In the second seminar of our Spotlight on Stigma series, we will explore why and how policy processes have focused on stigma. Our expert panel will discuss how policy processes can enable efforts to tackle stigma, where gaps remain and how community voices are included in policy processes around stigma. Matt Craig is the Manager of the HIV […]

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 […]