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Image: Dr Natacha Carragher
Category: Internal NDARC
NDARC extends warm congratulations to Dr Natacha Carragher who has been promoted to Senior Lecturer in the latest round of promotions at the University of New South Wales. Dr Carragher has worked... Read more
Image: Concurrent Treatment of PTSD and Substance Use Disorders Using Prolonged Exposure (COPE)
A treatment program developed by NDARC researchers & colleagues to tackle co-occurring post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders will soon be available to clinicians and... Read more
Image - Alprazolam related deaths soar since 2009
Category: National Drug
The number of sudden or unnatural deaths involving the high potency anti-anxiety medication alprazolam (including Xanax) has increased dramatically since 2009, a study by the National Drug and... Read more
Image: 2014 NDARC Annual Research Symposium
Category: Internal NDARC
Keith Humphreys, Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University and former senior policy adviser to the White House will address the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Annual Symposium on 8... Read more
Image: Dr Janette Smith
Category: Internal NDARC
Dr Janette Smith has been awarded the prestigious and highly competitive Australian Rotary Health Royce Abbey Postdoctoral Fellowship, to continue her research into neurocognitive deficits associated... Read more
Image - Adolescent “non-drinkers” increases sharply over a decade
Category: National Alcohol
EMBARGO: NOT FOR PUBLICATION BEFORE 7.01AM AEST 10th APRIL 2014   Rates of non-drinking among Australian adolescents aged 14-17 years have increased sharply over the past decade with over half... Read more
Image - Australian use of underground illicit drug websites jumps
The number of illicit drug retailers selling to Australia on underground websites such as the now defunct Silk Road increased significantly in 2013, according to monitoring by the National Drug and... Read more
Image - Communities can’t go it alone to cut alcohol related violence: Australian world first study
EMBARGO: Not for release prior to 8:00am 12th March 2014 AEDT Community action alone won’t significantly reduce binge drinking and related harms, such as violent assaults, without changes to... Read more
Image - Symposium abstracts now online
Those curious about the 2013 NDARC annual research symposium can now preview the abstracts for all presentations and posters.  Click here to read the abstracts.  Click here to read more about the... Read more
Image - All in it together: why stopping alcohol’s harms needs everyone
OPINION: Attempts by communities to reduce binge drinking and the violence that often accompanies it are unlikely to succeed without a supportive legislative framework, according to research my... Read more