Dr Anastasia Hronis
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Dr Anastasia Hronis
@anastasiahronis.bsky.social
Clinical Psychologist | Lecturer | Researcher | Pianist | Author of THE DOPAMINE BRAIN 🧠
My areas of passion are addictions, rural mental health and disabilities.
Say g'day!

📍 University of Technology Sydney
Still love receiving all your messages with where you’re spotting The Dopamine Brain!
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#dopamine #dopaminedetox #thedopaminebrain
December 15, 2024 at 1:22 AM
UK Colleagues - this post is for you!!

THE DOPAMINE BRAIN 🧠 is about to be sold across the #UK!

Ebury Publishing with Penguin Random House will have THE DOPAMINE BRAIN 🧠 in stores from Dec 19th

Pre-order :
lnkd.in/gmRF4wT5

#TheDopamineBrain #Dopamine #psychologist #addiction #addictionrecovery
December 11, 2024 at 2:21 AM
I will be on The Morning Show today, 10.15am Sydney time, talking to the hosts about coping with rejections
December 2, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Big thank you to best selling #author Dr Amantha Imber for her lovely review of my book The Dopamine Brain!

#dopamine
#thedopaminebrain
November 26, 2024 at 12:07 PM
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
November 26, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Last week I attended the screening of "Such a Resounding Silence". A great documentary about the terrible reality of incest, when sexual abuse is perpetrated by a family member. The documentary is very eye opening. Certainly worth a watch. Fantastic to see Harrison James and Grace Tame in support
November 25, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Is anyone using #Claude #AI in their work as therapists?
I have a friend who has been using Claude as a "substitute" #therapist in between her #psych appointments. She says it's very helpful, so I'm curious if anyone is integrating it into their work?

#psychsky
November 24, 2024 at 7:55 PM
"Neuromyths" - what a term!
My book The Dopamine Brain 🧠 pretty much exists to debunk neuromyths like #DopamineDetox and #AntiDopamineParenting
As well as to debunk the idea that dopamine is JUST "the pleasure" molecule

#TheDopamineBrain
People think they understand the brain, but often don't

"Neuromyths" come from
- lack of #psychology knowledge
- poor communication by #scientists 🧪
- low-quality info sources like outdated studies & tik tok

This 2022 review of neuromyths in education is 😧

www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Frontiers | The Persistence of Neuromyths in the Educational Settings: A Systematic Review
Neuroscience influences education, and these two areas have converged in a new field denominated “Neuroeducation.” However, the growing interest in the educa...
www.frontiersin.org
November 24, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Not a bad spot to do some #manuscript edits!

#research #academia
November 24, 2024 at 11:44 AM
What a joy to #supervise a fabulous group of University of Technology Sydney Master of Clinical Psychology students! The students delivered a #3MT to communicate their #research findings to a nonspecialist audience. They gave enthusiastic & insightful presentations.
#psychology #clinicalpsychology
November 23, 2024 at 10:07 PM
What is happening to the world….

The amendment to the country’s “personal status law” – also known as Law 188 – would allow adult men to marry children.
November 23, 2024 at 5:45 AM
What is happening to the world….

The amendment to the country’s “personal status law” – also known as Law 188 – would allow adult men to marry children.
November 23, 2024 at 5:45 AM
“Parents have nothing to worry about if they send their child to school.”
Does the government actually think this will work? This will create greater tensions and divides. There are so many factors that prevent a child attending school. “Bad parenting” is rarely one.

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
‘A direct attack on our rights’: Outcry over new NT policy to fine parents of truant children
Truancy officers have begun patrols in the NT, trying to get children to school and issuing fines and compliance notices to families who fail to comply.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2024 at 4:31 AM
G’day BlueSky.
I’m new to the party, but looking to connect with people in the world of mental health, wellbeing, addictions and more! 🧠

#psychsky #mentalhealth #psychscisky #psychology #skychiatry #clinpsych
#clinicalpsychology #neuro #cogsci #devpsy #psychiatry
November 23, 2024 at 3:28 AM
A lovely message to wake up to today, from a dear colleague over in the USA. Thank you Earle!

#thedopaminebrain
November 23, 2024 at 3:17 AM
One of the perks of being at Sydney Airport just about every week over the last three months, has been watching THE DOPAMINE BRAIN 🧠 stock at the #airport #bookstore dwindle down, and then get restocked!

#dopamine #neuroscience #thedopaminebrain #psychology
November 22, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Reposted by Dr Anastasia Hronis
This report from Hydrant is the first systematically gathered analysis of law enforcement data on organised child sexual abuse published in almost 30 years - showing that the family is the most common context of organised abuse. www.hydrantprogramme.co.uk/latest-news/...
Group-Based Offending Publication | The Hydrant Programme
www.hydrantprogramme.co.uk
November 22, 2024 at 5:35 AM
This week I had the honour of representing Australia at the #G20 Wellbeing Leaders Forum.We discussed issues surrounding global #wellbeing. My focus was to share how Australia has successfully managed particular mental health issues, while identifying areas that continue to be challenging.
November 22, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Reposted by Dr Anastasia Hronis
When I will respond to your email
November 20, 2024 at 6:38 PM