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Last year was another big year for Turning Point and we are proud of the enormous amount of work carried out across our clinical, research, and education & workforce development teams.

Turning Point are pleased to release and share with the AOD sector new guidelines "Managing Cognitive Impairment in AOD Treatment: Practice Guidelines for Healthcare Professionals". The practice guidelines are a comprehensive update to the 2006 edition.

Turning Point is pleased to announce Megan Berry has joined us as our Head of Policy and Strategic Communication.

Carol is a group facilitator at Turning Point who is passionate about helping individuals struggling with alcohol or other drug use develop effective coping skills to build resilience and life skills.

Congratulations to addiction psychiatrist and Monash PhD student, Anthony Hew, who has been awarded an NHMRC postgraduate scholarship for his project Revolutionising System Reform in Mental Health: Addressing Gaps in the System through Big Data and Data Linkage.

Turning Point's Professor Dan Lubman AM and Dr Shalini Arunogiri are part of an interdisciplinary team of researchers awarded over $1.9 million to investigate the efficacy of MDMA-assisted psychological treatment to treat people with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Today Turning Point, Australia's national addiction treatment, training and research centre, officially relaunched its AODstats website.

This week the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) published an article describing the process of revising the NHMRC’s 2020 Australian guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol.

Annette is a Research Fellow who works within the Telephone and Online Services (TOLs) team to drive evidence-based translational research that transforms policy and practice.

The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD) held its 40th annual conference earlier this month. This year saw the largest contingent of Turning Point researchers at the event, with many delivering presentations, poster presentations, and chairing sessions.

International Men's Day is a global day celebrated each year on November 19 to commemorate the achievements of men and the difference they make in the community. The day is also an opportunity to raise awareness of men’s health, highlight the social issues that men face, and promote positive expressions of masculinity.

Opioid use is a major public health problem in Australia, with use of heroin or prescription opioid medications causing significant harm. Other opioids, such as poppy seeds, are less known but can still cause a great deal of harm. Poppy seed tea, which contains codeine and morphine, is widely available and can be purchased legally.