Drug and Alcohol Services

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Reviewed January 2008

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Title:	Australian Drug Information Network
Publisher:	Australian Drug Information Network (ADIN)
Description:	The Australian Drug Information Network (ADIN) links users to a comprehensive range of websites and information on alcohol and other drugs. It is funded under the National Illicit Drug Strategy.
Date:	Jul 2008

Title:	Amphetamine dependency
Publisher:	inspire foundation
Description:	Even if you start out taking amphetamines every now and then recreationally, it is possible for you to develop a dependence on amphetamines. This means that the amphetamines become central to your life. Check out this fact sheet for more info on signs you might be dependant and how to get help.
Date:	Jun 2008

Title:	Comorbidity framework for action
Publisher:	NSW Department of Health
Description:	The Framework for Action provides the strategic direction for NSW Health to manage comorbidity of mental health and drug and alcohol in the State's health settings and is based on the four key action areas.
Date:	Apr 2008

Title:	National Comorbidity Initiative
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	The Initiative aims to improve service co-ordination and treatment outcomes for people with coexisting mental health and substance use disorders and focuses on the following priority areas.
Date:	Dec 2007

Title:	Psychosocial interventions for people with both severe mental illness and substance misuse
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	This review is based on the findings of 25 randomised controlled trials (with a total of 2,478 participants), which assessed the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions, offered either as one-off treatments, or as an integrated or non-integrated pro...

Title:	Drug dependency services
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Many treatment programs can help people overcome drug dependency, including counselling, group therapy and medications such as methadone, naltrexone or buprenorphine. Some people find they need to explore different treatment options before they find what works for them.
Date:	Sep 2007

Title:	Media release. Government's new cannabis committee
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	A new management committee has been created to support the National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre in setting its directions and progress.
Date:	Aug 2007

Title:	Drug and Alcohol Service Report Questionnaires - 2003-2007
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	This page contains the Drug and Alcohol Service Report (DASR) questionnaires from 2000 to 2007 that were distributed to Australian Government funded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander substance use specific services.
Date:	Aug 2007

Title:	Media release. Report highlights problems for children in drug-abusing families
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	Parents and carers with substance abuse problems often struggle with complex family difficulties such as mental illnesses, child behavioural problems, poverty or a history of abuse and neglect, according to a report released on 21 May.
Date:	May 2007

Title:	Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS specifications 2007-08: data dictionary, collection guidelines and validation processes
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	These guidelines have been prepared as a reference for those involved in collecting and supplying the data for the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set (AODTS-NMDS).
Date:	Mar 2007

Title:	Media release. Petrol-sniffing campaign expanded
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	The Commonwealth Government is expanding efforts to help Indigenous communities to counter petrol sniffing and other substance abuse problems.
Date:	Feb 2007

Title:	Parenting as a drug user
Publisher:	Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:	Experiences of a father who regularly takes drugs, and his young daughter; impact of drugs on parenting; interview; challenges and responsibilities of being a drug user; effects on health; safety risks; community and family support.
Date:	Jul 2006

Title:	Alcohol use: creating opportunities to reduce alcohol related harm in the veteran community
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:	Alcohol Management Project - reducing the level of harm caused by alcohol misuse in the veteran community.

Title:	National Drugs Campaign - Getting help
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	This page contains a list of links and contacts for alcohol and drug information services
Date:	Oct 2005

Title:	National Drug Strategy
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	The National Drug Strategy (NDS) aims to prevent and reduce the uptake of harmful drug use and minimise the harmful effects of licit and illicit drug use in Australian society. The NDS adopts a comprehensive approach which encompasses the misuse of both licit and illicit drugs.
Date:	Sep 2004

Title:	Australian local government: Alcohol harm minimisation projects
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	This good practice guide contains an audit of local community based, public health interventions designed to minimise and prevent alcohol-related harm. It provides the background to assist local governments select, adapt, implement, and evaluate harm-minimisation strategies in their communities.
Date:	Jun 2004

Title:	Comorbid mental disorders and substance use disorders: epidemiology, prevention and treatment
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	This Monograph was developed as part of the National Comorbidity Project and is expected to make a significant contribution to the drug and alcohol and mental health sectors by providing the evidence base and the beginning of a common language to address the complex issues around comorbidity.
Date:	May 2004

Title:	The SmokeFree Project
Publisher:	SANE Australia
Description:	Resources specially developed to help people with a mental illness reduce and quit smoking, and to help workers, family and friends support them to do this.

Title:	Workforce issues and the treatment of alcohol problems: A survey of managers of alcohol and drug treatment agencies
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	The National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction undertook an examination of the key issues relating to the capacity of the Alcohol Workforce to prevent and treat alcohol problems. The report focuses on the Drug and Alcohol Services sector and includes a literature review and results of a survey of managers of Drug and Alcohol Services in regard to the management of alcohol problems by these services.
Date:	Aug 2003

Title:	Community interventions for preventing smoking in young people
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	The decision to start (or continue) smoking is made within a broad social context, affected by many factors. Community interventions use coordinated, widespread, multi-component programs to try and influence people's behaviour. Community members are oft...
Date:	Sep 2002

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