• May 2018
• January 2018
• September 2017

• pdf CESPHN Updated Drug and Alcohol Treatment Activity Work Plan 2016-2019 (797 KB)

• Language Matters guide
• Cracks in the Ice is an online toolkit providing information and resources about crystal methamphetamine (Ice) for the community and for health professionals
• Network of alcohol and other drugs agencies (NADA) – the peak body for the non-government alcohol and other drugs sector in NSW
• National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre provides a range of resources to support treatment and other interventions responding to alcohol and other drug related harm, including a resources section for AOD workers
• pdf Routine Opioid Outcomes Monitoring (ROOM) Tool (181 KB) for health care professionals
• pdf Routine Opioid Outcomes Monitoring (ROOM) Tool (165 KB) for patients

• NADA’s Working with Diversity in Alcohol and Other Drug Settings (2014)
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resources
  • Australian Indigenous Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre
  • Sydney University’s Handbook for Aboriginal Alcohol and Drug Work and Alcohol Awareness Kit
  • Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Network – a Network for Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol workers from across NSW
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ) resources
  • National LGBTI Health Alliance Knoweldge Hub
  • ACON’s Pivot Point, AOD self-assessment and resources for LGBTIQ persons
    
  • ACON’s Language Guide: Trans and Gender Diverse Inclusion
  • GLHV’s The Rainbow Tick guide to LGBTI-inclusive practice
• Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) resources
  • Drug and Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre
  • DAMEC’s NSW Bilingual Workers and Programs Directory
• Working with Families
  • NADA’s Tool for Change: Family and Carer’s Toolkit

Co-existing mental health and AOD webinars

Comorbid mental health and substance use disorders 

• Co-Occurring Substance use and Mental Disorders: Implications for Managing and Delivering Best-Practice Health Care
• Identifying Mental Disorders and Related Conditions Among Patients with Alcohol and Other Drug Conditions
• Managing and Treating Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders
• Managing the Physical Health of People with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders

Using opioid agonist treatment for pharmaceutical opioid dependence

• Using Opioid Agonist Treatment for Pharmaceutical Opioid Dependence

Routine Opioid Outcomes Monitoring (ROOM) Tool

• Overview of the Routine Opioid Outcome Monitoring (ROOM) Tool webinar

Tools for health professionals

Health professionals play an important role in smoking cessation. Supporting smokers to quit is an activity for the whole health care system and should be integrated into as many settings as possible, including hospitals, health services and community settings. Health professionals can be very effective in encouraging and supporting people to quit smoking regardless of their professional discipline.

Combining brief advice with other effective interventions, such as pharmacotherapy can greatly increase quit smoking success.

The following guidelines and resources will assist health professionals to confidently provide evidence-based management of nicotine dependence and smoking cessation for their clients/patients.

Clinical guidelines

• RACGP supporting smoking cessation: A guide for health professionals
• Clinical guidelines for the management of substance use during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period Managing nicotine dependence: A guide for NSW Health staff - covers all aspects of management including the 5As brief intervention model, use of pharmacotherapies as well as helpful tools and strategies.

Resources related to management of nicotine dependence in the health care setting

• Tool 1: Flowchart of tools to help clinicians manage nicotine dependent clients
• Tool 2: Quick guide to smoking cessation brief intervention
• Tool 3: Assessing nicotine dependence
• Tool 4: Flowchart for NRT use in hospital
• Tool 5: Quick guide to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT)
• Tool 6: Tips for helping clients stay smoke-free
• Tool 7: Quick guide to drug interactions with smoking cessation
• Tool 8: Clozapine, olanzapine and smoking cessation
• Tool 9: Managing smoking in consumers who go on leave from a NSW Health facility
• Tool 10: Discharge checklist for smoking cessation
• Make a client referral to NSW Quitline

Resources related to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT)

• Nicotine replacement - frequently asked questions
• NSW Health factsheet on nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy

Resources related to Aboriginal smoking

• ATRAC Framework aims to support the planning, integration and coordination of Aboriginal tobacco resistance and control efforts in NSW.
• A-TRAC Program had the broad goal to contribute to reduced smoking rates for Aboriginal people in NSW.
• Quit smoking booklets for Aboriginal clients. Three brochures to support Aboriginal people who are at different stage of quitting.
• Quit for new life brochures on smoking and pregnancy for Aboriginal women and their cohabitants.

Resources related to smoking and mental health and smoking and disadvantage

• Smoking and mental illness: A guide for health professionals
• Smoking and mental health factsheets for clients
• Cancer Council NSW Tackling Tobacco Program