New resources for athletes, parents, benzo users
Date Published:
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
NDARC Education Trust (NET) has released three new easy-to-read publications.
alcohol
Cultural diversity sees non-drinkers on the rise
Date Published:
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
New research to be released today will show the number of Australians who abstain from drinking alcohol has increased from 13.7 per cent to 17.1 per cent.
Alcohol dependent pregnant women going untreated
Date Published:
Friday, 8 November 2013
Alcohol dependent pregnant women are poorly served by health services and too often do not receive help or treatment.
Characteristics, circumstances and toxicology of sudden or unnatural deaths involving very high range alcohol concentrations
Alcohol consumption is strongly linked to premature mortality. This study aims to characterise sudden or unnatural deaths with very high range blood alcohol concentrations that presented to the Department of Forensic Medicine in Sydney between 1997-2011.
Project Status:
Completed
Alcohol Action in Rural Communities (AARC)
Governments, policy experts, researchers and randomly selected members of communities all support the idea of greater co-ordination of efforts aimed at reducing alcohol-related harm.
Project Status:
Completed
New trial of online intervention for alcohol and depression offers hope for young people missing out on treatment
Date Published:
Monday, 16 September 2013
- NDARC is conducting the first ever trial of a brief online intervention to treat combined depression and alcohol misuse in young people
- One in five young people age 16-25 with depression also have problems with alcohol use
Increase in heavy drinkers leading to more harm, new Australian analysis shows
Date Published:
Wednesday, 4 September 2013
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- Heavy drinkers drinking more, light drinkers drinking less
- Gap between the sexes disappears
- Stringent policies and enforcement linked to lower consumption
Most teen binge drinkers still bingeing in their twenties
Date Published:
Sunday, 25 August 2013
The majority of adolescents who binge drink continue to drink heavily in their 20s, a landmark Australian study has found.
Young Australians Alcohol Reporting System (YAARS)
This project is being led by the National Drug Research Institute at Curtin University.
Project Status:
Completed
Policy options to redress excessive alcohol consumption
Date Published:
Monday, 23 January 2012
Success in reducing alcohol consumption and related harms is likely to lie in the integration of multiple policies, rather than reliance on individual, uncoordinated approaches.