Talking Point

Presented by Associate Professor Rebecca McKetin

Currently there are no approved pharmacotherapies for methamphetamine dependence.

Dr Sarah Callinan presents results from two studies conducted during 2020 on how drinking habits were changing during the pandemic.

Presented by Dr Jesse Young, this seminar will present findings on service use patterns and health outcomes for people with mental health and substance use disorders released from prison generated from several of the largest cohort studies to link routinely collected administrative health and justice data, globally. Implications for policy and practice will be discussed.

Presented by Professor Victoria Manning, you will learn about a new type of brain-training that addresses the subconscious drivers of addictive behaviours, called cognitive bias modification (CBM). Hear about the launch of a brand-new, personalised-CBM smartphone app designed to reduced alcohol craving and consumption that Turning Point & Monash researchers are about to trial.

Bryce D McLeod, Ph.D., Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, shares common elements of family therapy for adolescents experiencing substance problems.

Since 1996, internet addiction has been scientifically researched as a process addictive behaviour. This presentation by Olatz Lopez Fernandez PhD aims to show the evolution of this new addiction problem.

What does the existing evidence tell us about the design of an effective alcohol and drug treatment system?

SafeScript provides health professionals with access to their patients’ prescription history for high-risk medicines.

This presentation looks at codeine dependence in Australia, including the history of emerging problems with codeine, characteristics of codeine dependence, treatment and regulatory responses and early findings regarding the impact of codeine rescheduling.

This talk provides an overview of substance use trends in Canada over the last 10 years, including some of the unique challenges faced by Canada in regards to the collection of relevant data.