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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August 2019

Review of Australian clinical guidelines for methamphetamine

NCETA was engaged by the National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs (NCCRED) to work with them to review Australian methamphetamine-related clinical guidelines. This research:

August 2019

Informing public health policy and practice in Australia

NCETA will have a significant presence at the upcoming 2019 Australian Public Health Conference being held in Adelaide from 17-19 September.

August 2019

Hard copies of NCETA’s Feeling Deadly/Working Deadly Resource Kit Now Available

Since its launch in 2014, NCETA’s extremely popular Feeling Deadly/Working Deadly Resource Kit has been in high demand.

August 2019

Pharmaceutical Section of National Alcohol & Drug Knowledgebase goes live

The National Alcohol and Drug Knowledgebase (NADK) has been expanded by NCETA and now includes a Pharmaceuticals Section to accompany the existing Alcohol, Cannabis and Methamphetamine Sections.

August 2019

Alcohol & Other Drugs National Workforce Survey

It’s been over 10 years since the last national survey of the AOD workforce.

August 2019

Registration now open for NDARC seminars in August

Free registration is now open for NDARC seminars in August.

August 2019

Available now: New resources from Drug Trends

A number of new Drug Trends resources are available online now.

August 2019

NDARC researchers find opioid agonist treatment makes substantial difference to crime rates

Medications for opioid dependence significantly reduce crime rates, a study by researchers from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW Sydney, has found.

August 2019

More than 1,700 drug-induced deaths among Australians in 2017

There were 1,795 drug-induced deaths among Australians in 2017, according to preliminary estimates released in a new report by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW Sydney

June 2019

Apply now: UNSW Scientia PhD scholarship to examine outcomes of long-term opioid prescribing

UNSW is currently advertising a Scientia PhD scholarship (beginning in 2020) to work as part of a large team investigating the trajectories and outcomes of opioid prescribing in Australia.

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