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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June 2017

New NDRI report on social costs of methamphetamine in Australia

A new report on the social costs of methamphetamine in Australia has been published by NDRI.

May 2017

New funding for research to address Aboriginal mental health in culturally appropriate ways

Two new NDRI-led projects aim to transform mental health and drug and alcohol services to provide culturally appropriate access for Aboriginal people.

May 2017

Upcoming webinar: Addressing harmful alcohol and other drug use among Aboriginal Australians

NDRI’s Ted Wilkes and Dennis Gray will present a free webinar on Thursday 11 May on addressing harmful alcohol and other drug use among Aboriginal Australians

May 2017

Winners announced for the 2016 NDARC Awards

NDARC has acknowledged the outstanding work of four staff members via the 2016 NDARC Awards.

May 2017

Informing changes to Northern Territory liquor licensing regulations

Professor Ann Roche facilitated a one-day workshop of key stakeholders to address ways in which proposed variations to the Northern Territory’s Liquor Act could be evaluated.

May 2017

Australasian Drug Strategy Conference – drug testing panel discussion

Professor Ann Roche participated in a panel discussion examining drug and alcohol testing in the workplace at the Australasian Drug Strategy Conference.

May 2017

15th World Congress on Public Health – older people and AOD use

NCETA presented on Australia’s ageing population and the concomitant changes in older people’s patterns of drug and alcohol use at the 15th World Congress on Public Health.

May 2017

NDRI has moved!

The National Drug Research Institute has relocated to new premises at Technology Park in the Perth suburb of Bentley, adjacent to Curtin University’s main campus.

March 2017

Interpersonal Violence (IPV) workshop for hospital-based staff

Building on a highly successful one-day workshop conducted by NCETA with staff at a major Adelaide teaching hospital in 2016, the Centre has been invited to conduct a similar workshop in April 2017

March 2017

Examination of AOD Treatment Service Utilisation at the Statistical Area Levels

As part of our program of work with the Adelaide and Country SA Primary Health Networks (PHN), NCETA is examining AOD treatment service utilisation at Statistical Area Levels 3 and 4 in South Austr

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