's meant to serve, say experts.

New research shows it's possible to be potentially dangerously addicted to exercise.