Chronic pain affects one in three older adults, and it is estimated to be Australia’s third most costly health problem. Many people living with chronic pain become dependent on prescribed opioid medication and research shows that this can be harmful in the long-term. Social connection is recognised as a key ingredient to improving the quality […]

Micro-counselling skills are the essential communication building blocks required to develop therapeutic alliance with clients.  This workshop will explore these primary counselling concepts and skillsets, and therefore is suitable for anyone working in health and community service settings who provide support to people with AOD and/or mental health concerns. NB: Micro-counselling Skills training involves a […]

These free one hour symposiums will showcase the work of the Centre of Research Excellence (CRE): Indigenous Health and Alcohol. Presenters are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander researchers who bring a unique insight into the challenges and opportunities in the field. The symposiums will include these topics: Treating alcohol dependence in rehab or prison presented […]

Presenters: Associate Professor Kirsten Morley (Addiction Medicine, University of Sydney), Eva Louie (Addiction Medicine, University of Sydney) and Dr. Vicki Giannopoulos (Drug Health Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital) By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to: Describe how clinical training in the Pathways to Comorbidity Care (PCC) project was used to assist […]

Cytisine is more effective than placebo and nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation but at standard dosing has not been compared against varenicline, the most effective single-form pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation. This non-inferiority trial among Australian smokers (n = 1452) examined whether standard cytisine treatment was at least as effective as standard varenicline treatment. Results […]