Clinical resources

General resources Screening tools

Alcohol and other drugs treatment guidelines for working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples – in a non-Aboriginal setting – Network of Alcohol and Other Drugs Agencies (NADA)
Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre and mobile app local services directory – Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Clinical guidelines and procedures for the use of methadone in the maintenance treatment of opioid dependence – Department of Health
First Nations AOD toolkit – Insight Centre for alcohol and other drug training and workforce development
Get Healthy – Information and coaching service including online referral; also available in Medical Director and Best Practice
Having alcohol and other drug conversations: A practical guide – Drug and Alcohol Foundation
Inclusive language guide for trans and gender diverse communities – Cracks in the Ice
Inclusive language practice information – Cracks in the Ice
Information about pain management – Pain Management Network: Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI)
Language matters guide for a person-centred approach to people who use drugs – Network of Alcohol and Other Drugs Agencies (NADA)
Message Guide for Drug Stigma – The Association of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies Northern Territory (AADANT)
NSW Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) – NSW Health
Quick steps through opioid management – Pain Management Network: Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI)
Smoking, Nutrition, Alcohol, Physical Activity (SNAP) guidelines – Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
Standard Drinks poster – National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Telephone and video consultations: How to identify and respond to substance use – The University of Adelaide
Tools and resources to conduct an AOD brief intervention – Insight Centre for alcohol and other drug training and workforce development
The REACH Project: supporting GPs and nurses to talk to their patients about alcohol use – Monash University
Working with LGBTIQ+ people: alcohol and drugs – LGBTIQ+ Health Australia

Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): World Health Organisation (WHO) Guidelines for primary care
ASSIST portal: DASSA-WHO Collaborating Centre (University of Adelaide) has a range of resources and information about screening and brief interventions for substance use disorders in primary health care
ASSIST screening: World Health Organisation (WHO) Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test
AUDIT-C: this 3 item alcohol screening tool can help identify someone with hazardous drinking habits or an active alcohol use disorder
IRIS Screening instrument and risk card: a validated, evidence-based, culturally-appropriate screening and brief intervention tool developed by and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (from the Insight Centre for alcohol and other drug training and workforce development)
Opioid Risk Tool: a screening tool from the Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI)

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If you are concerned about your own or someone else’s alcohol or other drug use, contact the National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline on 1800 250 015 or visit drughelp.gov.au.