Background Alcohol use disorder (AUD) confers a prodigious burden of disease, disability,
premature mortality, and high economic costs from lost productivity, accidents, violence …

Peer recovery support services (PRSS) are increasingly being employed in a range of
clinical settings to assist individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) and co-occurring …

In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on a recovery model within alcohol and
drug policy and practice. This has occurred concurrently with the emergence of community …

Substance Use Disorder (SUD) has been recognized as a chronic, relapsing disorder.
However, much of existing SUD care remains based in an acute care model that focuses on …

Aims A recently completed Cochrane review assessed the effectiveness and cost-benefits of
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and clinically delivered 12-Step Facilitation (TSF) interventions …

Importance Fatal and nonfatal opioid overdoses are at record levels, and emergency
department (ED) visits may be an opportune time to intervene. Peer-led models of care are …

Up to half of individuals with a history of long‐term, heavy alcohol consumption will
experience the alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) when consumption is significantly …

There is a consistent evidence base showing that recovery pathways are initiated and
enhanced by positive social networks and the underlying changes in social identity that is …

Background and Aims: Our understanding of patient pathways through specialist Alcohol
and Other Drug treatment and broader health/welfare systems in Australia remains limited …

Perinatal opioid use disorder (OUD) has increased drastically since 2000 and is associated
with myriad adverse outcomes. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services …