Turning Point strives to promote and maximise the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities living with and affected by alcohol and other drug-related harms.

*NEW* Alcohol referral template for GPs

Online 24/7 drug and alcohol counselling service

Concerned about alcohol or drugs? Call DirectLine on 1800 888 236 (24-hours, 7 days)

Turning Point Specialist clinic

Access Point stimulant treatment centres

Medicare funded psychological therapy is now available at Turning Point for people wishing to reduce or abstain from using drugs or alcohol. To make a booking, a referral is needed from your GP.

SMART Recovery Program

Rights, responsibilities and general information for clients of the clinic (pdf)

Advice for alcohol and drug practitioners is available by calling DACAS

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Victorian Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Workforce Vocational Training January 2010 – June 2010 *COURSE FULL*

PsyCheck training
Courses will provide participants with an orientation to the PsyCheck resources. Suitable for new and experienced clinicians.

Professional Development Training Courses 2009-2010
Introductory & Cognitive Behvioural Therapy Training *Vacancies only for Overview of counselling approaches session*
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Training
Working with groups
Working together with culturally and linguistically diverse AOD clients *NEW DATES*
Psychostimulant training for health professionals *NEW DATES*
Pharmacotherapy training *NEW DATES*


GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Graduate Certificate & Graduate Diploma in Alcohol and Other Drug Studies

Complete our psychostimulant survey

What do stimulant users want from treatment?

Alcohol's Harm To Others study

Brief interventions
The Brief intervention (BI) treatment model aims to facilitate behaviour change, motivating people who use substances at harmful levels to reduce their use. The capacity for AOD workers to intervene before drug and alcohol use becomes significant, entrenched and dependent is unique to this sector and can produce a marked positive impact on clients. Download a Powerpoint presentation on BI or read a report on BI in primary care.

Clinical Research Program

Epidemiology and Surveillance Program

Health Services Research & Evaluation Program

AER Centre for Alcohol Policy Research

Annual report 2009

AOD Withdrawal Practice Guidelines

Report: Investigation of pharmaceutical misuse amongst drug treatment clients
(pdf 2,317kb)

Report: The Range and Magnitude of Alcohol’s Harm to Others: Study design, data collection procedures and measurement (pdf 294kb)

Talking Point program

NewsPoint

Practice Link

Victorian Alcohol Statistics Handbooks

Clinical Treatment Guidelines

Blood Borne Virus Transmission Risk Assessment Questionnaire – Short version

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