Media

Expert commentary

We have a number of expert clinicians and researchers available to comment on a variety of topics including:

Alcohol and other drug statistics and mapping (AODStats)
Alcohol, other drugs & gambling and COVID 19
Alcohol, other drugs & gambling law reform and policy
Drinking cultures
Gambling and mental illness
Naloxone
Neurocognitive interventions (Cognitive Bias Modification)
Peer support
Pharmacotherapy
Psychotherapy and PTSD
Residential detox and short-stay rehabilitation
Sleep, including shift work and alcohol & drug use
Social determinants of alcohol, other drugs & gambling
Suicide and self-harm
Telephone and online counselling
Treatment systems and pathways
Veterans’ wellbeing

Media stories on alcohol, other drugs and gambling may be confronting for some people. Support is available and we encourage all journalists and media agencies consider publishing the details below in their stories:

For alcohol and other drug use

If this story has raised issues about your own or others drug and alcohol use, please contact Counselling Online for free confidential counselling or call the National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline on 1800 250 015.

For gambling

If this story has raised issues about your own or others gambling, please contact Gambling Help Online for free confidential counselling or call the Gambling Support Hotline on 1800 858 858.