Session 2-1-A: Long-term Client Outcomes The State-wide Gambling Therapy Service South Australia

Overview 1. Statewide Gambling Therapy Service, SA context service model routine activity, KPIs and outcomes ongoing research programmes 2. examples of some specific study outcomes 3. larger service evaluation outcome

Statewide Gambling Therapy Service Annual Report 2012-2013

Copyright 2014 Flinders University, South Australia and Statewide Gambling Therapy Service. Published version of the paper reproduced here with permission from the publishe

Alcohol withdrawal syndrome : characterisation, predictors of severity, and relationship to relapse / Rachel Emilie Humeniuk.

Bibliography: leaves 246-263.xiii, 263 leaves : col. ill. ; 30 cm.Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library.Previous investigations have established that there is a syndrome that occurs with abstinence from alcohol, and that it is characterised by certain signs and symptoms. This thesis aims to redress the paucity of information on symptom intensity and duration, predictors of withdrawal severity, and relationship of withdrawal severity to relapse.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, 200

Self-help strategies for cutting down or stopping substance use: a guide.

This guide helps patients that think that their substance use is putting them at risk of experiencing problems, to weigh up their substance use behavior and give them some ideas about how to change it. Contents: 1 Introduction 2 How do you know if you are at risk? 3 What is a substance use problem? 4 Getting started 5 Getting support 6 Do I need to do something about my substance use? 7 What is your substance use balance sheet? 8 Are you concerned about your substance use? 9 Measuring your substance use 10 How much is too much? 11 Making a decision 12 Choosing your goal 13 Changing the way you use 14 My contract with myself 15 Moving ahead 16 High risk situations 17 Setting targets: how to stop 18 Setting substance use targets: how to cut down 19 How to cope with cravings 20 Helpful tips 21 Handling high risk situations 22 How to say no 23 Sticking to your targets 24 When things go wrong… 25 Alternatives to substance us

Brief intervention: The ASSIST-linked brief intervention for hazardous and harmful substance use.

This manual is a companion to ‘The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST): manual for use in primary care’ 1 and is based on ‘Brief Intervention for Substance Use: Guidelines for Use in Primary Care. Draft Version 1.1 for Field Testing’2. The purpose of this manual is to explain the theoretical basis and evidence for the effectiveness of brief interventions and to assist primary health care workers in conducting a simple brief intervention for clients whose substance use is putting them at risk. Together with the companion manual 1, this manual presents a comprehensive approach to screening and brief intervention which is tailored to the specific circumstances of primary care and is designed to improve the health of populations and client groups as well as of individuals. This manual describes: • the rationale for brief intervention in primary care; • a model of behaviour change; • the components of brief interventions that work; • principles of motivational interviewing and essential skills; • how to link the ASSIST screening procedure with a brief intervention; • how to give feedback to clients; • how to conduct brief intervention for people at moderate risk; • examples of ASSIST-linked brief interventions; • how to help clients who inject drugs; • how to address multiple substance use; • how to give longer or recurrent interventions. Although the manual is particularly aimed at primary health care workers, it may also be useful for others who work with high-risk clients or clients who are more likely to engage in drug use such as hospital physicians and nurses, midwives and obstetricians, social workers, prison workers and community correction workers