Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association AddictionZ 2025

A cross-disciplinary program focused on prevention, treatment, and recovery across alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD). Sessions blend evidence, policy, and lived experience to turn research into practical services that work in real communities.
What You Will Learn

Screening and brief intervention (SBIRT) tailored to primary care, ED, and community settings

Evidence-based care for alcohol, opioids, stimulants, cannabis, and polysubstance use

Harm reduction and overdose prevention, including post-overdose engagement pathways

Managing co-occurring mental and physical health conditions, trauma, and pain

Youth, perinatal, and culturally safe approaches (First Nations and Māori/Pasifika contexts)

Service design: integrated models, digital health, workforce wellbeing, and quality improvement

Event Details

Format: Keynotes, case studies, concurrent sessions, workshops, and panels

Structure: Prevention & early intervention → Treatment & harm reduction → Recovery & lived experience → Systems & policy

Takeaways: Toolkits, protocols, and metrics you can deploy immediately

Who Should AttendClinicians (medicine, nursing, psychology, social work), peer workers, public health leaders, program managers, NGOs, government and commissioning bodies, researchers, educators, and community advocates.
Why Attend

Convert guidelines and policy into clear, context-fit care pathways

Learn what works from real programs—outcomes, pitfalls, and scalability

Build cross-sector partnerships that improve access, equity, and continuity of care

 
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*Note: these are continuous video recordings during the conference, they include individual lectures mentioned in the Detail section below

Alcohol, opioids, stimulants, cannabis, vaping and emerging substances

Harm reduction: naloxone, needle/syringe, supervised consumption, safer-use education

Co-occurring conditions: depression, anxiety, PTSD, psychosis, infectious diseases, chronic pain

Youth & perinatal services; family-inclusive and culturally safe care

Justice, homelessness, rural/remote delivery, and disaster-affected communities

Digital tools & data: telehealth, apps, dashboards, privacy and ethics

Workforce: recruitment/retention, supervision, burnout prevention, peer leadership

Evaluation & commissioning: outcomes, ROI beyond dollars (retention, safety, community vitality)