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In February 2023, the Queensland Government announced their support for the delivery of drug checking services in Queensland at both fixed locations and mobile sites. This presentation will give an up-to-date overview of the work towards delivering drug checking in Queensland. Cameron Francis is the CEO of The Loop Australia.

This webinar will focus on a program of research surrounding loneliness for people who are accessing treatment for alcohol and other drug use. The webinar will cover a series of studies, both qualitative and quantitative, that have explored the prevalence and experience of loneliness for people accessing AOD treatment. A novel loneliness intervention, Groups for Belonging, will also be discusse...

This presentation will discuss several peer-led research projects which have explored the harm reduction practices of those who use performance and image enhancing drugs from the perspective of their lived-living experience. The challenges of the community in operating within the structures of current public health responses and drug policy are examined. Dr Timothy Piatowski is a LLE Researcher...

This presentation will discuss several peer-led research projects which have explored the harm reduction practices of those who use performance and image enhancing drugs from the perspective of their lived-living experience. The challenges of the community in operating within the structures of current public health responses and drug policy are examined. Dr Timothy Piatowski is a LLE Researcher...

Dr Amar Shah will be providing an overview of the experiences of East London Foundation Trust in implementing a quality improvement approach in their service for the past 10 years. East London Foundation Trust (ELFT) is a provider of community health, mental health, primary care, and specialist services in England to a population of approximately 1.7 million people across Bedfordshire, Luton, a...

This presentation will examine the evolving chemistry of e-cigarettes (vapes) available on the Australian market, including shifts in their chemical composition over time. This year brought with it significant change to e-cigarette policy, so we will also delve into the regulatory landscape of 2024 and examine how these shifting policies have altered the e-cigarette market. Dr Jody Moller is a ...

This webinar will outline Life Without Barrier's Assertive Outreach pilot program ‘Next Steps’, a program designed to engage ‘treatment resistant’ drug and alcohol using populations. Lessons and outcomes from the program will be discussed, including why clients found mainstream services difficult as well as practice tips and recommendations that may assist with engagement. Jordan Crouch is a Ps...

This presentation delves into the findings of research conducted with AOD clinicians and parents seeking treatment at AOD services. The manifold influences of substance use on parenting and the multifaceted parenting practices employed by parents to protect their children from these influences will be explored. The key areas of development and needed supports in this space will also be discusse...

Join us for a tour of Insight's fully revised AOD Curriculum Framework including our suite of eLearning, new competency-focussed practice activities and expanded emphasis on ‘just-in-time' job-aids and resources - including our new series of 'Check Tools'. Jeff Buckley is a Social Worker and Director at Insight. James Hoey is a Psychologist and Advanced Clinical Education Coordinator at Insight.

Queensland’s Police Drug Diversion program will soon be expanded to include all minor drug offences, not only cannabis, and the implementation of a new tiered approach, allowing for a warning followed by two opportunities for diversion to a health response. This presentation will outline details of this new model and the accompanying health response. Margo Watson is the A/Inspector of the Drug ...

Drug Trends is a unique, long-standing national monitoring program that includes annual interviews with people across Australia who regularly use drugs. We present highlights of the Queensland and national findings from 2023's interviews about patterns of substance use and related behaviours, drug markets and harm reduction efforts. Dr Rachel Sutherland is a Senior Research Fellow at the Nation...

The Australian FASD Indigenous Framework unfolds the shifts that non-Aboriginal health professionals and Aboriginal communities each need to make in their respective ways of knowing, being and doing in order to facilitate equitable access to healing-informed, strengths-based and culturally responsive FASD resources. This presentation extends an invitation to learn about how Aboriginal and Weste...

In this video we talk to QuIHN (a non-government alcohol and other drug service based in Queensland) about integrating sexual health care and point of care testing into their service model.

Watch this demonstration of using urge surfing as a tool in supporting a client who is experiencing cravings.

AOD lived - living experience workforce FAQs Frequently Avoided Questions

22 Nov 23: Michelle Taylor - Addicted to sunshine: Sensory inputs and occupations in substance use

Insight Learning Portals

8 Nov 23: Logan Harvey - Exploring how clinicians work with trauma in AOD settings

1 Nov 23: Associate Professor Matthew Gullo - Behavioural addiction: Opening Pandora's loot box

25 Oct 23: Dr Julie Perrin - What about the siblings and the family in the drug and alcohol sector?

18 Oct 23: Carmen Lim & Brienna Rutherford- Social Substances: The Online Landscape of Substance Use

11 Oct 23: Dr. Janni Leung - Cannabis legalisation and public health

4 Oct 23: Prof Sharon Dawe - Parenting, emotional regulation and substance use

Preparing Clients for Withdrawal

Post Withdrawal Care Perspectives

13 Sep 23: Prof Leanne Hides - The benefits of routine outcomes measures and feedback: Case example

Sara Farnbach & Raechel Wallace - Improving the cultural competence of mainstream AOD services

30 Aug 23: Associate Prof Mark Daglish - Are we neglecting the psychological aspects of LAI-B?

QuIHN's Hepatitis C Point of Care Testing Service