NHMRC Partnership Project Success: Shaping the Future of AOD Treatment: Meeting Unmet Demand with Brief Interventions

Alcohol and other drug (AOD) services in Australia currently meet less than half of the treatment demand. Even when individuals with AOD use problems access these services, the majority attend only one or two sessions.

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November 2021

Results from World Mental Health Surveys finds low rates of people with alcohol use disorder having ‘helpful’ treatment

Results from World Mental Health Surveys have found fewer than half of the people with alcohol use disorder who sought treatment perceived their treatment as being helpful.

November 2021

NDARC Director Professor Michael Farrell has been elected as Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

NDARC’s Director, Professor Michael Farrell, has been elected as Fellow of the Academy of the Social Science in Australia.

November 2021

Major changes in Australian drug use during 2021 says annual Drug Trends reports

The Drug Trends program at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW Sydney has released findings from annual surveys with hundreds of people who regularly use drugs in Australi

November 2021

Recordings now online: The 2021 NDARC Annual Research Symposium

The 2021 NDARC Annual Research Symposium was held online across three days (20 - 22 October 2021).

November 2021

Tips to stay safe post-lockdown

With much of the Australian population emerging from long-term lockdowns recently, NDRI Adjunct Professor Nicole Lee shared strategies for people to stay safe via an article in The Conversation.

November 2021

Panels, breadth of topics symposium highlights: Feedback

Panel discussions and the diversity of topics presented on were rated highly by delegates at the 2021 NDRI symposium.

November 2021

Wungening Aboriginal Corporation, NDRI collaboration on homelessness research

The National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) is collaborating with Wungening Aboriginal Corporation on a new project to inform culturally responsive policy and service delivery for Aboriginal people

November 2021

NCETA at APSAD

The annual APSAD conference is finished for another year, with excellent representation from NCETA staff as always.

November 2021

National Alcohol & Drug Knowledgebase (NADK) website has been updated

NCETA is proud to launch the updated National Alcohol & Drug Knowledgebase (NADK) website.

September 2021

Synthetic cannabis’: a dangerous misnomer

The term ‘synthetic cannabis’ (or ‘synthetic marijuana’) has been widely used. The term, however, is wrong, as NDARC’s Professor Shane Darke explains.

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