The Australian Parliamentary Library has published an information paper with an overview of the evidence for warning labels on alcohol packaging. Warning labels have been mandated in some countries for many years, and so there is a significant body of research in this area. ...
Drug and Alcohol
Dovetail - News RSS Feed May 18, 2012
There has been increasing talk internationally of the new concept of "recovery-orientated" systems of care. In its most recent incarnation in the United Kingdom, it has led to a re-orientation of the entire funding system for the alcohol and drug treatment sector, to one which focuses on payment for results: and the result that gets the payment is abstinence.
As this...
RFFADA News
We are working on a date for the FASD Conference – see the rffada’s next newsletter for the date of the first Australasian Conference.
The newsletter is looking a little more professional these days and is in pdf format attached to this email. For more information on FASD take a look at our http://rffada.org. For parents and carers who...
Dovetail - News RSS Feed May 11, 2012
In this issue: Youth Support and Advocacy Service (YSAS) launches a new guide to Youth Alcohol and Other Drug Services; Developing an Inhalant Misuse Community Strategy; NCPIC launches online intervention programs for cannabis, and Federal AOD funding announced.
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Dovetail - News RSS Feed - May 4, 2012
In this issue: The Winter School Conference at Gold Coast, June 5 and 6, 2012; New Insights Into Adolescent Health; Queensland Needle and Syringe Survey; Walk on the Wildside.
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Dovetail - News RSS Feed April 27, 2012
There are increasing numbers of online resources to address mental health concerns. Now, there's a site called Bite Back which is all about building strengths and enhancing resilience. The site has been developed by the...
Dovetail - News RSS Feed April 20, 2012
The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE, formerly known as AERF) have published the results of their "2012 Annual Alcohol Poll". In January and February this year, 1041 people from across Australia (188 from Queensland) were surveyed by Galaxy Research. There weren't many surprises in the results: 76% of respondents believe that Australia has a problem with...
Dovetail - News RSS Feed April 20, 2012
The Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian have published a report which looks at the issues faced by young people in care, who use inhalants. The report focuses on two case studies which illustrate the difficulties faced by services in responding to young people in care who are using inhalants.
The report contains a number of recommendations...
Dovetail - News RSS Feed April 20, 2012
The Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) are coordinating the development of a national plan to improve the wellbeing of children and young people. A number of activities are in the pipeline, including a review of evidence for effective intervention with children and young people, and consultation with children, young people, parents and workers.
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Dovetail - News RSS Feed April 20, 2012
Only a few short weeks ago, around 140 youth and alcohol and other drug workers gathered together in Brisbane to discuss issues relating to youth AOD use and develop priority areas for action. A huge amount of information was generated across the two days, and this has now been distilled into a report which contains an overview of the major themes that emerged across the two days....
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