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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February 2016

AODConnect: A new app to link Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders with AOD treatment services

The Australian Indigenous Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre has launched an Android version of their free mobile phone app, AODconnect.

February 2016

Celebrating Achievements

Flinders University is highlighting NCETA's distinctive research history in its upcoming 50th birthday celebrations.

February 2016

Creating Healthy Workplaces

Findings from the implementation of NCETA's cultural model of workplace alcohol and drug use will be launched by VicHealth in March 2016.

February 2016

Australian Drug Summit

Professor Ann Roche (NCETA) and Professor Michael Farrell (NDARC) will be participating in the Australian Drug Summit to be held at Parliament House in Canberra on 2 March 2016.

February 2016

Ice: Frontline Worker Training

NCETA has developed a comprehensive Training Package on crystal methamphetamine. The Ice: Frontline Worker Training Package was released in January 2016. The package was developed as part of the Victorian Government’s Ice Action Plan and is available online free of charge.

February 2016

Analysis reveals assaults eight times higher on NYE

National Drug Research Institute analysis of Western Australian Police figures for the past five years reveal that the average number of assaults per hour was more than eight times higher on New Year’s Eve than on other nights in December and January.

February 2016

International drug policy, youth programs and addiction science presentations kick off 2016 NDARC seminar series

The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre is hosting a series of free seminars on a wide range of topics surrounding research on alcohol and other drugs. 

February 2016

10th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy

The 10th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP) will be held in Sydney, Australia on 16-18 May, 2016.

February 2016

Five NDARC staff take out 2015 SMHR Awards

NDARC researchers' achievements have been celebrated at the 2015 Society for Mental Health Research (SMHR) Awards.

February 2016

PhD News from across the Centres

Read about the latest PhD news from across the three centres. We will feature our most recently awarded PhDs and their research projects, new PhD candidates and the journey they are embarking on, as well as scholarship opportunities for new candidates.

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