Are you interested in being trained to deliver mental health training in your workplace? The University of Sydney’s Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use have limited places remaining for our National Comorbidity Guidelines Train-the-Trainer Workshops.  The training is based on the Australian Government Department of Health-funded National Comorbidity Guidelines (Guidelines on the management of co-occurring alcohol […]

It almost goes without saying that addressing co-occurring alcohol and other drug and mental health issues is critical. But we have been attempting to bring these two areas together for more than 30 years without successful resolution. It is a challenge that has been well studied, and the problems are well understood, but very few […]

The National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) 2021 Annual Symposium will showcase NDRI's research to support evidence informed alcohol and other drugs policy, strategies, and practice. The theme of the symposium is Working together: community collaboration in drug policy and practice research. The symposium aims to highlight the depth and breadth of NDRI's partnerships with: communities and […]

The talk will provide an overview of the brain-training used in SWiPE ("approach-avoidance training") and will present the findings of a feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effectiveness study conducted with over 1300 Australians who wanted to reduce harmful or hazardous alcohol use. Future research priorities and broader applications of smartphone-delivered brain-training will also be discussed. Dr […]

The WA Alcohol and Other Drug Sector Conference 2021 aims to provide a platform for esteemed local, national and international speakers with presentations that reflect contemporary issues affecting the sector. The conference theme is Shifting perspective: Alcohol and other drugs, everybody’s story. Presentations will be informed by the following conference topics: the impact of COVID-19 co-occurring […]

In support and awareness of Mental Health Week (9-16 October 2021), nurse practitioner/mental health nurse Jen Cullen will present a webinar on this important topic. Mental health includes an individual's emotional, psychological and social wellbeing. It affects how they perform, feel, think and react. Mental health affects all ages and stages of life from children […]