Substance abuse can affect doctors as well as patients. We explore the causes, warning signs, professional risks and treatment options available to physicians struggling with addiction.
Substance abuse among doctors is more common than we realise, but help is available
Most women with opioid dependence engage in treatment and remain engaged in treatment during and after pregnancy, but some may need additional support to remain in treatment.
Harm reduction has transformed responses to drug-related harm, but emerging evidence suggests current models fail to address the distinct risks associated with anabolic steroid use.
Despite reductions in consumption, particularly among young people, Australia has seen a rise in alcohol-related harms and avoidable costs. To decrease alcohol’s enormous burden on individuals, families and communities, it is important that all drinkers ease their alcohol consumption, not just heavy drinkers and other risk groups.
Experts call for urgent action to reduce stigma, improve treatment, and address rural inequities
As access to medicinal cannabis in Australia increases, so too does the risk of poisoning, especially in adolescents and small children.
Further restrictions on the sale of paracetamol will begin from 1 February. InSight+ spoke with a toxicology expert about the changes.
Despite the success of pill testing trials in Australia, there continues to be ideological opposition to a practice that could save lives.
