AOD resource listing


Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in Australia - People with mental health conditions

Provider: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

AIHW Fact sheet.

Comorbidities

Delivery format: PDF

Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in Australia - Younger people

Provider: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

AIHW Fact sheet.

Young people

Delivery format: PDF

People in contact with the criminal justice system

Provider: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

AIHW Fact sheet.

Custodial health

Delivery format: PDF

How stigmatising language affects people in Australia who use tobacco, alcohol and other drugs

Provider: Australian Journal of General Practice

Describes how spoken and written language can create stigma and how this affects a person’s experience of care, which in turn can adversely affect health outcomes.

Language and communication

Delivery format: Article

The six R's of managing high-risk opioid prescribing

Provider: Australian Journal of General Practice

High-risk opioid prescribing and management strategies.

Opioid deprescribing Opioid pharmacotherapy Withdrawal management

Delivery format: Article

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

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