Attention Western Australian Allied Health Professionals: The ASSIST program will be delivering a series of workshops in Metro and regional WA in early 2025. As an allied health provider, you play a vital role in identifying and addressing substance use issues that affect the health and wellbeing of your older adult clients. Research shows misuse […]
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FULL ASSIST SUITE AVAILABLE IN VIETNAMESE !
The Vietnamese Australian community is one of the largest Vietnamese diasporas globally, making the language one of the most commonly spoken languages throughout the country. We have worked with colleagues at the University of Hanoi to develop the full suite of ASSIST 3.1. Vietnamese resources in our University of Adelaide/ASSIST Portal template. The new version […]
ASSIST IN ACTION!
Professor Robert Ali and Dr Matthew Stevens were recently at the Drug and Alcohol Nurses Australasia Conference in Adelaide, where they delivered a workshop on Screening and Brief Interventions for alcohol and other drug problems. The workshop went well, but the resources were a big hit! Thank you to all who attended the workshop and […]
Vaping information sheet now available
We are pleased to announce the release of two drug information sheets designed to support you, as health professionals, in your ongoing efforts to promote public health. We are continuously monitoring and responding to public health trends and emerging threats. Our latest fact sheets are a direct response to significant recent developments in Australia. With […]
Introducing the new and improved ASSIST Checkup smartphone app!
We’ve made some big improvements to our app. Let’s take a look at some of the changes. Take a health checkup. As before, with the ASSIST Checkup, you quickly and easily assess the level of alcohol, tobacco or other drugs you might be consuming, and gain better insights into how it might be affecting you. […]
Alcohol Treatment Guidelines: Overview of Recommendations
An overview of recommendations from the Australian Guidelines for the Treatment of Alcohol Problems was recently published in the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA). The supplementary document to the main guidelines presents a number of recommendations designed to improve current practices for the prevention and treatment of alcohol use disorders. The recommendations outlined […]
Alcohol and Drug Foundation: Path2Help
The Alcohol and Drug Foundation have developed an online screening, brief information and location-specific referral service called Path2Help. Path2Help uses the ASSIST questionnaire to assess an individual’s level of risk (low, moderate, high) of dependence, and then through a clever algorithmic system, connects the individual to information about how to reduce risk, […]
NEW PODCAST EPISODE!
Professor Robert Ali recently sat down with the host of Vibrant Lives Podcast to chat about all things related to alcohol. The discussion focused on the topics of risk and harms of intoxication vs. longer term use and dependence, as well as a thoughtful discussion about the current state of research, and policy in […]
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT
Administration of the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) among high school students in the Peruvian Amazon. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse By: Friso et al., 2021 WHAT WAS THE STUDY ABOUT? In some areas of Peru, drug use has, and continues to present a significant challenge among young people, due in […]
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT
The effects of screening brief intervention referral to treatment (SBIRT) training on health professional trainees’ regard, attitudes, and beliefs towards patients who use substances. Published in: Substance Abuse By: Lukowitsky et al., 2021 WHAT WAS THE STUDY ABOUT? This study evaluated the attitudes and beliefs of healthcare trainees towards people who […]