Gladstone Community Mental Health – Alcohol and Other Drugs Service (AODS)

About Gladstone Community Mental Health -AODS

Alcohol and Other Drugs Service (AODS) aims to reduce the harm from alcohol and drug use as well as improve the health and wellbeing of their clients, families, and the community. To achieve this aim, AODS provides a range of treatment services and programs.

Programs

Treatment services: AODS clinicians utilise a range of interventions including screening, opportunistic and brief intervention, assessment, individual treatment planning, case management, individual and group counselling, psychotherapy, and referral for detoxification, residential rehabilitation or other appropriate services.

Opioid Treatment Program Opioids: such as methadone and buprenorphine may be prescribed as a means of supporting people with problematic opioid use to be safer ‘ legally and physically while they work on the appropriate areas of their lives.

Police and Court Drug Diversion Programs: Drug diversion programs provide people who are questioned or arrested in relation to an eligible minor drug offence with the opportunity to divert from the criminal justice system. A qualified health service provider will conduct a combined assessment, education, and counselling session with the person, provide information and legal/health advice, and develop a plan to achieve their substance use goals.

Queensland Needle and Syringe Program (QNSP): The QNSP aims to reduce the spread of blood borne viruses and injecting related injury and disease among injecting drug users. The NSP provides sterile injecting equipment and safe disposal options for all sharps produced in the community as well as information, education, health referral and support services for people at risk from injecting drug use.

Intake, assessment and referral

Referrals can be made by individuals themselves, family members, friends, GPs, other health professionals, or other services by phoning AODS or emailing/faxing through a referral form. Please contact them via phone or email for the referral form.