Talking PointTalking Point is a regular series of publicly available lectures that aim to inspire, inform and challenge our notions of what we know about addiction and its impact across society. Health and social sector professionals and the general public are all welcome to attend. |
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- 17 December 2024presented by: Matt Wilson – Statewide Program Manager, Family Drug Treatment Court – Children’s Court of Victoria
This presentation will showcase the Children’s Court of Victoria’s Family Drug Treatment Court (FDTC). - 26 September 2024presented by Dr Abi Rose, Reader in Alcohol behaviour
This presentation will give an overview of women’s alcohol use and harm across the life course, discussing how the role of alcohol changes during different life stages. - 27 August 2024presented by Dr Sarah Catchlove, Research Fellow, Turning Point & A/Prof Shalini Arunogiri, Clinical Director, Turning Point Statewide Services.
This presentation will provide an overview of the results of a recently completed open label pilot for individuals experiencing methamphetamine withdrawal. - 13 August 2024presented by Prof Sean Drummond.
Sleep and PTSD have a bidirectional relationship. - 17 June 2024with Elvira Earthstar, Clinical Midwife Consultant
In this webinar, Elvira will discuss the reasons that methamphetamine use in pregnancy is so concerning: the impact on pregnant physiology and the developing fetal brain; disruptions to perinatal attachment; and disruptions to executive functioning which disrupt health-affirming choices. - 13 March 2024presented by Matthew Corbett & Rachael Matzka
The Lived Experience Workforce Development Project 2022-2024 is a Victorian Department of Health funded initiative intended to build and uplift the Mental Health (MH) and Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) Lived and Living Experience (LLE) Workforces through the development of discipline specific frameworks, training, and other workforce supports. - 30 November 2023presented by Krista Fisher, PhD Candidate Orygen, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
Globally, anxiety disorders are the most common mental health disorder facing young men today. - 30 October 2023Presented by Associate Professor Shalini Arunogiri
Exposure to trauma, and symptoms of PTSD, are really common in people seeking AOD treatment. - 15 September 2023Presented by Dr Haley Peckham
Most people accessing mental health services have adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and/or histories of complex trauma. - 24 August 2023presented by Dr Aysel Sultan
What is recovery? How do people ‘do’ recovery and how can research trace this? How can we understand it beyond its Western, Anglo-American, and familiar connotations? Finally, how do different drug policies and national drug discourses understand and enforce recovery?