Drug and Alcohol Services

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Reviewed January 2008

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Title:	Drug dependency services
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	There are a number of treatment services that can help a person with alcohol or drug dependency. These include counselling, group therapy and medications (methadone, naltrexone, buprenorphine and nicotine replacement therapy) to ease the symptoms of withdrawal. Some people find they need to explore different treatment options before they find what works for them.
Date:	Sep 2008

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:	Sep 2008

Title:	Psychosocial interventions for women enrolled in alcohol treatment during pregnancy
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Pregnancy can be seen as a window of opportunity where women may seek treatment for their addictions out of concern for their unborn child. Worldwide estimates of alcohol usage report that a large proportion of women continue to drink during their pregn...
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:	Jul 2008

Title:	Methadone maintenance treatment essential information
Publisher:	NSW Department of Health
Description:	This booklet accompanies the Methadone Maintenance Treatment Agreements which are provided to clients by their service provider. The booklet provides information on what service providers offer and what to expect from methadone maintenance treatment in New South Wales.
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:	Over 50% of people with a severe mental illness also use illicit drugs and/or alcohol at hazardous levels. This substance misuse is associated with higher rates of treatment non-compliance, relapse, suicide, incarceration, hepatitis, HIV, homelessness ...
Date:	Nov 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:	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:	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:	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

Title:	Clients of treatment service agencies: May 2001 census findings Report
Publisher:	Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	Results of the fourth national census of clients of treatment service agencies (COTSA) census, conducted to identify the characteristics of clients attending drug and alcohol treatment services and to compare the drug and alcohol problems being treated over the eleven years since the first census.
Date:	Aug 2002

Title:	National heroin overdose strategy
Publisher:	Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
Description:	The National Heroin Overdose Strategy, agreed by all jurisdictions through the Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy (MCDS), provides nationally agreed priorities for action aimed at preventing overdose and reducing morbidity and mortality where overdose does occur.
Date:	Jul 2001

Title:	National Comorbidity Project
Publisher:	Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
Description:	Comorbidity of mental disorders and substance use disorders is widespread and often associated with poor treatment outcome, severe illness course, and high service use. This presents a significant challenge with respect to the most appropriate identification, prevention and management strategies.
Date:	Jan 2001

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