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Drug and Alcohol Review Update

Drug and Alcohol Review a new virtual issue is available on ‘Managing methamphetamine dependence: interventions and beyond’. This virtual issue brings together papers on pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy and community-based interventions for methamphetamine use.

Click here to view on the Wiley Online Library

Registration NOW open for the APSAD Early Career Researchers Breakfast

APSAD is delighted to announce a new event to this year’s conference program for Early Career Researchers (ECR)!

Call-out to Early Career Researchers to join us at the APSAD Conference for an ECR breakfast event. This is a great opportunity to mingle with seniors in the field as well as your own peers at the '2014 APSAD ECR Breakfast'.

The National Drug and Alcohol Services Directory (NDASD)

New Website Directory

Allows users to run easy and comprehensive searches for Alcohol and Other Drug services anywhere across Australia. The project is a collaboration between the Commonwealth Department of Health, Turning Point and Monash University, and is a really useful resource for anyone looking to link in with an Alcohol or Other Drug treatment service in Australia. This includes individual service users, primary health providers, community and public service providers, GPs and other health professionals.

Visit the NDASD directory

APSAD Conference Early Bird Registration is Now OPEN

For further details or to register for the conference please visit our conference website: www.apsadconference.com.au

The Australian National Preventive Health Agency (ANPHA)

The Australian National Preventive Health Agency (ANPHA) has released their final report today on the case for minimum price for alcohol.

You can download the PDF from their website

Call to join the IDHDP

Join IDHDP in calling for health based drug policies

INTERNATIONAL DOCTORS FOR HEALTHIER DRUG POLICIES

IDHDP is a global network of medical doctors supporting drug policy based on health.

HDP aims:

•Protect society and the individual from drug related death and disease

•Public health instead of criminal justice

•Improve access to essential medicines

•Expand access to evidence based treatment

Opportunity for doctors:

March 2016 will see the UN General Assembly Special Session (“UNGASS”) on the “World Drug Problem.” Before then there will be many opportunities to ensure health is high on the agenda. By joining IDHDP you will be helping a lot.

By joining IDHDP you will be adding your voice to a growing number of physicians calling for health based drug policies

Join at www.idhdp.com

Membership is free, easy and open to all medical doctors. By joining you will receive our comprehensive newsletter and updates on policies from all over the world.

Physicians globally unite for health based drug policy

APSAD YouTube Channel

2013 APSAD CONFERERENCE

Keynote presentations now available to view on APSAD's YouTube Channel!

More to come in the following weeks

Visit us on YouTube

APSAD’s media release regarding the defunding of ADCA

MEDIA RELEASE 27 November 2013

Professional body representing alcohol and other drugs sector urges government not to abandon vital services in drastic funding cut.

The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol & other Drugs (APSAD) has expressed strong disappointment at the Commonwealth government’s decision, announced yesterday, to discontinue funding for the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA).

APSAD is the Asia Pacific's leading multidisciplinary organisation for professionals involved in the alcohol and other drug field including health professionals, researchers and frontline clinicians from major universities, research institutes, treatment facilities and healthcare agencies.

APSAD President Dr Rose Neild said the news of ADCA’s de-funding and voluntary administration was an unwelcome shock to the sector.

“As the peak national body for non-governmental agencies working to reduce problems from alcohol and other drugs, ADCA played an important role in bringing the experience and knowledge of agencies and professionals to bear on treatment and prevention policies and their implementation across Australia,” Dr Neild said.

“ADCA’s National Drug Sector Information Service, run with resources from the federal government, has been the primary resource for agencies and workers in the field concerning the relevant clinical and research literatures which form the basis of evidence-based practice and policy.

“APSAD considers that these two functions must continue to be filled, and urges the Commonwealth government to continue to provide resources for these functions.”

News of the government’s decision came as 500 alcohol and other drug experts from around the country and overseas gather in Brisbane at APSAD 2013, Australasia’s largest and most comprehensive annual summit on alcohol and other drugs.

APSAD is dedicated to increasing the profile of the issues related to the use of alcohol and other drugs, through the dissemination of information from the wide range of professions involved in this field. In addition, we strive to promote improved standards in clinical practice and in research into this and allied subjects. It also provides a network of drug and alcohol professionals in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific.

APSAD is dedicated to:

• promoting evidence-based improvements in the treatment and prevention of drug and alcohol-related problems

• raising awareness about the problems related to the use of alcohol and other drugs

• promoting best standards in research in the drug and alcohol field

• providing development and support to professionals working in the drug and alcohol field.

For further information visit www.apsad.org.au. Dr Rose Neild is available for interview.

Please contact:

Carol Moore, Moore Public Relations

02 9560 2826, 0402 382 363, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Download this press release

Have we lost the war on drugs?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/have-we-lost-the-war-on-drugs-heroin-cocaine-and-cannabis-now-cheaper-and-purer-globally-than-at-any-time-in-last-20-years-8851379.html

Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) updated Mental Health Advice Book.

This publication is designed to help practitioners apply existing mental health knowledge and expertise to veterans

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ (DVA) popular Mental Health Advice Book: for treating veterans with common mental health problems, first printed in 2007, has been extensively revised and updated to assist practitioners to deliver the most effective mental health treatment for veterans. This resource offers best-practice in assessment, formulation and treatment of common mental health problems and now includes DVD of relevant case studies and information on complex case formulation.

The book is available on DVA’s new website At Ease Professional in both an online format and a downloadable PDF or order a hard copy.

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