AOD resource listing


Whole-person care in general practice: The doctor–patient relationship

Provider: Australian Journal of General Practice

An overview of how GPs view the doctor-patient relationship as a foundation for whole-person care.

Care coordination and treatment planning

Delivery format: Article

Brief interventions for alcohol and other drug use

Provider: Australian Prescriber

An overview of the key frameworks that GPs can use to do a brief intervention, the types of brief interventions for each substance, and how to incorporate them into regular clinical practice.

Brief intervention Harm minimisation Screening tools

Delivery format: Article

Dealing with drug-seeking behaviour

Provider: Australian Prescriber

An overview of drug-seeking behaviours and the importance of practice policies on prescribing drugs of dependence.

Benzodiazepines Chronic non-cancer pain Harm minimisation Patient behaviours

Delivery format: Article | PDF

Home detox – supporting patients to overcome alcohol addiction

Provider: Australian Prescriber

How to support patients through home alcohol detoxification.

Alcohol Withdrawal management

Delivery format: Article

Prescribing for people in custody

Provider: Australian Prescriber

An overview of how to prescribe for people in custody.

Custodial health

Delivery format: Article

Safe prescribing of opioids for persistent non-cancer pain

Provider: Australian Prescriber

How to safely prescribe opioids for non-cancer pain.

Opioid deprescribing Opioid pharmacotherapy

Delivery format: Article

Urinary drug screening

Provider: Australian Prescriber

An overview of urinary drug screening as an effective tool for monitoring abstinence from drug use, assessing the use of drugs in the workplace and for legal disputes.

Screening tools

Delivery format: Article

Supporting social prescribing in primary care by linking people to local assets: A realist view

Provider: BMC Medicine

What to consider when establishing or running a social prescribing connector scheme to optimise patient outcomes.

Care coordination and treatment planning

Delivery format: PDF | Webpage

Standard drinks calculator

Provider: DrinkWise

A guide to the average amount of standard drinks in different beverages.

Alcohol Screening tools

Delivery format: Website

Insomnia for clinicians

Provider: Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia

Overview of insomnia including symptoms, clinical definition, risk factors, assessment and management.

Comorbidities

Delivery format: Website

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