@matildacentreusyd.bsky.social
A University of Sydney research centre with a focus on the prevention, early intervention and treatment of mental + substance use disorders.
Check out the full videos at cracksintheice.org.au/aboriginal-a... #APSAD25
11.11.2025 22:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Last day of #APSAD25 kicking off with Dr Steph Kershaw (filling in for Tariq Isaacs) sharing the process of developing the @cracksintheice.bsky.social lived experience videos on methamphetamine use
11.11.2025 22:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Check out the program at ffsp.com.au
11.11.2025 06:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Strong support for the first review of the Family and Friends Support Program, with participants finding the program helping them feel less alone #APSAD25
11.11.2025 06:27 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
65% reduction in vaping use, 89% rated the program as very good, and significant increased knowledge around vaping 12 months after receiving the OurFutures Vaping Program, says Dr Lauren Gardner at #APSAD25
11.11.2025 01:00 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Panel session with Shalini Arunogiri, Levii Griffiths, Wendy Williams and Katherine Mills
'With mental health and addiction ... we all have to come together and work as one team'
'Be honest, kind, genuine ... that's what our people want'
@apsad.bsky.social #APSAD25
Some more here (feat Dr Shweta Kulkarni!) #APSAD25
11.11.2025 00:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Just a few poster presentations from Matildas (or supported by Matildas) at #APSAD25
11.11.2025 00:32 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Dr Jack Wilson presents on prevalence of cannabis use in Australia, including current attitudes among legal changes #APSAD25
11.11.2025 00:16 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The presentation is part of the Strong & Deadly Futures Program, designed to be culturally inclusive drug and alcohol education. More info available at strongdeadly.org.au
#APSAD25
Thank you also to A/Prof Michael Doyle who is meant to also be presenting but is double booked
11.11.2025 00:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Hearing from A/Prof @lexine-stapinski.bsky.social around factors that prevent e-cigarette use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents at #APSAD25
11.11.2025 00:13 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
A 30-day Timeline Followback window appears sufficient for youth alcohol use assessment, providing comparable and agreeable self-reported alcohol reporting doi.org/10.1111/acer... @annaekirkland
10.11.2025 16:14 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
More than 1600 #AOD workers have joined the Guidelines Community of Practice since launch in April, Sally Boardman shares at #APSAD2025
Join today at: community.comorbidity.org.au
The Matilda Centre's Olivia Dobson shares how symptoms changed across the treatment throughout a clinical trial into co-treatment of #posttraumaticstress and #substanceuse #APSAD2025
10.11.2025 06:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Interested in this study or want to know more? Please reach out!
10.11.2025 05:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Professor Katherine Mills shares latest results from a trial on the co-treatment of post-traumatic stress and substance use at #APSAD2025
10.11.2025 05:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Image with the text: "Presenting at" followed by The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD) logo at the top of the page. Below this, the following text: "Presentation: The Family and Friends Support Program: A Pilot Study Examining Usability, Acceptability, and Feasibility" and the Family and Friends Support Program (FFSP) logo. To the right of the image, a portrait photo of the presenter: Jessica Deng
Image with the text: "Presenting at" followed by The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD) logo at the top of the page. Below this, the date of the presentation: "Tuesday, 11th November 2025", the session time/location: "5:10-5:15pm AEDT, C2.2 and C2.3" and then the following text: "Session 4B: Listening and Legitimacy: Systems, Stigma and Support in AOD Policy and Practice” To the right of the image, a portrait photo of the presenter: Jessica Deng
Image with the text: "Presenting at" followed by The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD) logo at the top of the page. Below this, the following text: "Presentation: Development of Lived Experience Videos About Methamphetamine with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples" and the Cracks in the Ice logo. To the right of the image, two portrait photos of the presenters: Tariq Isaac and Steph Kershaw
Image with the text: "Presenting at" followed by The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD) logo at the top of the page. Below this, the date of the presentation: "Wednesday, 12th November 2025", the session time/location: "9:20-9:30am AEDT, C2.2 and C2.3" and then the following text: "Session 5B: From Lived Insight to Clinical Impact: Diverse Approaches to Methamphetamine Care” To the right of the image, two portrait photos of the presenters: Tariq Isaac and Steph Kershaw
Are you attending this year's @apsad.bsky.social conference in Sydney?
Check out these presentations from @matildacentreusyd.bsky.social's Jessica Deng tomorrow (Tuesday 11 Nov) at 5:10pm AEDT, and Tariq Isaacs + Steph Kershaw on Wednesday 12 Nov at 9:20am AEDT!
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A packed audience as A/Prof Christina Marel shares the latest research on whether heroin use should be considered a long-term, chronic condition #APSAD2025
10.11.2025 00:44 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Heading to #APSAD2025? Make sure to check out our Guidelines booth! The team have a wide range of supports for co-management of mental health and substance use in health and community settings and are ready to answer all your questions!
09.11.2025 21:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
