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9th January 2012: These new Withdrawal Practice Guidelines, authored by Dr Enrico Cementon (SUMITT component of the Victorian Dual Diagnosis Initiative) are designed to provide a comprehensive management approach to working with consumers withdrawing from alcohol and/or substance use within North Western Mental Health acute inpatient and/or residential services. 
Note that these Guidelines:
• are specifically drafted around the particular needs of people experiencing withdrawal in mental health settings
• are written with the view that the ‘management of acute drug withdrawal is a core competency of all psychiatrists’ and are a resource for psychiatrists, psychiatry trainees and other clinical staff who are endeavouring to achieve this competency
• have been published with a creative commons copyright attribution – that is you are free to share and adapt the content as per the creative commons license (note specific conditions on p2 of the Guidelines)
You can download the AOD Withdrawal Practice Guidelines here (GC)
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22nd Dec 2011: Released in ealy December by Queensland’s peak AOD body, QNADA , the Building Capacity in Non-government Alcohol and Drug Services - The Queensland Experience - A Tough but Perfect Confluence research report summarises the key elements of research conducted by ConNetica Consulting on QNADA’s behalf. 
The full report documents the cultural change processes use by 11 alcohol and drug agencies in Queensland provided with capacity building grants from the Department of Health and Ageing to reorient their services to better meet the needs of people with substance misuse and mental health issues.
Download the full report or executive summary from the QNADA website here (GC)
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Dec. 2nd 2011: The Tasmanian Comorbidity Framework 2011 was released yesterday and can be downloaded here 
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Nov 11th 2011: Next Monday NDARC will launch a series of new resources for those living with both substance use and mental health issues. The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing funded the production of the five booklets:     
Anxiety + Substance Use Mood + Substance Use Personality + Substance Use Psychosis + Substance Use Trauma + Substance Use
The resources are targeted at consumers of mental health and alcohol and other drug services Australia-wide and include an explanation of mental health conditions, how these are linked to substance use, the interplay between the two disorders, how to recognise and manage symptoms, and where to go for help.
Lead authors were Dr Katherine Mills and Dr Christina Marel with Prof. Amanda Baker, Prof. Maree Teesson, Dr. Glenys Dore, Dr. Frances Kay-Lambkin, Leonie Manns, Tony Trimingham and Philippa Ewer.
The booklets can be downloaded from the NDARC website or ordered in hard copy by downloading the order form here
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