This FREE, in-person session will provide an overview of strategies for addressing stigma and successfully coordinating care in the AOD and mental health sectors. It is aimed at community-based AOD and mental health workers. Date: Friday, 15th November 2024. Time: 9.30 am - 4.30 pm. Location: Hamilton Centre, Level 1, 110 Church Street, Richmond. Cost:
Unlock Your Future at Turning Point's Student Open Night! Join us on Wednesday, 28 August, 4 to 8pm at 110 Church Street, Richmond, to explore educational pathways in addiction sciences. Learn about our comprehensive range of programs – including internships, scholarships, postgraduate courses, and PhD projects – in collaboration with Monash University. Highlights of the
The Lived Experience Workforce Development Project 2022-2024 is a Victorian Department of Health funded initiative intended to build and uplift the Mental Health (MH) and Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) Lived and Living Experience (LLE) Workforces through the development of discipline specific frameworks, training, and other workforce supports. SHARC has been funded to lead on
Talking Point: Reinforcement Learning and Value Based Decision-Making in Substance Use Disorders - Presented by Dr Gillinder Bedi Persistent choices for drugs at the expense of other, more adaptive rewards is a cardinal behavioural feature of substance use disorders. Despite this, little is known about the processes underpinning these decisions in human drug users, and how interventions
