Clinical resources

Aboriginal Health

• 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
• First Nations AOD toolkit – Insight Centre for alcohol and other drug training and workforce development

Opioid dependence

• Clinical guidelines and procedures for the use of methadone in the maintenance treatment of opioid dependence – Department of Health
• NSW Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) – NSW Health
• Quick steps through opioid management – Pain Management Network: Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI)
• Information about pain management – Pain Management Network: Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI)
• Guide to writing OTP prescriptions - NSW Health
• ePrescription Factsheet - NSW Health
• Self-Audit for community pharmacies - the Pharmacy Guild of Australia
• Guide for supplying OTP for patients in self-isolation from COVID-19 - NSW Health

Alcohol

• 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
• Smoking, Nutrition, Alcohol, Physical Activity (SNAP) guidelines – Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
• 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
• Standard Drinks poster – National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Supporting clinical practice

• Comorbidity guidelines - evidenced-based resources to assist with the management of co-occurring AOD and mental health conditions.
• Cracks in the Ice - evidence-based resources for health workers faced with issues related to crystal methamphetamine.
• Inclusive language guide for trans and gender diverse communities – Cracks in the Ice
• Inclusive language practice information – Cracks in the Ice 
• 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)
• 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

• 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)