Addiction

ICCAD 2019

6 May 2019

London

Optimal-ICAAD is a platform dedicated to expanding knowledge, exchanging ideas, advancing wellbeing and the prevention and treatment of Behavioural, Mental, and Emotional Health issues.

This year, iCAAD 2019 is about the realisation of challenging times both at a collective and an individual level.

Webinar: Crossing the Goal Line; Bringing Ketamine Treatments to the Clinic

14 May 2019

Webinar

The discovery and development of ketamine and now esketamine as rapidly acting antidepressants has been one of the major advances in the treatment of mood disorders in the past five decades.

Alcohol Misuse in the Armed Forces

Scientific article

2 April 2019

In a research project, researchers and professionals from the University of Liverpool, King’s College London, Alcohol Research UK and Royal British Legion joined together to developed an app, to help people monitor and manage their alcohol consumption.

National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Annual Research

16 October 2019

Sydney

The 2019 NDARC Annual Research Symposium is being held on Wednesday, 16 October 2019 at the John Niland Scientia Conference and Events Centre, UNSW Sydney.

Best Practices for Successful Reentry for People Who Have Opioid Addictions

Book

29 November 2018

This fact sheet describes the best practices that community-based behavioural health, and probation and parole agencies can implement to ensure that reentry for people who have opioid addictions is safe and successful.

Mindful Body Awareness Training as Part of Treatment for Substance Use Disorder

Scientific article

16 April 2019

Mindful Awareness in Body-oriented Therapy (MABT) is designed to teach interoceptive awareness and related skills for self-care and emotion regulation.

Webinar: How Do Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Affect Young People?

Video and audio recordings

This webinar will present an update on research into co-occurring mental and substance use disorders among young people in Australia. It will ask: how many young people experience co-occurring mental and substance use disorders? What is the...

Effectiveness Bank Additions: Therapy Relationships that Work 4: Managing Perceptions of the Treatment

Scientific article

23 April 2019

Clients’ perceptions of and reactions to treatment are the focus of this final of four bulletins recapping 16 reviews for the American Psychological Association. Emerging from psychotherapy research worldwide are practical and effective...

Differences in Service Utilization and Barriers among Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites with Drug Use Disorders

Scientific article

13 March 2009

Abstract Background Treatment for drug use disorders (DUD) can be effective, but only a small proportion of people with DUD seek or receive treatment. Research on racial and ethnic treatment differences and disparities remains unclear...

Combining Medically Assisted Treatment and Twelve-Step Programming: A Perspective and Review

Scientific article

7 April 2017

ABSTRACT Background: People with severe substance use disorders require long-term rehabilitative care after the initial treatment. There is, however, a deficit in the availability of such care. This may be due both to inadequate medical...